| Title: |
Tiny Earth: A big idea for stem education and antibiotic discovery |
| Authors: |
Hurley, Amanda; Chevrette, Marc G.; Acharya, Deepa D.; Lozano, Gabriel L.; Garavito, Manuel; Heinritz, Jen; Balderrama, Luis; Beebe, Mara; Denhartog, Martel L.; Corinaldi, Kamiyah; Engels, Renee; Gutierrez, Alyssa; Jona, Orli; Putnam, Josephine H.I.; Rhodes, Brody; Tsang, Tiffany; Hernandez, Simon; Bascom-Slack, Carol; Blum, Jessamina E.; Price, Paul A.; Davis, Debra; Klein, Joanna; Pultorak, Joshua; Sullivan, Nora L.; Mouncey, Nigel J.; Dorrestein, Pieter C.; Miller, Sarah; Broderick, Nichole A.; Handelsman, Jo |
| Source: |
Faculty Scholarship 2021 |
| Publisher Information: |
DigitalCommons@EMU |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
Eastern Michigan University: Digital Commons@EMU |
| Subject Terms: |
Antimicrobial activity; Crowdsourcing; Multiomics |
| Description: |
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. |
| Document Type: |
text |
| Language: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
https://commons.emich.edu/fac_sch2021/6 |
| DOI: |
10.1128/mBio.03432-20; |
| DOI: |
10.1128/mBio.03432-20 |
| Availability: |
https://commons.emich.edu/fac_sch2021/6; https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03432-20;; https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03432-20 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.AC7DD633 |
| Database: |
BASE |