June 2009 news
June 30, 2009
Beamer and Van Doren labs
New grant
Lesa Beamer and Steve Van Doren would like to announce that the National Science Foundation has awarded them a grant starting July 1, 2009 to study "Dynamics, Catalysis, and Residue Networks within a Phosphohexomutase." The four year grant award totals approximately $1 million dollars.
Marcelle Siegel's lab
New publication
Halverson, K., Siegel, M.A., & Freyermuth, S. (2009). Lenses for framing decisions: Undergraduates’ decision making about stem cell research. International Journal of Science Education, 31 (9), 1249–1268.
New grant
Addressing the Assessment Gap in Undergraduate Science: Development of Innovative Assessments for Learning in Biotechnology (DIAL-B)
Classroom assessments are an under-utilized tool for enhancing learning. We are designing and researching reform-based assessments for college biotechnology courses. This project will produce: 1) a resource bank of assessments, 2) a model for how to conduct assessment design, and 3) publications about how to use assessments in the college classroom.
PI: Marcelle Siegel
Co-PI: Shari Freyermuth
Co-PI: Bruce McClure
Funded by the National Science Foundation, CCLI, 2009-2010
Grace Sun's lab
Dr. Grace Sun would like to announce that she is one of the chief organizers for a satellite symposium on “Novel strategies for intervention in neurodegenerative diseases” to be held in Taiwan, August 30-Sept 2, 2009. The satellite meeting is sponsored by International Society Neurochemistry (ISN) and Asian Pacific Society of Neurochemistry (APSN) which is hosting the annual meeting in Busan, Korea. Information about the satellite meeting in the website: http://www.isn2009satellite-taiwan.ibms.sinica.edu.tw/index.htm.