Weidong Gu, Thomas R Unnasch, Charles R Katholi, Richard Lampman, Robert J Novak
Fundamental issues in mosquito surveillance for arboviral transmission
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
knowledge genomics essential component science high school student health literacy however high school teachers received genomics training guidance teach subject students project explored impact genomics bioinformatics research pipeline high school teachers students using introduction genome annotation research catalyst western new yorkbased project three major components 1 summer teacher professional development workshop introduce genome annotation research 2 teacherguided student genome annotation group projects school year 3 end academic year capstone symposium showcase student work poster session teachers students performed manual gene annotations using online annotation toolkit known genomics education national initiativeannotation collaboration toolkit geniact originally developed use college undergraduate teaching environment school year students asked evaluate data collected formulate hypothesis correctness computer pipeline annotation present data support conclusions poster form symposium evaluation project documented increased content knowledge basic genomics bioinformatics well increased confidence using tools scientific process using geniact thus demonstrating high school students capable using tools scientists conduct realworld research task