Workshop: Synthetic Biology Workshops for Interdisciplinary Teams of Undergraduate Faculty to be held Summers of 2012-2014 at Janelia Farm Conference Center (Ashburn, VA)

该奖项授予戴维森学院的主动教学基因组联盟（GCAT），将为教师提供合成生物学方面的培训。该项目由生物科学理事会的生物基础设施（DBI）、分子和细胞生物科学（MCB）和综合有机体系统（IOS）部门以及美国国家科学基金会教育和人力资源理事会的本科教育（DUE）和人力资源开发（HRD）部门支持。三个关于合成生物学的研讨会将在2012- 2014年夏季举行，可能影响来自45个机构的约90名教职员工。有意将合成生物学融入教学的生物学和数学/计算机科学教师，特别是那些来自历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）、部落学院和大学（tcu）、西班牙裔服务机构（HSIs）、少数族裔服务机构和其他以本科生为主的学院和大学的教师，将受到邀请。将合成生物学纳入本科生物学课程符合愿景与变革报告中所描述的许多目标。合成生物学是一个能吸引各种人才的研究领域。这也是一个基于这些新技术可能刺激新经济活动的领域。同样重要的是，生物学课程的变化将使学生能够在他们的教育和培训中融入更多的定量和分析技能。研讨会组织者具有与本科生进行合成生物学研究的经验，并且是主动教学基因组联盟（GCAT; www.davidson.edu/GCAT）的成员。GCAT将与霍华德休斯医学研究所（HHMI）的科学教育联盟（SEA）合作。HHMI将为研讨会提供大量支持，将主办三个研讨会，并提供实验室空间、住房、食品和注册后勤。HHMI SEA工作人员还将开发教学模块，pi将把这些模块纳入GCAT合成生物学讲习班。对这些试点模块的评估将提供宝贵的反馈，帮助SEA开发和完善合成生物学教学和研究材料。GCAT在许多高等教育机构之间建立了沟通网络，并与少数民族服务机构建立了良好的合作关系。

This award to the Genomic Consortium for Active Teaching (GCAT) at Davidson College will provide training to faculty on synthetic biology. This project is supported by the Divisions of Biological Infrastructure (DBI), Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) and Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) within the Directorate for Biological Sciences and the Divisions of Undergraduate Education (DUE) and Human Resource Development (HRD) within the Directorate for Education and Human Resources at the National Science Foundation. Three workshops on synthetic biology will be held during the summers of 2012-14, potentially impacting approximately 90 faculty members from 45 institutions. Biology and math/computer science faculty interested in integrating synthetic biology in their teaching, especially those at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs), minority-serving institutions and other predominantly undergraduate colleges and universities, will be invited. Inclusion of synthetic biology in undergraduate biology curricula meets many of the objectives described in the Vision and Change report. Synthetic biology is an area of research which can attract students of diverse talents. It is also an area that can potentially spur new economic activity based on these new technologies. Of equal importance are the changes in biology curricula that would enable students to integrate more quantitative and analytical skills in their education and training. Workshop organizers have experience in conducting synthetic biology research with undergraduates and are members of the Genome Consortium for Active Teaching (GCAT; www.davidson.edu/GCAT). GCAT will collaborate with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's (HHMI) Science Education Alliance (SEA). HHMI, which will provide substantial support for the workshop, will host the three workshops and provide lab space, housing, and food and registration logistics. The HHMI SEA staff will also develop pedagogical modules that the PIs will incorporate into the GCAT synthetic biology workshops. Assessment of these pilot modules will provide valuable feedback that will help SEA develop and refine synthetic biology teaching and research materials. GCAT provides an established communication network between many institutions of higher education and has a strong record of collaboration with minority serving institutions.