mBio (Feb 2021)
Tiny Earth: A Big Idea for STEM Education and Antibiotic Discovery
- Amanda Hurley,
- Marc G. Chevrette,
- Deepa D. Acharya,
- Gabriel L. Lozano,
- Manuel Garavito,
- Jen Heinritz,
- Luis Balderrama,
- Mara Beebe,
- Martel L. DenHartog,
- Kamiyah Corinaldi,
- Renee Engels,
- Alyssa Gutierrez,
- Orli Jona,
- Josephine H. I. Putnam,
- Brody Rhodes,
- Tiffany Tsang,
- Simon Hernandez,
- Carol Bascom-Slack,
- Jessamina E. Blum,
- Paul A. Price,
- Debra Davis,
- Joanna Klein,
- Joshua Pultorak,
- Nora L. Sullivan,
- Nigel J. Mouncey,
- Pieter C. Dorrestein,
- Sarah Miller,
- Nichole A. Broderick,
- Jo Handelsman
Affiliations
- Amanda Hurley
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Marc G. Chevrette
- ORCiD
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Deepa D. Acharya
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Gabriel L. Lozano
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Manuel Garavito
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Jen Heinritz
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Luis Balderrama
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Mara Beebe
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Martel L. DenHartog
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Kamiyah Corinaldi
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Renee Engels
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Alyssa Gutierrez
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Orli Jona
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Josephine H. I. Putnam
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Brody Rhodes
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Tiffany Tsang
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Simon Hernandez
- University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA
- Carol Bascom-Slack
- Department of Medical Education, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Jessamina E. Blum
- University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Paul A. Price
- Department of Biology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA
- Debra Davis
- Department of Biology, Wingate University, Wingate, North Carolina, USA
- Joanna Klein
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Northwestern-St. Paul, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Joshua Pultorak
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Nora L. Sullivan
- Biology Department, Citrus College, Glendora, California, USA
- Nigel J. Mouncey
- Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, California, USA
- Pieter C. Dorrestein
- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
- Sarah Miller
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Nichole A. Broderick
- ORCiD
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Mansfield, Connecticut, USA
- Jo Handelsman
- ORCiD
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03432-20
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
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.
