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Tiny Earth: A Big Idea for STEM Education and Antibiotic Discovery

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Mbio 12(1) , 7 (Jan-Feb 2021)

Author(s):

Hurley, A., Chevrette, M. G., Acharya, D. D., Lozano, G. L., Garavito, M., Heinritz, J., Balderrama, L., Beebe, M., DenHartog, M. L., Corinaldi, K., Engels, R., Gutierrez, A., Jona, O., Putnam, J. H. I., Rhodes, B., Tsang, T., Hernandez, S., Bascom-Slack, C., Blum, J. E., Price, P. A., Davis, D., Klein, J., Pultorak, J., Sullivan, N. L., Mouncey, N. J., Dorrestein, P. C., Miller, S., Broderick, N. A., Handelsman, J.

DOI:

10.1128/mBio.03432-20

Abstract:

The world faces two seemingly unrelated challenges-a shortfall in the STEM workforce and increasing antibiotic resistance among bacterial pathogens. We address these two challenges with Tiny Earth, an undergraduate research course that excites students about science and creates a pipeline for antibiotic discovery.

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