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CBEC - Cell Biology Education Consortium (RCN-UBE Introduction)

Author(s): Nathan s Reyna1, Lori L Hensley2

1. Ouachita Baptist Univeristy 2. Jacksonville State University

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The CBEC helps faculty at PUIs move cancer cell culture research into the classroom. The mechanism that provides faculty with the resources they need to do this are modular protocols called Cell Blocks. A Cell Block contains a written protocol, a…

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The CBEC helps faculty at PUIs move cancer cell culture research into the classroom. The mechanism that provides faculty with the resources they need to do this are modular protocols called Cell Blocks. A Cell Block contains a written protocol, a video protocol, and teaching notes that address pedagogy and assessment.

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Version 1.0 - published on 25 May 2023 doi:10.25334/7ZJZ-W895 - cite this

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The CBEC developed a voucher system to fund faculty development of Cell Blocks related to techniques used in their area of research. By standardizing techniques in the form of Cell Blocks, these techniques could be used by others The strength of Cell Blocks lies in their flexibility. A member school can combine Cell Block modules that work well in the circumstances of that institution or mix and match to address new research questions.

The CBEC currently has 203 registered faculty members (~90% PUI) and has funded 27 PUI institutions. More importantly, over 800 students have used CBEC material in the classroom or research lab. The CBEC network has published 4 papers and has been acknowledged in two others. Nineteen different faculty and 5 students at eleven institutions are contributing authors on a CBEC paper. To date, CBEC faculty and their students have developed 50 Cell Blocks. Five Cell Blocks have been translated into Spanish and are used in Puerto Rico.

Our YouTube channel hosting the video portion of these blocks has been viewed 43,000 times and has generated 2,500 hours of watched content. Amazingly, our average video length is only 5 minutes.

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