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

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 antibi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	mBio 2021-02, Vol.12 (1)
Hauptverfasser:	Hurley, Amanda, Chevrette, Marc G, Acharya, Deepa D, Lozano, Gabriel L, Garavito, Manuel, Heinritz, Jen, Balderrama, Luis, Beebe, Mara, DenHartog, Martel L, Corinaldi, Kamiyah, Engels, Renee, Gutierrez, Alyssa, Jona, Orli, Putnam, Josephine H I, Rhodes, Brody, Tsang, Tiffany, Hernandez, Simon, Bascom-Slack, Carol, Blum, Jessamina E, Price, Paul A, Davis, Debra, Klein, Joanna, Pultorak, Joshua, Sullivan, Nora L, Mouncey, Nigel J, Dorrestein, Pieter C, Miller, Sarah, Broderick, Nichole A, Handelsman, Jo
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Observation
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	2161-2129 2150-7511 2150-7511
DOI:	10.1128/mBio.03432-20