A modular laboratory course using planarians to study genes involved in tissue regeneration.

ABSTRACT: Undergraduate research experiences are excellent opportunities to engage students in science alongside experienced scientists, but at large institutions, it is challenging to accommodate all students. To address and engage a larger number of students, we developed a modular laboratory course based on the course-based undergraduate research experiences model. This new course was integrated with the scientific aims of a research laboratory studying the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying tissue regeneration in planarians. In this course, students were asked to identify genes with roles in planarian biology. Students analyzed and cloned an assigned gene, determined its expression pattern in situ and examined its function in regeneration. Additionally, we developed critical thinking a

SUBMITTER: Ochoa SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6731126 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature