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Type II: Institution Level Interventions

Concurrent Session 1.3 - Regular Sessions

The Curriculum-Wide C. Elegans Pipeline CURE Offers All Biology Majors at a Majority-Minority PUI Access to a Multi-Year Research Experience.

Thursday, November 7, 2024

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Location: Potomac III, Ballroom Level

Primary Presenter(s)

Karen L. Schmeichel

Professor of Biology
Oglethorpe University
Brookhaven, Georgia, United States

Co-Presenter(s)

DK

David J. Katz

Associate Professor
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
OB

Onur Birol

Teaching Faculty and Academic Adviso
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
TL

Teresa W. Lee

Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
BC

Brandon S. Carpenter

Assistant Professor
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, Georgia, United States
LH

Lisa L. Hayes

Associate Professor
Oglethorpe University
Brookhaven, Georgia, United States

Program Abstract: CUREs are an effective means to improve access to high-impact research experiences for all STEM undergraduates, especially at institutions that serve under-represented groups. Because CUREs conducted in one class over a single semester can have limited outcomes, we designed the “C. elegans Pipeline CURE” (CPC), to integrate C. elegans-based research iteratively throughout the biology curriculum at Oglethorpe University (OU), a small Atlanta-area majority-minority teaching college. In the CPC, C. elegans biology is incorporated into two introductory courses, thereby setting the stage for two upper-class CURE classes based on the epigenetics research of the Katz Lab at Emory University, a nearby R1 institution. Our data indicate that this recursive CURE strategy recapitulates the benefits of a traditional apprentice-style experience entirely within the established curriculum. The CPC lowers the inclusion barrier by ensuring that biology students of all races, genders, and abilities have access to the benefits of performing original STEM research.