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Beyond boundaries: exploring a generative artificial intelligence assignment in graduate, online science courses. 超越界限：探索研究生在线科学课程中的人工智能生成作业。

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Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Epub Date: 2024-11-04 DOI: 10.1128/jmbe.00127-24

Rohini Ganjoo, James Rankin, Benjamin Lee, Lisa Schwartz

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Development of a simple, low-cost, blue light-emitting diode illuminator for hands-on training of DNA detection experiments using agarose gel electrophoresis. 开发一种简单、低成本的蓝色发光二极管照明器，用于琼脂糖凝胶电泳 DNA 检测实验的实训。

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Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Epub Date: 2024-11-12 DOI: 10.1128/jmbe.00083-24

Haruka Honda, Hisayuki Miyajima, Noritaka Miyamoto, Keigo Yoshida, Yuichi Tanaka

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Advancing research ethics instruction in laboratory courses. 推进实验室课程中的研究伦理教学。

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Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Epub Date: 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1128/jmbe.00106-24

Joseph Ross

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Optogenetic control of Drosophila neurons: a laboratory practical for undergraduates and outreach. 果蝇神经元的光遗传学控制：面向本科生和推广人员的实验室实践。

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Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Epub Date: 2024-09-03 DOI: 10.1128/jmbe.00086-24

Andrew D Renault

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Updated ASM Curriculum Guidelines describe core microbiology content to modernize the framework for microbiology education. 更新的 ASM 课程指南描述了核心微生物学内容，使微生物学教育框架现代化。

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Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Epub Date: 2024-10-21 DOI: 10.1128/jmbe.00126-24

Nancy Boury, Amy Siegesmund, David B Kushner, Davida S Smyth, Mary E Allen, Adronisha Frazier, Illona Gillette-Ferguson, Miriam Markum, Glenn Patriquin, Sara E Reynolds, Sarah Rosario, J Jordan Steel, Rachel Horak

{"title":"Updated ASM Curriculum Guidelines describe core microbiology content to modernize the framework for microbiology education.","authors":"Nancy Boury, Amy Siegesmund, David B Kushner, Davida S Smyth, Mary E Allen, Adronisha Frazier, Illona Gillette-Ferguson, Miriam Markum, Glenn Patriquin, Sara E Reynolds, Sarah Rosario, J Jordan Steel, Rachel Horak","doi":"10.1128/jmbe.00126-24","DOIUrl":"10.1128/jmbe.00126-24","url":null,"abstract":"Curricular guidelines promote standardized approaches to coverage of essential knowledge and skills in undergraduate education. The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Microbiology were developed in 2012. Continuous, rapid growth of knowledge in science and a dynamic, changing world necessitate updates to these guidelines. As such, ASM formed a task force in the summer of 2022. The task force assessed the 2012 ASM Curriculum Guidelines considering advancements in technology, an understanding of an expanded role of microbes, and a broader scope addressing relevant social and environmental aspects of microbiology. Language in the updated guidelines was also modified to better include eukaryotic microbes, viruses, and other acellular microbes. The task force formed working groups, each aimed at revising specific sections of the 2012 ASM Curriculum Guidelines. The revisions to the ASM Curriculum Guidelines were reviewed by subject matter experts and education stakeholders. Feedback from this peer review was incorporated into the updated guidelines, and further comments were solicited from the ASM Conference of Undergraduate Educators (ASMCUE) attendees in November 2023 before these guidelines were finalized. In this article, we describe the rationale and development of updated ASM Curriculum Guidelines which identify foundational concepts that will serve to improve microbial literacy and that can be expanded upon to address more advanced and specialized topics.","PeriodicalId":46416,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education","volume":" ","pages":"e0012624"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11636387/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142477382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Demystifying anaerobic respiration: a problem-solving exercise. 揭开无氧呼吸的神秘面纱：一个解决问题的练习。

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Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Epub Date: 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1128/jmbe.00044-24

Tomas Linder

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Visualization of giant Mimivirus in a movie for biology classrooms. 将巨型 Mimivirus 制作成电影在生物课堂上直观展示。

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Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Epub Date: 2024-11-08 DOI: 10.1128/jmbe.00138-24

Kanako Morioka, Ayumi Fujieda, Masaharu Takemura

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Zotero as a teaching tool for independent study courses, honors contracts, and undergraduate research mentoring. 将 Zotero 作为独立研究课程、荣誉合同和本科生研究指导的教学工具。

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Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Epub Date: 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1128/jmbe.00132-24

Dyan E Morgan

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Advanced biology students' individual conceptions of scientific researchers after participating in biomedically relevant CRE. 高等生物学学生在参加生物医学相关的 CRE 后对科学研究人员的个人观念。

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Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Epub Date: 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1128/jmbe.00183-23

Ashley L Waring-Sparks, Rachel A Waring-Sparks, Rebekka Darner, Nathan T Mortimer

{"title":"Advanced biology students' individual conceptions of scientific researchers after participating in biomedically relevant CRE.","authors":"Ashley L Waring-Sparks, Rachel A Waring-Sparks, Rebekka Darner, Nathan T Mortimer","doi":"10.1128/jmbe.00183-23","DOIUrl":"10.1128/jmbe.00183-23","url":null,"abstract":"While undergraduate research has been shown to be a high-impact educational practice, it is logistically impossible for all undergraduate biology majors to have long-term faculty-mentored research experience. Therefore, biology educators and researchers must devise opportunities to engage more students in undergraduate research outside of working directly in their labs. Course-Based Research Experiences (CREs), structured as authentic research experiences, are one such opportunity. In this work, we describe the effects of a CRE with biomedical relevance on students' research skills, attitudes toward science, and perceptions of scientific research and scientific researchers. Results demonstrate that students gained experience in independent research skills including designing their own research project, being accountable for part of a project, and writing a research proposal. Students' perceptions of scientific research and researchers, assessed by the Draw-A-Researcher Task, did not show changes among the whole group, but individual analysis yielded meaningful results related to students' personal changes in how they perceived research and researchers, including their perception of themselves as researchers. This work demonstrates the substantial impact of CREs on upper-level biology undergraduate and graduate students.","PeriodicalId":46416,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education","volume":" ","pages":"e0018323"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11636289/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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From local bacterial communities to energy: application of microbial fuel cells in laboratory experimentation. 从本地细菌群落到能源：微生物燃料电池在实验室实验中的应用。

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Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Epub Date: 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1128/jmbe.00133-24

Esteban Pazmiño-Arias, Abigail Montero-Calderon, Mariela Perez-Cárdenas, Marco Esteban Gudiño Gomezjurado

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