ASMCUE MWV27

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:52:00 GMT

The American Society for Microbiology Conference for Undergraduate Educators (ASMCUE) is an interactive four-day conference on scientific updates and effective teaching strategies. Now in its 16th year, the conference attracts over 300 microbiology and biology educators. Educators come from colleges, universities and international institutions to learn and share the latest information in the biological sciences and education research. The conference program includes plenary, concurrent, poster, and exhibit sessions. Participants engage in formal and informal small group discussions between colleagues all focused on the same goal: to improve teaching and learning in the biological sciences. In this episode, we talk with Erica Suchman, Associate Professor, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, and Local Organizing Chair for the 2009 meeting. Erica talks about her attendance at the meeting for the past 12 years and the benefits of participating. Also featured are several participants at the ASMCUE 2008 held at Endicott College in Beverly, MA and ASM's Education Director, Amy Chang, a co-founder of the Conference. For more information about the conference or to view past proceedings, visit www.asmcue.org.

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Tags : ASMCUE, Amy, Change, Conference, Education, Erica, Microbiology, Science, Students, Suchman, Teachers

The Singing Toxicologist - MWV20

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:57:01 GMT

He's been referred to as the "Elvis of E. coli", the "Sinatra of Salmonella," and in this episode of MicrobeWorld Video the "singing toxicologist." Whatever you call him, Carl Winter, Extension Food Toxicologist and Director of the FoodSafe Program at UC Davis, performs parodies of contemporary popular music by modifying lyrics to address food safety issues such as bacterial contamination, irradiation, biotechnology, government regulation, and pesticides. The goal of his songs is to provide science-based food safety information in a fun, accessible way. Thanks to a grant from the USDA, Dr. Winter is now studying how to integrate his music into traditional food safety education programs. Dr. Winter's music goes beyond simply educating those who work with food and in this video he shares some of his tips to empower the everyday consumer looking to prevent the spread of foodborne illness. For more information about food safety please visit the following sites: http://foodsafe.ucdavis.edu www.foodsafety.gov http://www.usda.gov Please feel free to embed or distribute this video.

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Tags : ASM (1:24) , MicrobeWorld (0:07) , asm, asmcue, carl, conference (1:24) , contamination (4:07) , cross (4:07) , davis, education, educators (1:24) , food, food (1:03) , foodborne (0:53) , gull, harmful (3:21) , health, illness, illness (0:53) , kelly, microbiology, microorganism (3:21) , music, music (1:03) , parodies, prevent (3:21) , safety, safety (1:03) , science, spinach (0:47) , spread (3:21) , uc, undergraduate (1:24) , usda, winter

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ASMCUE MWV27

The Singing Toxicologist - MWV20