Integrating Grant-funded Research into the Undergraduate Biology Curriculum Using IMG-ACT

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-23

  Ditty, Jayna L ^a   Williams, Kayla M ^a,c   Keller, Megan M ^a,d   Chen, Grischa Y ^b,e   Liu, Xianxian ^b,f   Parales, Rebecca E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f Elim Biopharma   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Bioinformatics; Functional genomics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION; STUDENT;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; BIOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; GENOMICS; HUMANS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84873826576     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: 15393429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20662     Document Type: Article

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