Achieving STEM diversity: Fix the classrooms

J Handelsman, S Elgin, M Estrada, S Hays, T Johnson… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Achieving equity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) requires
attracting and retaining college students from diverse backgrounds. Despite decades of calls …

[HTML][HTML] Transient caspase-mediated activation of caspase-activated DNase causes DNA damage required for phagocytic macrophage differentiation

D Maurya, G Rai, D Mandal, BC Mondal - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Phagocytic macrophages are crucial for innate immunity and tissue homeostasis. Most
tissue-resident macrophages develop from embryonic precursors that populate every organ …

Numerous Serine/Threonine Kinases Affect Blood Cell Homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster

S Deichsel, BM Gahr, H Mastel, A Preiss, AC Nagel - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Blood cells in Drosophila serve primarily innate immune responses. Various stressors
influence blood cell homeostasis regarding both numbers and the proportion of blood cell …

Fly-CURE, a multi-institutional CURE using Drosophila, increases students' confidence, sense of belonging, and persistence in research

JA Merkle, O Devergne, SM Kelly… - … of Microbiology and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The Fly-CURE is a genetics-focused multi-institutional Course-Based Undergraduate
Research Experience (CURE) that provides undergraduate students with hands-on …

Tiny earth CURE improves student persistence in science

S Miller, CC Aldana, W Du, H Lee, N Maldonado… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) enhance student retention in
STEM, particularly among students who belong to historically excluded communities. Yet the …

Characterization of the Structural Requirements for the NADase Activity of Bacterial Toll/IL-1R domains in a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience

T Vallejo-Schmidt, C Palm, T Obiorah, AR Koudjra… - …, 2024 - journals.aai.org
TLRs initiate innate immune signaling pathways via Toll/IL-1R (TIR) domains on their
cytoplasmic tails. Various bacterial species also express TIR domain-containing proteins …

Curriculum Design and Assessment: The Development of a Nonmajor Biology Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences and Its Effects on Students and …

WE Falkner - 2024 - search.proquest.com
The goals of nonmajor science education are to improve scientific literacy and produce pro-
science attitudes. Together, these goals are expected to improve an individual's ability to …

A cost-free CURE: using bioinformatics to identify DNA-binding factors at a specific genomic locus

CA Schmidt, LJ Hodkinson, HS Comstra… - … of Microbiology and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Research experiences provide diverse benefits for undergraduates. Many academic
institutions have adopted course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) to …

Macrophage differentiation requires DNA damage caused by Caspase-Activated DNase

D Maurya, G Rai, D Mandal, BC Mondal - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Phagocytic macrophages are crucial for innate immunity and tissue homeostasis. Most
macrophages develop from embryonic precursors that populate every organ before birth to …

[PDF][PDF] Numerous Serine/Threonine Kinases Affect Blood Cell Homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster. Cells 2024, 13, 576

S Deichsel, BM Gahr, H Mastel, A Preiss, AC Nagel - 2024 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Blood cells in Drosophila serve primarily innate immune responses. Various stressors
influence blood cell homeostasis regarding both numbers and the proportion of blood cell …