Fostering student authorship skills in synthetic biology.

ABSTRACT: Women and racial minorities are underrepresented in the synthetic biology community. Developing a scholarly identity by engaging in a scientific community through writing and communication is an important component for STEM retention, particularly for underrepresented individuals. Several excellent pedagogical tools have been developed to teach scientific literacy and to measure competency in reading and interpreting scientific literature. However, fewer tools exist to measure learning gains with respect to writing, or that teach the more abstract processes of peer review and scientific publishing, which are essential for developing scholarly identity and publication currency. Here we describe our approach to teaching scientific writing and publishing to undergraduate students within a syn

SUBMITTER: Roberts LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11190368 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature