Preparing Students for the Data-Driven Life Science Era through a Real-World Viral Infection Case

Autor/inn/en	Laukens, Kris; Eyckmans, Marleen; De Neuter, Nicolas; Naulaerts, Stefan; Meysman, Pieter; Van Ostade, Xaveer
Titel	Preparing Students for the Data-Driven Life Science Era through a Real-World Viral Infection Case
Quelle	In: Journal of Biological Education, 55 (2021) 2, S.178-187 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Laukens, Kris)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9266
DOI	10.1080/00219266.2019.1667408
Schlagwörter	Data Analysis; Communicable Diseases; Molecular Biology; Science Instruction; Correlation; Hands on Science; Computer Networks; Student Interests; Scientific Research; Databases; Goal Orientation; Teacher Role; Computer Software; Outcomes of Education; Learning Processes; Independent Study; Graduate Students; Masters Programs; Biotechnology; Course Objectives; Assignments; Teaching Methods; Research Papers (Students); Foreign Countries; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Auswertung; Contagious disease; Contagious diseases; Communicable disease; Infektionskrankheit; Molekularbiologie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Korrelation; Computernetz; Computernetze; Kommunikationsnetz; Studieninteresse; Datenbank; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Lehrerrolle; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Learning process; Lernprozess; Selbststudium; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Biotechnologie; Assignment; Auftrag; Zuweisung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Belgien
Abstract	While computational biology and bioinformatics became an inherent part of most life science degrees, it remains challenging to encourage students to employ these diverse skills in a practical research context. In this education paper, we present a method to enable students to acquire hands-on skills by the data-driven study of complex biomolecular datasets. The course starts with a series of introductory lectures, including a practical session on Cytoscape and associated computational network biology techniques. As we believe that enabling students to work on their own research questions will increase their motivation and interest, we introduced a recent hallmark virus-host protein-protein interaction article from which the database served as a starting point for the students to develop their research goal, which was presented and discussed in a first informal meeting. Over the next two months, about four interactive sessions were held, where students presented their problems, progress and challenges and exchanged ideas to help each other reach their goals. The role of the lecturers was to assist the students with independently collecting data and exploring new software tools for their research question. We present this concept and methods, and we share our experiences from an evaluation of the student learning outcomes. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01