1. ComGen – The Community College Genomics Research Initiative CCLI Grant (0717470) and TUES type II (1225857 )

2. ComGen model One quarter graduate school experience. Classroom based but….. Student - Hands on Instructor - Hand off “I never thought frustration could be fun.”

3. Real research experience – Early on! Prerequisite: General Biology Week1: How to use a micropippettor Week 9/10: I have analyzed five genomic clones!

4. Regular Lectures Regular Labs Regular Lectures Biology Majors/Microbiology Research Project + + Increased student engagement

5. Courses using bioinformatics Biology majors Stand alone Genomic research course Independent Study – fungal phylogeny, phage genomes Bioinformatics course Other research courses Microbiology Sanger sequencing Next-Gen sequencing

6. Research Projects Bacterial genome Fungal Phylogeny Phage genomes Insect genome? Other faculty interest projects BLAST (Gene identification) Protein structure/function Phylogenetic analysis Comparative genomics Genome assembly Genome annotation

7. Genomic Diversity of biocontrol Pseudomonas spp. Loper et. al 2012

8. Partnership for Life Science Education Implementing Vision and Change PULSE –39 Leadership Fellows; all with leadership experience in driving educational change –Growing community of 1000+ stakeholders PULSE is an Inclusive National Effort –Anyone can join (Students, faculty, administrators) PULSE was started by Currently restructuring towards a newer model www.pulsecommunity.org Departmental level change