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<div style="text-align:justify">Do you have questions about the Plants3D program as a new or existing trainee? Are you wondering what we are planning? Please join our informal Plants3D meeting on May 14th. Feel free to send questions or topics for discussion to the Plants3D program coordinator Maureen Hummel before May 14th via <a href="mailto:maureenh@ucr.edu" target="_blank">maureenh@ucr.edu</a>. </div>
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<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;line-height:150%">The Plants3D program seeks to expand the awareness of UCR undergrads to opportunities in plant sciences, including synthetic and translational biology. We encourage our trainees to TA for the <a href="https://ucr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=20258b97443c8dea22c17955f&id=001c74248f&e=f8eca9c9de" style="color:rgb(0,126,158);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Dynamic Genome Program's BIOL20</a>. Other opportunities to impact the next generation within the Dynamic Genome Program include the SALSA Summer research experience for undergrads and the Dynamic Genome outreach group to K-12. </p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;line-height:150%"><strong>Why should you TA for BIOL20?</strong> "Because it is fun! By spending time in a hands-on bioinformatics and wet-bench lab with Freshman you get to know them and you may end up recruiting a student to work with you in the lab", says Dr. Jim Burnette, who is the lead instructor of the lab. TAs returning for a second time can design a project with Dr. Burnette and Dr. Matt Collin. This will allow you to be "the instructor" and teach part of the course, with guidance from the official instructors. Also, by doing so, you can obtain reference letters to help you with your application for teaching positions or an application to get into the University Teaching Certificate (UTC) program at UCR. </p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;line-height:150%"><strong>What do students learn in BIOL20?</strong> The course gives UCR undergraduates the unique capability to work on an original research project often designed by UCR faculty who wish to answer one or multiple unanswered questions in their research labs. As the student projects are authentic, students taste what it is like to work in a research laboratory. At the same time, they learn that not all laboratory experiments are always successful. The course runs currently with eight sections, 24 students per section. What is important to note is that two BIOL20 sections run the same project. This redundancy is beneficial for a project's success in a short timeframe as you have more hands to work on a project than when you would do the same project in a research lab by yourself. </p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;line-height:150%">During the first 5 weeks, students get an introduction and learn techniques such as PCR, gel electrophoresis, BLAST, multiple sequence alignment, and bacterial transformation. This introductory period is followed by a midterm and a career day. Students meet during the final 5-week period, twice a week, for 3 hrs to do an authentic research project. </p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;line-height:150%"><strong>What is it like to TA for BIOL20?</strong> To answer this question, we contacted two former BIOL20 TAs, <strong>Jean Ae</strong> (Ruth) <strong>Kim</strong> in Meng Chen's lab and grad student <strong>Alison Mills</strong> in Carolyn Rasmussen's lab.</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;line-height:150%"><strong>Jean Ae, a PLANTS3D trainee, shared</strong>: <em>"TAing for BIOL20 was a unique experience from my other TA experiences because it was a very collaborative environment where I worked both with the instructors and the undergraduate TAs to give hands-on instruction on how research in biology works. I enjoyed the opportunity to work closely with students and see them grow in their lab, critical thinking, and communication skills. Each class I taught was fun. <strong>It was great to see the students have a "light bulb" moment where they grasped the concept of how PCR or cloning works in action</strong>.</em></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;line-height:150%"><em>I was able to lead classes on my own and give mini-lectures and demonstrations on molecular biology or lab skills, which improved my ability as a teacher and communicator of science (also probably helped me prepare for my qualifying exam). After the course, a student I taught joined my lab as a researcher because the class had piqued her interest in doing research! </em></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;line-height:150%">A core of Plants3D's training is to enhance scientists' ability to communicate cutting-edge research in a collaborative space and mentor and lead the next generation of scientists. <em>"Being a TA in Dynamic Genome greatly enriched my experience in working with people of different backgrounds, both students and fellow instructors, to accomplish our research project goals. It also allowed me to make students enthusiastic for molecular biology research, which aligned with my training as a Plants 3D fellow." </em></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;line-height:150%"><strong>Alison Mills added</strong>: <em>"Before the pandemic, the TAs had a lot of opportunities to walk around and help students one on one. It helped me learn how to demonstrate lab techniques and explain scientific concepts to students effectively. The skills I learned as a TA were beneficial for mentoring students in my research lab as well.</em></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;line-height:150%"><em>People unfamiliar with BIOL20 are typically surprised by what first-year undergraduates can accomplish with a research project! However, the class prepares the students to tackle a variety of techniques during their projects. As with actual research, even well-planned projects hit snags or need modification. To make the necessary modifications to the project during the quarter, <strong>TAs work closely with very knowledgeable, helpful, and kind instructors</strong>. It is beneficial for undergraduates and TAs how to communicate science in a written form. The students write a final report that the TAs can review and offer feedback to the TA and instructors. </em></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;line-height:150%"><em><strong>My project with the students involved designing guide RNAs to knock out genes involved in the division of plane orientation.</strong> The project had to be done remotely due to the pandemic, but it was very successful. We collected many usable guide RNAs designed by students targeting 100+ genes over the two quarters we did the project remotely. If we had been able to meet in person, students could have helped clone the guide RNA sequences into vectors. If you are interested to see how you can implement Alison's project in an undergraduate laboratory course, please read her manuscript here (<a href="https://ucr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=20258b97443c8dea22c17955f&id=a1e63a253a&e=f8eca9c9de" style="color:rgb(0,126,158);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202008.0619/v1</a>). Although the manuscript is currently under review, it will hopefully get published in the J</em>ournal of Microbiology and Biology Education<em>. </em></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Do you have a fantastic research project idea and would like to get involved? Contact Dr. Jim Burnette at <a href="mailto:jamesbur@ucr.edu" target="_blank">jamesbur@ucr.edu</a> or Dr. Matt Collin at <a href="mailto:matthew.collin@ucr.edu" target="_blank">matthew.collin@ucr.edu</a>.</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;line-height:150%">The Dynamic Genome Program was established by Distinguished Professor <strong><a href="https://ucr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=20258b97443c8dea22c17955f&id=68615bb90a&e=f8eca9c9de" style="color:rgb(0,126,158);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Sue Wessler</a></strong>, who is a member of the Plants3D Leadership team. Dr. Wessler is a renowned plant geneticist and educator. She is a member and Secretary of the US National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, as well as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) professor. The Dynamic Genome has been funded by the HHMI and many other sources, most notably by <strong>Rochelle and Allison Campbel</strong>l, to continue the mission of education in Biology by <strong>Neil A. Campbell</strong>, author of the textbook <u>Biology</u>. </p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;line-height:150%">Or go to <a href="https://ucr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=20258b97443c8dea22c17955f&id=ec35f90fb2&e=f8eca9c9de" style="color:rgb(0,126,158);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://dynamicgenome.ucr.edu/biology-20</a> for more information.<br>
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