Tiny Earth: A big idea for stem education and antibiotic discovery

Authors

Amanda Hurley, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Marc G. Chevrette, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Deepa D. Acharya, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Gabriel L. Lozano, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Manuel Garavito, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jen Heinritz, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Luis Balderrama, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mara Beebe, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Martel L. Denhartog, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Kamiyah Corinaldi, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Renee Engels, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Alyssa Gutierrez, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Orli Jona, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Josephine H.I. Putnam, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Brody Rhodes, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tiffany Tsang, Yale University
Simon Hernandez, University of Rochester Medical Center
Carol Bascom-Slack, Tufts University
Jessamina E. Blum, University of Minnesota Medical School
Paul A. Price, Eastern Michigan University
Debra Davis, Wingate University
Joanna Klein, University of Northwestern
Joshua Pultorak, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nora L. Sullivan, Citrus College
Nigel J. Mouncey, U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute
Pieter C. Dorrestein, Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Sarah Miller, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nichole A. Broderick, University of Connecticut
Jo Handelsman, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2021

Department/School

Biology

Publication Title

mBio

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.

Link to Published Version

10.1128/mBio.03432-20

Recommended Citation

Hurley, A., Chevrette, M. G., Acharya, D. D., Lozano, G. L., Garavito, M., Heinritz, J., Balderrama, L., Beebe, M., DenHartog, M. L., Corinaldi, K., Engels, R., Gutierrez, A., Jona, O., Putnam, J. H. I., Rhodes, B., Tsang, T., Hernandez, S., Bascom-Slack, C., Blum, J. E., … Handelsman, J. (2021). Tiny Earth: A big idea for STEM education and antibiotic discovery. MBio, 12(1), e03432-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03432-20