Description
Track 2 Jewel Scholars will partake in a weekly Authentic Research in Microbiology Seminar series (ARMS). The Scholars will spend the academic year learning and applying the scientific method towards identifying and characterizing antibiotic-producing bacteria from the soil. Scholars will review and interpret primary scientific literature and conduct original biomolecular and microbiological research. During the weekly seminar and laboratory sessions, scholars will learn, discuss and implement the scientific method through hypothesis creation, data gathering and results interpretation. Findings will be presented at an end-of-the year culminating poster session. Prerequisite: Student must be a Jewel Scholar. Note: The number is meant to correspond to the year of school a student is in. The cross-listed classes (CHE & FSC) will meet together each semester though projects will vary by a student’s year in the program.