July 25th, 2022
Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Presentations
- "uOttawa PhageHungers: Phage Discovery, Translational Frameshifting and Prophage-mediated Immunity Mechanisms." Adam D. Rudner, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa CA. Watch the recording.
- "Decoding Transcription Factors: A semester long bioinformatics CURE identifying DNA binding factors at a specific genetic locus." Lauren J. Hodkinson, Ph.D. candidate (Rieder Lab), Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Watch the recording.
- "Discovering genes for reptile coloration using community-sourced samples of pet ball pythons (Python regius)." Hannah S. Seidel, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI. Watch the recording.
- "A new implementation of yEvo: A university-high school collaboration to evolve caffeine-tolerance in yeast." Renee C. Geck, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow (Dunham Lab), Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Watch the recording.
- "Using grading for growth in a CURE-based molecular biology course." Kathleen Hershberger, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biology, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA. Watch the recording.
The presentations were followed by a panel discussion with the speakers.
Keynote Address
"microPublication for Scholarly Communication, Research, and Training." Drs. Tim Schedl, Karen Yook, and Lina Dahlberg. Watch the recording or visit the microPublication website.
The presentation was followed by a Q&A session about microPublication.