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GIDEON Informatics: Product & Author Corner Rooms 333 & 334Jean-Felipe Teotonio

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JMBE Editors' breakfast Room 335Stanley Maloy • Michael Lerman

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ASMCUE Registration & Information desk is open ASMCUE registration desk

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ABRCMS/ASMCUE Joint Keynote tba

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An interdisciplinary CURE for Infectious Disease: Community Co-design of Competencies and Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences for the Future Workforce Rooms 333 & 334Jason Williams • Carlos Goller • Carolina Mehaffy Commensals are Mutualists, and "Pathogen" is Passé. Discuss. Rooms 338 & 339Kelly Cowan Community College Roundtable: Faculty Voices from the Community College Classroom Room 336Heather Townsend Critical Conversations Regarding Graduate Teaching Assistants’ Instructional Uses of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Room 337Jeffrey Olimpo • Andrea Rediske From Archives to the Classroom: Building a Community and Developing Resources to Integrate History into Microbiology Education Room 335Stefanie Iverson Cabral

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Exhibit & Poster Hall Open ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster Hall

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Carolina Science: Microbiology Beyond the Campus Bench Rooms 333 & 334Kerry Balbirona

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Creating Team Charters for Student Development of Workforce-Relevant Skills Room 337Carlos Goller EduHack: A Collaborative Framework for Rapid Curriculum Development Room 336Allissa Dillman Integrating AI/ML Copilot Into Undergraduate Microbiology Education for Machine Learning Data Discovery Room 335Xyanthine Parillon Why teach TO the test if you can teach THROUGH the test? An introduction to two-stage exams and other (fun!) collaborative assessments Rooms 338 & 339Miriam Markum Writing Federal Grants in the Current Funding Landscape Rooms 333 & 334Elizabeth Danka

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Exhibit & Poster Hall Open ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster Hall

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McGraw Hill: Product & Author Corner Rooms 333 & 334TBA

4:00pm PST

Break from ASMCUE and opportunity to sample Seattle off-site

7:15pm PST

ASMCUE/ABRCMS Joint Faculty Reception, TBA tba

7:30am PST

ASMCUE Registration & Information desk is open ASMCUE registration desk

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Do your students have difficulty solving novel problems? Teaching them how to reason mechanistically can be the answer! Room 336Keenan Noyes • Alison Crowe • Mary Pat Wenderoth Integrating quantitative image analysis into undergraduate courses Room 337Laura Diaz-Martinez • Kara Cerveny • Erin Weisbart Integrating STEM Professional Development Workshops into the Curriculum to Promote STEM Identity Development, Retention, and Success in Early Post-Secondary Students Room 335Brandi Sigmon Writing Teachng Case Studies - Case Study Writing Sprint Rooms 338 & 339Rebecca Seipelt Thiemann • Nancy Boury Using GenAI to Restore Time-Intensive Teaching Practices and Assess Process Over Product Regardless of Class Size Rooms 333 & 334Kara Mosovsky • J. Jordan Steel • Michael Barnhart

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Bringing Genomics Into the Classroom: A Hands-On Workshop Using Web-Based Tools for Genome Assembly and Annotation Room 337Tricia Van Laar Incorporating effective science communication principles in undergraduate STEM courses Rooms 338 & 339Carolina Mehaffy • Delaney Worthington AI as a Mindtool: Shifting Student Use from Generating Content to Fostering Critical Thinking Rooms 333 & 334Jacqueline Washington • Mary Mawn Cognitive Isn’t Enough: Strategizing the Support of Affective Learning in Science to Achieve Full “Bloom” Learning Room 336Bethany Stone • Amanda Durbak Fostering student belonging, professional identity, and career readiness with revitalized co-curricular programming. Room 335Mary Allen • Stephanie Carr

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Opportunities, outcomes, and best practices for teaching with authentic data & open science Room 337Kaitlyn Casimo • Maddy Meuller • Gideon Dunster • Carlos Goller Your Body’s SuperHero Immune Cell Team – Visual learning teaching activity using Plush toy microbes and cells – How Vaccines and Your Immune System Cells Keep You Healthy and Attack Germs! Rooms 338 & 339Ann Williams Co-Designing Course AI Policies with Our Students to Ensure Flexibility, Transparency, and Precision Rooms 333 & 334Mariah Knowles • Sarah Miller The Right Answer Is Not Enough: Teaching Students to Build and Defend Biological Explanations Room 336Nathaniel King Health Disparities as a Framework for Connecting Basic Science, Community Engagement, and Student Success Room 335Kelly Collins

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Symbiotic Scholars: Merging GenAI and Wikipedia for Knowledge Navigation Skills Room 337Jennifer Walker The Microbe-Neuron Connection: Integrating Microbiology and A&P for Deeper Learning Rooms 338 & 339Sandra Fox-Moon

12:15pm PST

Lunch (on your own) off-site

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AI is here – how do educators plan to integrate AI tools for research into coursework (while still teaching core science skills)? Rooms 333 & 334Carlos Goller • Ellen Dow • Zachary Crockett Credentialing, Curriculum, and Career Readiness: A Roundtable Discussion Room 335Tamara Mandell The Microbiology Educator Exchange: Building New ASM Teaching and Learning Communities Through Peer Support and Networking Room 336Heather Townsend • Mary Allen • Caitlin Light Beyond the Biology: Why We Should Consider An Expanded Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Undergraduates about Vaccines and an Example of How that Might Look Rooms 338 & 339Kara Mosovsky Publish your Education Study: Turning Classroom Research into Scholarly Impact Room 337Miriam Segura

2:05pm PST

An online community of practice provides effective professional development in inclusive evidence-based teaching practices Room 335Stephanie Mathews • Melanie Lenahan • Rachel Pigg • Carlos Goller Bridging Student Skill Gaps with AI for Public Health Communication Rooms 333 & 334Jessica Joyner Advancing Excellence in Microbiology Education: ASM’s Course Endorsement Program Room 336Nancy Boury • Carlos Goller • Caitlin Light

2:40pm PST

Beyond Memorization: Integrating Critical Thinking and Inquiry with HHMI BioInteractive Resources Rooms 338 & 339Jacqueline Washington Updating the 2018 Microbiology in Nursing and Allied Health (MINAH) Undergraduate Curriculum Guidelines Room 336Lourdes Norman-McKay • Beena Patel Authors Wanted: Learn How To Publish Your Work in the Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education (JMBE) Room 337Carlos Goller • Stanley Maloy • Sarah Fankhauser • Michael Lerman From Memorize to Mesmerize: Authentic Assessment That's Engaging, Meaningful, and (mostly) AI-Resistant Rooms 333 & 334Andrea Rediske Think Like an Educator, Lead Like a Microbiologist Room 335Kelly Mack

3:15pm PST

Expanding Undergraduate Research: Developing a SEA-PHAGES Genomics Course at Hudson Valley Community College Rooms 338 & 339Jaya Dasgupta • Sujatha Kadaba Beyond BlackInMicro Week: Building Classroom Activities that Emphasize Science Identity and Stories from Everyday Scientists Room 337Antoinette Bell-Kareem • Nikea Pittman • Kishana Taylor

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Plenary with Ann Stevens, raffle, and Closing Comments Rooms 333 & 334Kelly Collins • Ann Stevens

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