Genome consortium for active teaching (GCAT)

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5764, 2006, Pages 1103-1104

  Campbell, A Malcolm ^a   Eckdahl, Todd T ^a,b   Fowlks, Edison ^a,c   Heyer, Laurie J ^a   Mays Hoopes, Laura L ^a,d   Ledbetter, Mary Lee ^a,e   Rosenwald, Anne G ^a,f  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION;

COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA MICROARRAY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; SHORT SURVEY; TEACHING; TECHNIQUE; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

CURRICULUM; FACULTY; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; TEACHING; TEACHING MATERIALS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33644523441     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1121955     Document Type: Short Survey

References (18)

1. National Research Council, Bio2010: Transforming Undergraduate Education for Future Research Biologists (National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 2003).
2. Project Kaleidoscope, Investing in Faculty (Project Kaleidoscope, Washington, DC, 2001); (www.pkal.org/documents/index.cfm?page=3080).
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5. National Research Council, Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research (National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 2005).
6. Genome Consortium for Active Teaching (www.bio. davidson.edu/GCAT).
7. A. M. Campbell, Cell Biol. Educ. 1, 70 (2002).
8. J. L. Brewster et al., Biochem. Mol. Biol. Educ. 32, 217 (2004).
9. Further discussion is available on Science Online.
10. Funded by NSF Multiple User Equipment grant no. DBI-0099720, awarded to A.M.C., L.L.M.H., T.T.E., and L.J.H.
11. Grinnell College, Pomona College, Swarthmore College, and Davidson College contribute funds equally from their 2004 to 2008 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) educational grants to support GCAT activities.
12. GCAT members include P. Brown, B. Dunn, and D. Botstein (Stanford University), L. Hood (Institute for Systems Biology), R. Bookman (University of Miami Medical School), F. Blattner (University of Wisconsin-Madison), and E. Johnson (University of Oregon).
13. J. L. DeRisi et al., Science 278, 680 (1997).
14. NSF workshop grants: 2003 (DBI-0305176 and DBI-0408386) and 2005 (DBI-0520908). In 2003, L. Hood, K. Dimitrov, and J. Aitchison (Institute for Systems Biology) and M. Katze (University of Washington) gave talks and shared expert advice.
15. L. J. Heyer et al., Bioinformatics 21, 2114 (2005); (www.bio.davidson. edu/MAGIC).
16. HHMI and NSF funding have funded personnel for assessment and logistical support of scanning, shipping, and bookkeeping. Summer workshops provide honoraria for instructors.
17. National Center for Education Statistics (http://nces.ed. gov/nationsreportcard/).
18. P. Brown (Stanford University) provided chips and L. Hood (Institute for Systems Biology) donated chips and scanner use. GCAT has been funded by the Waksman Foundation for Microbiology, NSF, the Duke Endowment, and HHMI. We thank to B. Lom for help in improving this manuscript and S. Tonidanel and G. Gottfried for help with assessment.