CURE Examples
Discipline
Core Competencies
- Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering) 7 matches
- Developing and using models 1 match
- Planning and carrying out investigations 7 matches
- Analyzing and interpreting data 8 matches
- Using mathematics and computational thinking 3 matches
- Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering) 5 matches
Nature of Research
State
Results 1 - 10 of 22 matches
Identification of Telomere Regulating Genes in Drosophila melanogaster
Chun Zhou, Mercy College-Main Campus
Effect of environmental pollutants on plant development and reproductive output.
Fernando NIeto, SUNY College at Old Westbury
There is increasing evidence that Course-based Undergraduate Reseach Experiences (CURE) improve student success, retention and persistence in STEM fields. This CURE in concert with the one design by Jillian Nissen will be integrated in the second semester introductory biology lab. Students will explore the effect of environmental contaminants on the development and reproduction of two organism models, Arabidopsis thaliana and Danio rerio. Students working in groups will select a contaminant of relevance in their local community and develop a research question and experimental design to be undertaken for half a semester for each model. Students will be assessed based on oral presentation written research reports, and lab notebook.
Core Competencies: Planning and carrying out investigations, Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering), Using mathematics and computational thinking, Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering), Analyzing and interpreting data
State: New York
Target Audience: Major, Introductory
CURE Duration: Half a term
Heather Fiumera, SUNY at Binghamton
Target Audience: Upper Division, Major
CURE Duration: A full term
HAB
Jillian Decker, Rockland Community College
Students will determine causes and biocontrol of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CHABs). Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) represent an increasing threat to New York's waterways and drinking water sources. HAB-associated toxins are known to be both neurotoxic and hepatotoxic in animals and humans, causing cases of animal fatality and human illness in recent years. We propose a CURE to study these blooms and the environmental conditions that promote them. As an additional aim, we intend to study the biodynamics of cyanobacteriophages that infect these algae and explore the possibility of using cyanophages as an option for bloom mitigation.
Core Competencies: Analyzing and interpreting data
Nature of Research: Wet Lab/Bench Research, Applied Research, Field Research, Basic Research
State: New York
Target Audience: Non-major, Major
CURE Duration: A full term
The role of environmental contaminants on zebrafish development and reproduction
Jillian Nissen, SUNY College at Old Westbury
There is increasing evidence that course-embedded research experiences improve student success, retention and persistence in STEM fields. This course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE), in concert with the CURE designed by Fernando Nieto from SUNY College at Old Westbury, is intended to provide an authentic research experience that will integrate into the second semester of the Freshman biology laboratory. Students will explore the effects of environmental contaminants on the development and reproduction of two model organisms, Arabidopsis thaliana and Danio rerio. While working in groups, students will select contaminants that are relevant to their local community and develop a research question and experimental design to be undertaken for half a semester for each model organism. Students will be assessed on the basis of an oral presentation, a written research report, and laboratory notebook.
Core Competencies: Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering), Using mathematics and computational thinking, Planning and carrying out investigations, Analyzing and interpreting data, Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
Target Audience: Introductory, Major
CURE Duration: Half a term
Epigenetic inhibitor screen
Lissette Delgado-Cruzata, CUNY John Jay College Criminal Justice
This CURE is designed for biology students in their junior or senior year. The research experience focuses in the understanding of screening of enzyme inhibitors and the analysis of downstream targets, with the ultimate goal of identifying compounds with potential therapeutic value in cancer research.
Goin' Nuclear
Tadakimi Tomita, Yeshiva University
Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that chronically infect a third of human population. It has a unique family of plant-like transcription factors. In this project, we are going to identify new transcription factors by tagging a list of hypothetical genes.
Mercy Marauders: How prevalent are invasive species on the Mercy Campus
Davida Smyth, The New School
Discovery based CURE involving the curation and identification of the native and non-native/invasive species on the Mercy campus. Targeted species could vary from semester to semester and season to season.
Core Competencies: Analyzing and interpreting data, Planning and carrying out investigations, Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering), Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
Nature of Research: Field Research, Informatics/Computational Research, Wet Lab/Bench Research
State: New York
Target Audience: Introductory, Non-major
Ticks and Tick-borne disease organisms
Monica LeClerc, Jefferson Community College