ASM BioQUEST Bioinformatics Institute, March 2008, Washington DC Schedule for the 2008 ASM/BioQUEST Bioinformatics Institute
        BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
American Society for Microbiology DOE Joint Genome Institute
  
 
A Metagenomic Analysis of Polymicrobial Environments in the Undergraduate Laboratory
  
 
Authors          Audiences          Overview           Materials          Resources           Future Directions
  

 


Authors


John Berestecky
University of Hawaii Kapiolani


Mark Forsyth
College of William and Mary


Michael LaGier
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


Anthony Arment
Central State University


Christine Bezotte
Elmira College
 
 
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Possible Audiences:

Undergraduate biology majors  

 
 


Brief Overview:

Student goals: 1) Mastery of the following techniques: recombinant DNA technology, environmental sampling, bioinformatics, DNA sequencing technology. 2) Student learning outcomes: microbial diversity, ecology, physiology and metabolism. 3) Peer collaboration and teamwork  

 
 
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Project Materials:

Basic molecular reagents DNA sequencing capability Bioinformatics tools  

 
 


Resources and References:

http://www.genome.jp http://imgweb.jgi-psf.org/cgi-bin/w/main.cgi http://workbench.sdsc.edu/ http://dels.nas.edu/metagenomics/  

 
 
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Future Directions:

Multi-year metagenomic projects Hook for independent undergraduate research projects  

 
 


Attachments


- Bioquest-2008-cirroculum1.ppt  

 
 
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