Open-loop lab-on-a-chip technology enables remote computer science training in Latinx life sciences students.

Autor:	Sano T; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064., Sampad MJN; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064., Gonzalez-Ferrer J; Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060.; Genomics Institute, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060.; Live Cell Biotechnology Discovery Lab, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060., Hernandez S; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064.; Genomics Institute, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060.; Live Cell Biotechnology Discovery Lab, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060.; Centro de Electroquímica y Energía Química (CELEQ), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, 11501 2060, Costa Rica., Vera-Choqqueccota S; Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060.; Genomics Institute, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060.; Live Cell Biotechnology Discovery Lab, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060., Vargas PA; Biotechnology, Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia., Urcuyo R; Centro de Electroquímica y Energía Química (CELEQ), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, 11501 2060, Costa Rica., Duran NM; Biotechnology, Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia., Teodorescu M; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064.; Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060.; Genomics Institute, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060.; Live Cell Biotechnology Discovery Lab, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060., Haussler D; Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060.; Genomics Institute, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060.; Live Cell Biotechnology Discovery Lab, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060., Schmidt H; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064., Mostajo-Radji MA; Genomics Institute, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060.; Live Cell Biotechnology Discovery Lab, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	BioRxiv : the preprint server for biology [bioRxiv] 2023 May 01. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 01.
DOI:	10.1101/2023.04.28.538776
Abstrakt:	Despite many interventions, science education remains highly inequitable throughout the world. Among all life sciences fields, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology suffer from the strongest underrepresentation of racial and gender minorities. Internet-enabled project-based learning (PBL) has the potential to reach underserved communities and increase the diversity of the scientific workforce. Here, we demonstrate the use of lab-on-a-chip (LoC) technologies to train Latinx life science undergraduate students in concepts of computer programming by taking advantage of open-loop cloud-integrated LoCs. We developed a context-aware curriculum to train students at over 8,000 km from the experimental site. We showed that this approach was sufficient to develop programming skills and increase the interest of students in continuing careers in Bioinformatics. Altogether, we conclude that LoC-based Internet-enabled PBL can become a powerful tool to train Latinx students and increase the diversity in STEM.
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