NCBI hosted its first-ever BioEd Summit: Crafting Student-Centric Curricula with NCBI resources. This week-long, in-person event for science educators across the U.S. was held on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, MD, from August 5-9, 2024.
Event Details
During the week, educators participated in morning sessions including interactive workshops on NCBI educational curricular design, the use of various NCBI resources in teaching, and detailed hands-on discussions and practice with NCBI tools. A panel discussion on employing novel, data-driven, active learning exercises in science classes with leaders from several institutions including:
- Laura Bonetta, PhD, Howard Community College
- Anne Brown, PhD, Virginia Tech
- Ellen M. Carpenter, PhD, National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Miranda Darby, PhD, Hood College
- Danielle Heller, PhD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
- Chris Williams, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI, NIH)
We received outstanding participation and engagement!
- 30 participants from 16 states and Puerto Rico
Working with students at:
- 7 High Schools
- 9 Community/Junior Colleges
- 5 Colleges/Universities: Bachelors-granting
- 4 Universities: Masters-granting
- 2 Universities: Doctoral Research 2-level
- 5 Universities: Doctoral Research 1-level
Team Projects
Team Carver | Sublime Dynamite (High School General Biology & AP Biology Educators)
Team McClintock (Community College General Biology Educators)
In the Weeds: Genomic analysis of glyphosate resistance in crop fields
Team Just – Franklin (High School, Community College and Undergraduate Biochemistry Educators)
Team Uchida (Community College Genetics Educators)
A Tale of Two Diabetes – the impact of different genetic variations in siblings
Team Finlay | Flu Fighters (Undergraduate Microbiology/Immunology Educators)
Comparative sequence examinations & the ever-evolving need for new flu vaccines
Team Dayhoff (Undergraduate Bioinformatics Educators)
Molecular Basis of Insulin Receptor Function Using NCBI Tools
Learn more
At the end of the week, the teams had the opportunity to present their work to each other, NIH staff and the scientific education community, colleagues and friends. Learn more about the team projects!
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