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Biology Concept Inventory
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A New Generation of Scientific Teachers
Jo Handelsman and Sarah Lauffer, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Building the Biology Concept Inventory and Using the BioConcept List in Learning Assessment
Michaek Klymkowsky, University of Colorado - Boulder and Kathy Garvin-Doxas, Alliance for Learning, Technology & Society (ATLAS) Institute, University of Colorado - Boulder
Biosafety Levels—What We Need to Know About Them in Teaching Labs
Christina Thompson, RBP, CBSP, American Biological Safety Association
Update of Biosafety Level Designations
Erica Suchman, Colorado State University and Jacki Laxon, Community College of Rhode Island
On Your Newsstands Now: Microbiology Education, Volume 5
Jeffrey Byrd, St. Mary's College, Editor-in-Chief, Microbiology Education
Journal Watch
Kathleen Jagger, Transylvania University
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Indiren Pillay, Southwest Tennessee Community College
From the Editor
This issue introduces the Biology Concept Inventory to the microbiology community, and invites our participation in building and using this important assessment tool. Also featured is an article from Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Professor Jo Handelsman. She and co-author Sarah Lauffer outline the New Generation Program for Scientific Teaching that resulted from her $1 million HHMI award in 2002. We also have more about laboratory safety with a report from the American Biological Safety Association and a handy reference guide to BSL-1 and BSL-2 strains from Jacki Laxon and Erica Suchman. Finally, don’t miss our preview of articles from the new issue of Microbiology Education.
Kelly Cowan
Miami University - Middletown
Newsletter Editorial Committee
M.M. (Kelly) Cowan, Editor, Miami University - Middletown
Jacki Laxon, Community College of Rhode Island
Mary Lux, University of Southern Mississippi
Indiren Pillay, Southwest Tennessee Community College
Christopher Woolverton, Kent State University
Kristen Catlin-LeBaron, Production Editor, ASM Staff
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