10.2 Activity - Next Steps
10.2.1 Introduction
Congratulations on making it to the end of Microbial Mysteries! Take a moment and reflect on all that you’ve accomplished during this semester, especially those of you who reported in the Welcome Poll “No experience” with Microbiology, Galaxy, and Scientific Research. While the “Grad Student Motivation Level” PHD Comics spans years, it likely reflects the ups and downs as you developed and explored your hypothesis, including the thrill of presenting your work to people in our mini-symposium. The feedback has been great with faculty impressed at what you’ve accomplished, the depth that you understand your projects, and even one scientist who does metagenomics research reporting that they learned a new trick or two!
We’ll wrap up today with several next steps including completing feedback to improve the next offering of this course , researching opportunities to do more science, exploring communities where scientists openly share insights, and optionally sharing more work.
10.2.2 Activity 1 – Complete Feedback
Estimated time: 15 min
10.2.2.1 Instructions
Help us improve this course as we work to grow enrollment to accommodate 32 to 64 students, incorporate graduate TAs and undergraduate course assistants and tutors, and promote more computational training and research opportunities throughout departmental courses https://forms.gle/XkqiMERHc2PETmy4A
10.2.3 Activity 2 – Research Opportunities
| 1. Find one LAB at YOUR INSTITUTION that you would work in and explain why. |
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| 2. REU – Which NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates program would you attend and why? |
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| a. Overview – https://www.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/reu/students |
| b. Search – https://www.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/reu/search |
| - Consider filtering by Research Area (e.g. Biology) |
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10.2.4 Activity 3 – Explore Communities
Estimated time: 15 min
10.2.4.1 Instructions
Spend a little bit of time browsing communities that discuss genomics, data analysis, and more. Paste the URLs for a couple of posts that you find interesting with a brief comment.
10.2.4.2 Questions
- Specialized Communities
- SEQanswers: the next-generation sequencing community
- Biostars: bioinformatics explained
| Post URL of interest for Specialized Communities and your comments here: |
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- General Communities
- Reddit: The heart of the internet
- Twitter/X: It’s what’s happening
- Bluesky: Social media as it should be
| Post URL of interest for General Communities and your comments here: |
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