Howard Marissa, Bolterstein Elyse, Kohl Kathryn P, Stoffregen Eric P, Swanson Christina I
Biology Department, Arcadia University, Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA.
Biology Department, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
J Microbiol Biol Educ. 2025 Aug 21;26(2):e0006825. doi: 10.1128/jmbe.00068-25. Epub 2025 Jun 24.
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are an effective strategy to teach students about the process of scientific research. Students participating in a CURE also benefit in numerous other ways, such as gaining increased enthusiasm for science and increased retention in a STEM field. Because scientific research is increasingly interdisciplinary and collaborative, recently developed CUREs have begun to incorporate interdisciplinary approaches and networking components. Interdisciplinary, networked CUREs have, in several cases, expanded learning gains for participating students beyond the benefits of traditional CUREs. Here, we describe a novel interdisciplinary, collaborative CURE. Our CURE was launched with four participating primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) and the broad research goal of characterizing mutagen-sensitive alleles in . Student surveys suggest that our CURE has successfully contributed to learning gains across a variety of areas, including increased project ownership, increased experience with collaboration, and increased experience with interdisciplinary research. Furthermore, participating faculty have benefitted from increased scholarly productivity. Our CURE could be expanded to include additional institutions, or could serve as a model for PUI faculty interested in developing their own collaborations as a strategy to tackle broad, interdisciplinary projects.
基于课程的本科研究经历（CUREs）是一种向学生传授科学研究过程的有效策略。参与CURE的学生还能在许多其他方面受益，比如对科学的热情增加以及在STEM领域的留存率提高。由于科学研究日益跨学科且具有协作性，最近开发的CURE已开始纳入跨学科方法和网络组件。在一些情况下，跨学科、网络化的CURE为参与学生带来的学习收获超出了传统CURE的益处。在此，我们描述一种新型的跨学科协作CURE。我们的CURE由四所主要的本科院校（PUIs）发起，其广泛的研究目标是鉴定[具体物种或研究对象]中的诱变敏感等位基因。学生调查表明，我们的CURE成功地在多个领域促进了学习收获，包括增强项目自主性、增加协作经验以及增加跨学科研究经验。此外，参与的教师在学术产出方面也有所受益。我们的CURE可以扩展到更多院校，或者可以为有兴趣开展自身合作以应对广泛的跨学科项目的PUIs教师提供一个范例。
