TU BraunschweigWie Studierende bereits während des Studiums erfolgreich forschen können, zeigt das Beispiel von Ronja Friedhoff. Die Biologiestudentin der #TUBraunschweig hat genetische Informationen von verschiedenen #Heilpflanzen entschlüsselt. Mitte Mai konnte sie ihre Ergebnisse auf der internationalen Konferenz #LondonCalling2024 vor einem breiten Fachpublikum präsentieren. 👩🏫
PuckerLabRonja from PuckerLab presented at London Calling 2024, highlighting our work on unravelling the biosynthetic potential of medicinal plants! 🌿✨ #londoncalling2024 #medicinalplants #biosynthesis
Boas PuckerHow can we teach data literacy skills and plant genomics to students? Katharina is sharing our experiences through an online poster and on-demand-talk at #LondonCalling2024.
Details are available here: https://doi.org/10.1515/jib-2023-0033
#NanoporeConf #Genomics @PuckerLab
Details are available here: https://doi.org/10.1515/jib-2023-0033
#NanoporeConf #Genomics @PuckerLab
Data literacy in genome research
With an ever increasing amount of research data available, it becomes constantly more important to possess data literacy skills to benefit from this valuable resource. An integrative course was developed to teach students the fundamentals of data literacy through an engaging genome sequencing project. Each cohort of students performed planning of the experiment, DNA extraction, nanopore sequencing, genome sequence assembly, prediction of genes in the assembled sequence, and assignment of functional annotation terms to predicted genes. Students learned how to communicate science through writing a protocol in the form of a scientific paper, providing comments during a peer-review process, and presenting their findings as part of an international symposium. Many students enjoyed the opportunity to own a project and to work towards a meaningful objective.