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Genome Consortium for Active Teaching: Meeting the Goals of BIO2010

A. Malcolm Campbell^*,, Mary Lee S. Ledbetter^,, Laura L.M. Hoopes^,, Todd T. Eckdahl^,||, Laurie J. Heyer^,¶, Anne Rosenwald^,#, Edison Fowlks^,@, Scott Tonidandel^**, Brooke Bucholtz^**, and Gail Gottfried

Departments of *Biology, ^¶Mathematics, and **Psychology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC 28035; Genome Consortium for Active Teaching; Department of Biology, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 01610; Department of Biology, Pomona College, Claremont, CA 91711; Pomona College, Claremont, CA 91711; ^||Department of Biology, Missouri Western State University, Saint Joseph, MO 64507; ^#Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057; and ^@Department of Biology, Hampton University, Hampton, VA 23668

Monitoring Editor: Sarah Elgin

Address correspondence to: A. Malcolm Campbell (macampbell{at}davidson.edu)

The Genome Consortium for Active Teaching (GCAT) facilitates the use of modern genomics methods in undergraduate education. Initially focused on microarray technology, but with an eye toward diversification, GCAT is a community working to improve the education of tomorrow's life science professionals. GCAT participants have access to affordable microarrays, microarray scanners, free software for data analysis, and faculty workshops. Microarrays provided by GCAT have been used by 141 faculty on 134 campuses, including 21 faculty that serve large numbers of underrepresented minority students. An estimated 9480 undergraduates a year will have access to microarrays by 2009 as a direct result of GCAT faculty workshops. Gains for students include significantly improved comprehension of topics in functional genomics and increased interest in research. Faculty reported improved access to new technology and gains in understanding thanks to their involvement with GCAT. GCAT's network of supportive colleagues encourages faculty to explore genomics through student research and to learn a new and complex method with their undergraduates. GCAT is meeting important goals of BIO2010 by making research methods accessible to undergraduates, training faculty in genomics and bioinformatics, integrating mathematics into the biology curriculum, and increasing participation by underrepresented minority students.

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