2024
- Biennial Conference in Chemical Education (BCCE, University of Kentucky Lexington KY, July 28 - Aug 31, 2024)
- Didem Vardar-Ulu presenting
- SABER East (SABER East, at RIT, Rochester NY, May 29-31, 2024 )
- Shuchi giving an oral presentation
- Discover BMB meeting (San Antonio, TX, Mar 23-26 2024) [Pictures]
- Swati Agrawal leading the discussions about Molecular CaseNet in the Active Learning Workshop (Intro video, Slides)
- Writing Retreat (afternoons of Tue and Wed in Mar 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27)
- Six MCS members participated in at least one workshop
- Unveiling Molecular Beauty: A Sensory Journey (Mar 8, 2024)
- Christin Monroe presented a professional development talk about designing curricula to overcome executive function challenges, techniques for teaching blind/ low vision students, & tools to test color pallets for color vision diversity.
2023
- National Conference in Kansas City (NSTA, Oct 25-28, 2023)
- Keith Johnson presenting a poster: Teaching Biological Macromolecule Structure and Function Using the “Box of Lessons” Resources
- Keith Johnshon presenting a workshop: Teaching Biological Macromolecular Structure and Chemical Bonds using Computer Models
- ASBMB Webinar presented in collaboration with ASBMB and RCSB PDB (October 19, 2023)
- Shuchi presented a draft version of a case study in "Teaching enzymology with the Protein Data Bank: from pandemic to Paxlovid" (Information and Recording)
- C2 STEM conference (Sep 29, 2023)
- Melanie presented at RVCC, NJ (slides)
- Transforming undergraduate education in the molecular life sciences (TUEMLS, Jul 27-30 2023)
- SABER meeting (Jul 2023)
- Caleb Trujillo presented a Poster
- Western Conference on Science Education (WCSE, Ontario Canada, Jul 12-14, 2023)
- Alexandra Pettit presented (slides)
- Biome Institute
- (Virtual: Jul 10-14 2023): Shuchi presented two posters
- (In-person Jul 24-27 2023): Shuchi attending [Pictures]
- Writing retreat (afternoons of 16-18 May, 2023)
- Six MCN members including a guest (who was collaborating on writing one case study) attended the retreat and worked on developing a new case study or completing one that they were already working on. Some members attended 2 days of the retreat.
- Discover BMB meeting (Mar 25-28 2023) [Pictures]
- KP presented a poster titled "Developing a Pipeline for Authoring, Piloting, and Evaluating Molecular Case Studies" authors K. Procko, A. Pettit, E. Pollock, K.J. Riley, D. Vardar-Ulu, and S. Dutta
- KP's student presented a poster about the case study she wrote collaboratively (From Poison to Medicine: Developing a Molecular Case Study)
- Writing retreat (afternoons of 7-9 and 14-16 Mar 2023)
- Six MCN members and a guest (who was collaborating on writing one case study) attended the retreat and worked on developing a new case study or completing one that they were already working on. Some members attended 2 days of the retreat.
2022
- Welcoming Cohort-2 members (Sep 23, 2022) (Virtual meeting)
- Biome Institute (Summer 2022 and Fall Working Group)
- Workshop "A "Box of Lessons" for Exploring Biomolecular Structure and Function" K. Johnson, A. Pettit, S. Vemu, S. Dutta
- Poster "Collaborative case writing and field testing with Molecular CaseNet brings together discipline specific expertise for innovative pedagogical tools in the classroom." S. Agrawal, D. Vardar Ulu, and S. Dutta
- Work in Progress - open discussions "From Questions to Stories: Contributing to the Development of OERs (intro video)" H. Jakubowski, and S. Dutta
- Shuchismita Dutta facilitated discussion group - "Box of Lessons" working group.
- (BCCE 2022, (program) July 31- August 4, 2022)
- Oral presentations
- Incorporating “Molecular Case Studies” into large biochemistry courses by Didem Vardar-Ulu
- Engaging students in scientific literature review and structure visualization through the writing of molecular case studies by Elizabeth Pollock
- Oral presentations
- BioMolViz Assessment Writing Workshop (Online) Jun 23, 2022; Shuchismita Dutta presented a Plenary Session.
- High-throughput Discovery Science & Inquiry-based Case Studies for Today's Students (HITS 2022, Summer Virtual and In-person Workshops) May 23-25 2022; Shuchismita Dutta presenting a session.
- BioQuest/QUBES FMN (Molecular CaseNet Spring 2021; Mentor Shuchismita Dutta)
- Goal was to pilot the case studies developed by Cohort-1 members; develop intro lessons to introduce educators and students to the data tools and resources offered by the Protein Data Bank and other Bioinformatics resources; and develop some rubrics to reviewing cases submitted to Molecular CaseNet.
2021
- Biome Institute (Summer 2021 and Fall Working Group)
- Posters "Learning about Protein Structure and Function with Molecular CaseNet" and "Students Authoring Molecular Case Studies"
- Work in Progress - open discussions "Operationalizing Bloom’s Taxonomy for Interdisciplinary Science Explorations (intro video)" and "Promises and Pitfalls of Incorporating Molecular Case Studies in Biochemistry Courses"
- Shuchismita Dutta facilitated discussion group - Ecology/Environmental Biology Molecular Case Studies
- MCN Hosted workshop (Summer Professional Development workshop 2021, Virtual, July 5-9, 2021) [Pictures]
- Goal of this workshop is to train educators in using molecular visualization tools and help them develop an outline for writing their own case study.
- Community Spotlight (QUBES) Shuchismita Dutta and Molecular CaseNet (June 2021)
- QUBES FMN (Molecular CaseNet Spring 2021; Mentor Shuchismita Dutta)
- Goal was to test the usability of the published cases in various curricular contexts, write adaptations as appropriate; and to develop some rubrics to reviewing cases submitted to Molecular CaseNet.
2020
- Biome Institute (Summer 2020 and 2020 Fall working Groups)
- Several members of the FMN participated in the summer workshop to share their experiences about using molecular case studies and learning from others in the community.
- Shuchismita Dutta facilitated discussions in 2 working groups - Developing Introductory tutorials; and Students Writing Cases
- Friday Visualization Conversations (Organized by BioMolViz.org, on Nov. 20, 2020) (Flyer)
- Shuchismita Dutta gave a presentation to UG faculty interested in promoting Molecular Visualization Literacy.
- QUBES FMN (Molecular CaseNet Spring 2020; Mentor- Shuchismita Dutta)
- Goal was to review the draft molecular case studies and pilot them in classrooms, revise the cases based on discussions and publish them on QUBES and Molecular CaseNet.
- In addition to publishing cases - 2 participating faculty tried to engage their students in writing molecular case studies.
2019
- ASCB/EMBO meeting (Meeting website; Washington DC, Dec. 7-11) [Pictures]
- Poster by Melanie Lenahan; Title: Molecular Case Studies: At the Interface of Biology and Chemistry on Dec. 8 to engage with participants and introduce Molecular CaseNet
- NABT Meeting (NABT2019Program, Nov 14-17)
- Poster by David Marcey; Title: Molecular CaseNet: Developing Case Studies Using Molecular Representations for use in Introductory Chemistry, Biology, and Biochemistry Classes on Nov 16 to promote Molecular CaseNet
- Community College Community Presentation (
- NCCSTS Fall Conference (2019 Conference Program, Buffalo NY, Sep 27) [Pictures]
- Shuchi Dutta presents Molecular CaseNet and molecular case studies
- QUBES Summer workshop (Evolution of Data in the Classroom: From Data to Data Science, 2019; Williamsburg VA, July 2019) [Pictures]
- Shuchismita Dutta and Pat Marsteller present session titled "Molecular Case Studies: Analysis at the Interface of Biology and Chemistry" on July 15, 2019 to introduce Molecular CaseNet and engage with participants. Met several faculty in the following working group who stayed connected to author molecular case studies in Fall 2019.
- MCN hosted workshop (Atlanta workshop, hosted by Pat Marsteller in Emory University, GA, May 4, 2019) [Pictures]
- Day-long presentation and discussions by Pat Marsteller, Henry Jakubowski, Kimberly Cortes, and Shuchismita Dutta to introduce Molecular CaseNet and to engage with faculty from different sub-disciplines.
- EB-ASBMB Meeting (Orlando FL, Apr 6-9)
- Poster by H. Jakubowski, Title: Molecular CaseNet: Developing case studies using molecular representations for use in introductory chemistry, biology and biochemistry classes
- ACS Meeting (Orlando FL, Mar31-Apr 4)
- Poster by K. Cortes; Title: Molecular CaseNet: Developing case studies using molecular representations for use in introductory chemistry, biology and biochemistry classes
2018
- Molecular CaseNet Steering Committee Kickoff meeting (Rutgers University, Piscataway NJ Oct 26-27) [Pictures]