Adapting Undergraduate Research to Remote Work to Increase Engagement.

ABSTRACT: Demand for undergraduate research experiences typically outstrips the available laboratory positions, which could have been exacerbated during the remote work conditions imposed by the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic. This report presents a collection of examples of how undergraduates have been engaged in research under pandemic work restrictions. Examples include a range of projects related to fluid dynamics, cancer biology, nanomedicine, circadian clocks, metabolic disease, catalysis, and environmental remediation. Adaptations were made that included partnerships between remote and in-person research students and students taking on more data analysis and literature surveys, as well as data mining, computational, and informatics projects. In many cases, these projects engaged students who ot

SUBMITTER: Cohen SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10003819 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature