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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2022

Development of a data science CURE in microbiology using publicly available microbiome datasets.

Evelyn Sun, Stephan G König, Mihai Cirstea, Steven J Hallam, Marcia L Graves, David C Oliver

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Evelyn SunDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Stephan G KönigDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Mihai CirsteaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Steven J HallamDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Marcia L GravesDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
David C OliverDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scientific and technological advances within the life sciences have enabled the generation of very large datasets that must be processed, stored, and managed computationally. Researchers increasingly require data science skills to work with these datasets at scale in order to convert information into actionable insights, and undergraduate educators have started to adapt pedagogies to fulfill this need. Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have emerged as a leading model for providing large numbers of students with authentic research experiences including data science. Originally designed around wet-lab research experiences, CURE models have proliferated and diversified globally to accommodate a broad range of academic disciplines. Within microbiology, diversity metrics derived from microbiome sequence information have become standard data products in research. In some cases, researchers have deposited data in publicly accessible repositories, providing opportunities for reproducibility and comparative analysis. In 2020, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and concomitant shift to remote learning, the University of British Columbia set out to develop an online data science CURE in microbiology. A team of faculty with collective domain expertise in microbiome research and CUREs developed and implemented a data science CURE in which teams of students learn to work with large publicly available datasets, develop and execute a novel scientific research project, and disseminate their findings in the online Undergraduate Journal of Experimental Microbiology and Immunology. Analysis of the resulting student-authored research articles, including comments from peer reviews conducted by subject matter experts, demonstrate high levels of learning effectiveness. Here, we describe core insights from course development and implementation based on a reverse course design model. Our approach to course design may be applicable to the development of other data science CUREs.

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amplicon sequencingcourse-based undergraduate experiencedata sciencemicrobiomeundergraduate education

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PMCPMC9597637

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