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ArticleJournal of microbiology & biology education2026

Science communication tools: rubrics for generating posters and manuscripts that are authentic to the practice of science.

Tamarah Lynne Adair, Swati Agrawal, Yesmi P Ahumada-Santos, Regina Alvarez, Kirk R Anders, Mauricio Antunes, Mary Ayuk, María Elena Báez-Flores, Dondra Bailey, Frederick N Baliraine and 89 more

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Article in Journal of microbiology & biology education, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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5 · Who and what money

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99 authors.

Tamarah Lynne AdairBiology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4656-6769
Swati AgrawalBiology, University of Mary Washington College of Arts and Sciences, Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA.
Yesmi P Ahumada-SantosUnidad de Investigaciones en Salud Pública Dra. Kaethe Willms, Facultad de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Regina AlvarezDominican College of Blauvel, Orangeburg, New York, USA.
Kirk R AndersBiology, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3372-1379
Mauricio AntunesUniversity of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA.
Mary AyukBiology, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA.
María Elena Báez-FloresUnidad de Investigaciones en Salud Pública Dra. Kaethe Willms, Facultad de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-1389-3568
Dondra BaileyCoppin State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Frederick N BaliraineBiology & Kinesiology, LeTourneau University, Longview, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4054-2467
Mitchell F BalishDepartment of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2606-5481
Christa Tobey BancroftUniversity of Southern California, Culver City, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7359-954X
Michèle BarmoyAllegany College of Maryland, Cumberland, Maryland, USA.
Tonya C BatesDepartment of Biological Sciences, UNC Charlotte Department of Biological Sciences, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Andrea BeyerRichard Bland College, South Prince George, Virginia, USA.
Suparna BhallaMount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, New York, USA.
Dave BollivarIndiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
Lisa M BonoDepartment of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5404-0946
Rebecca BortzDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Tejas BouklasUniversity of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Kristen ButelaDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1463-5288
Christine A ByrumBiology, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6653-7922
Megan CarrollDepartment of Biology, Indian River State College, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA.
Steven Michael CarusoDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9166-9137
Nancy CastroUniversity of Southern California, Culver City, California, USA.
Kari ClasePurdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2749-6440
Kristen ClermontLa Salle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Sean T ColemanBiology, Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3609-1402
Pamela L ConnerlyBiology, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana, USA.
Amaya M Garcia CostasBiology, Colorado State University Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8500-5489
Steven Gaines CresawnBiology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2162-562X
Tom D'EliaDepartment of Biology, Indian River State College, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2601-3128
Aimee DanleyDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Megan K DennisMarist College, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA.
Arturo DiazBiology, La Sierra University, Riverside, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4174-8950
Erin L DoyleBiology Department, Doane University, Crete, Nebraska, USA.
Iain DuffySaint Leo University, Saint Leo, Florida, USA.
Dustin Cole EdwardsBiological Sciences, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6409-8041
Elvira EivazovaColumbia State Community College, Columbia, Tennessee, USA.
Eric EngstromBiology, Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois, USA.
Christy FillmanUniversity of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Christine L FleischackerDepartment of Biology, University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota, USA.
Victoria J FrostBiology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4929-0873
Julie Torruellas GarciaBiological Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
Bryan P GibbBiological and Chemical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2094-344X
Alyssa Mae GleichsnerBiological Sciences, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, New York, USA.
Sharon GuskyConnecticut State Community College - Northwestern Campus, Winsted, Connecticut, USA.
Rebekah F HareBiology, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, USA.
Danielle HellerHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA.
Lee E HughesUniversity of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6357-2696
Jacob D KageyBiology, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6994-1795
Bridgette KirkpatrickCollin College, Plano, Texas, USA.
Karen K KlyczekUniversity of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, Wisconsin, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7882-0429
Kathryn P KohlBiology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA.
Hari KotturiWest Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, West Virginia, USA.
Julia Y Lee-SoetyBiology, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9667-3175
Heather LindbergVirginia Western Community College, Roanoke, Virginia, USA.
Bhaswati ManishMetropolitan Community College, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Sergei A MarkovBiology, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4520-4539
Matthew David MastropaoloSciences, Neumann University, Aston, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8148-4742
James T MeltonSpelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Jon MitchellNorthern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA.
Sally Dixon MolloyMolecular and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0478-1209
Denise L MontiHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA.
Tiara Perez MoralesDepartment of Biological, Physical, and Health Sciences, Roosevelt University College of Arts and Sciences, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
María Alejandra MussiCentro de Estudios Fotosinteticos y Bioquimicos, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-4168-3624
Holly NanceNatural Sciences, College of Coastal Georgia, Brunswick, Georgia, USA.
Fernando NietoSUNY Old Westbury, Old Westbury, New York, USA.
Imade Yolanda NsaMicrobiology, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0001-5606-268X
Shallee T PageCollege of Health and Natural Sciences, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, New Hampshire, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3557-4122
Ricardo Parra-UndaUnidad de Investigaciones en Salud Pública Dra. Kaethe Willms, Facultad de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-5291-6879
Vipaporn PhuntumartBowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA.
Brett E PickettMicrobiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7930-8160
Richard Scott PollenzMolecular Biosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8891-6053
Sarah N ReardonBiology, Culver-Stockton, Canton, Missouri, USA.
Jessica RocheleauBiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1088-7277
Ombeline RossierUniversité Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Naomi Smith RowlandWestern Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA.
Adam D RudnerUniversity of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Elizabeth E RueschhoffBiology, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8268-0905
Viknesh SivanathanHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7163-4543
Martha Smith CaldasDivision of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.
C Nicole SunnenBiology, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Sarah J SwerdlowBiological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Greensburg, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
Kissaou TchedreAustin Community College District - Eastview Campus, Austin, Texas, USA.
Kara ThoemkeThe College of St Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota, USA.
Deborah TobiasonCarthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA.
Sara S TolsmaBiology, Northwestern College of Iowa, Orange City, Iowa, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2687-4457
Tara Turley-StouligSoutheastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana, USA.
Quinn VegaMontclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, USA.
Patricia WaikelFlorida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.
Catherine WardDurham Technical Community College, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Vassie C WareBiological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1604-5628
Jackie M WashingtonEmpire State University, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4287-8615
Daniel Eric WestholmThe College of St Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota, USA.
Beth WilkesNatural Sciences, NHTI-Concord's Community College, Concord, New Hampshire, USA.
Daniel WilliamsCoastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7900-480X
Elizabeth WilliamsUniversity of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Ellen M WisnerDepartment of Biological Sciences, UNC Charlotte Department of Biological Sciences, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0733-0021

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditional undergraduate science courses often prioritize content mastery over authentic engagement with the scientific process. Course-based research, also referred to as course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs), addresses this limitation by immersing students in authentic scientific practice. In course-based research, assessment practices can also mirror the authentic scientific practice, where extensive formative feedback supports refinement of skills and understanding. Here, we present two rubrics designed to support the teaching and assessment of science communication in a way that reflects how scientists prepare to disseminate their research findings. One rubric is for creating scientific posters and another for writing short-format manuscripts. Developed by approximately 100 faculty members who collaboratively implement CUREs through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Science Education Alliance (SEA) program, these rubrics outline the authentic steps scientists take when preparing to communicate their research and provide performance levels that clarify expectations for both students and instructors. Together, these tools aim to further align undergraduate science education and authentic scientific practice.

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assessment rubricsauthentic scientific practicecourse-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs)science communicationscientific postersshort-format manuscripts

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PMID41733342
PMCPMC13130995

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