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Development and Implementation of a Bioinfographic Assignment in Second-Semester Biochemistry: Metabolic Pathways beyond the Classroom

Journal

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION
Volume -, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00502

Keywords

Upper-Division Undergraduate; Biochemistry; Chemoinformatics; Communication; Writing; Public Understanding; Outreach; General Public; Enzymes; Metabolism

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  1. SUNY Cortland Chemistry department
  2. National Science Foundation [1817633]
  3. Div Of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience
  4. Direct For Biological Sciences [1817633] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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Second-semester biochemistry students from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and the State University of New York College at Cortland collaborated on a semester-long project to produce bioinfographics on metabolic pathways. The project was considered a meaningful capstone project, and the importance of the peer review process in editing the bioinfographics was highlighted.
Second-semester biochemistry students at two primarily undergraduate institutions, the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and the State University of New York College at Cortland, worked on a collaborative, semester-long project that resulted in the production of bioinfographics focused on metabolic pathways. Students were divided into seven metabolic pathway groups, and each student produced a 1-page bioinfographic where they detailed the structure, function, and broader impacts of a metabolic enzyme. Students used a joint Blackboard site for communication throughout the term and met with their metabolic groups at the end of the semester. At the end of this assignment, these bioinfographics were disseminated to a broader audience both in print and online. In postassignment surveys, most students reported that they found this assignment to be a meaningful capstone project and noted the importance of the peer review process in editing their bioinfographic.

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