Tiny Earth: A Big Idea for STEM Education and Antibiotic Discovery

Amanda Hurley; Marc G. Chevrette; Deepa D. Acharya; Gabriel L. Lozano; Manuel Garavito; Jen Heinritz; Luis Balderrama; Mara Beebe; Martel L. DenHartog; Kamiyah Corinaldi; Renee Engels; Alyssa Gutierrez; Orli Jona; Josephine H. Putnam; Brody Rhodes; Tiffany Tsang; Simon Hernandez; Carol Bascom-Slack; Jessamina E. Blum; Paul A. Price; Debra Davis; Joanna Klein; Joshua Pultorak; Nora L. Sullivan; Nigel J. Mouncey; Pieter C. Dorrestein; Sarah Miller; Nichole A. Broderick; Jo Handelsman; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

doi:10.1128/mBio.03432-20

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Tiny Earth: A Big Idea for STEM Education and Antibiotic Discovery

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Tiny Earth: A Big Idea for STEM Education and Antibiotic Discovery

Amanda Hurley, Marc G. Chevrette, Deepa D. Acharya, Gabriel L. Lozano, Manuel Garavito, Jen Heinritz, Luis Balderrama, Mara Beebe, Martel L. DenHartog, Kamiyah Corinaldi, …

mBio, Vol.12(1), pp.1-7

02/16/2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03432-20

PMID: 33593964

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Microbiology

The world faces two seemingly unrelated challenges-a shortfall in the STEM workforce and increasing antibiotic resistance among bacterial pathogens. We address these two challenges with Tiny Earth, an undergraduate research course that excites students about science and creates a pipeline for antibiotic discovery.

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Title: Tiny Earth: A Big Idea for STEM Education and Antibiotic Discovery
Author/Creator: Amanda Hurley - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Marc G. Chevrette - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Deepa D. Acharya - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Gabriel L. Lozano - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Manuel Garavito - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Jen Heinritz - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Luis Balderrama - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Mara Beebe - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Martel L. DenHartog - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Kamiyah Corinaldi - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Renee Engels - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Alyssa Gutierrez - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Orli Jona - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Josephine H. Putnam - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Brody Rhodes - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Tiffany Tsang - Yale University
Simon Hernandez - University of Rochester Medical Center
Carol Bascom-Slack - Tufts University
Jessamina E. Blum - University of Minnesota Medical Center
Paul A. Price - Eastern Michigan University
Debra Davis - Wingate University
Joanna Klein - University of Northwestern
Joshua Pultorak - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Nora L. Sullivan - Citrus College
Nigel J. Mouncey - Joint Genome Institute
Pieter C. Dorrestein - University of California, San Diego
Sarah Miller - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Nichole A. Broderick - University of Connecticut
Jo Handelsman - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Publication Details: mBio, Vol.12(1), pp.1-7
Publisher: Amer Soc Microbiology
Number of pages: 7
Academic Unit: Biology
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015166224303691