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Tiêu đề

Medical mycology and the chemistry classroom: Germinating student interest in organic chemistry

Tác giả

Bliss J.M.; Reid C.W.

Năm xuất bản

2013

Source title

Journal of Chemical Education

Số trích dẫn

DOI

10.1021/ed300482s

Liên kết

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84885401025&doi=10.1021%2fed300482s&partnerID=40&md5=a4a37bfc9ccd1a660f553b9d1037b196

Tóm tắt

Efforts to provide active research context to introductory courses in basic sciences are likely to better engage learners and provide a framework for relevant concepts. A simple teaching and learning experiment was conducted to use concepts in organic chemistry to solve problems in the life sciences. Bryant University is a liberal arts university with new programs in biological and environmental sciences. This laboratory exercise was developed for introductory organic chemistry and designed to highlight its applicability to the biological sciences. Students participated in an ongoing project to identify antigens on the surface of Candida albicans hyphae by testing a variety of lipid extraction procedures and characterizing the fatty acid and carbohydrate composition of their extractions by thin-layer chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Student extracts were also tested in an immunoblot assay with a specific antibody fragment (scFv) that recognizes an unknown component of the cell surface of C. albicans hyphae. In order to build communication skills, students were required to prepare and present posters detailing the project and their findings. © 2013 The American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc.

Từ khóa

Applications of Chemistry; Biochemistry; First-Year Undergraduate/General; Hands-On Learning/Manipulatives; Inquiry-Based/Discovery Learning; Interdisciplinary/ Multidisciplinary; Organic Chemistry; Second-Year Undergraduate; Upper-Division Undergraduate

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