AREM: Community Connections 2017
Overview
Pre-Conference Workshop at ASMCUE - Wednesday, July 26, 5:00 pM - 9:00 PM
Integrate the Study of Microbiomes as a Course-Based Research Experience
Jessica Joyner, Avrom Caplan, and Theodore Muth, City University of New York
This free workshop will introduce the NSF-funded Authentic Research Experience in Microbiology (AREM), focusing on student-driven microbiome research projects. Participants in this evening workshop will work with facilitators to develop a plan for integrating microbiome research into their undergraduate courses, including experimental design, data management and analysis and assessment of student learning. This site on QUBESHub will be used to support the activities of the workshop.
Authentic Research Experience in Microbiology (AREM) is a modular approach to integrating genomics research into the general biology or microbiology curriculum. AREM investigates the microbiome of New York City across its boroughs, its streets and parks and across time. AREM is the first large scale genomics approach to understanding the makeup of microbial communities in the urban environment.
AREM website
