2026 ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators

2026 ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators

Welcome to ASMCUE in Seattle, Washington! Registered attendees are able to download the mobile app onto their phone, create a log-in, and make a personalized schedule and chat with attendees. Questions? Email [email protected]

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7:00am PST

JMBE Editors' breakfast Room 335Stanley Maloy • Michael Lerman

7:30am PST

ASMCUE Registration & Information desk is open ASMCUE registration desk

8:30am PST

ABRCMS/ASMCUE Joint Keynote tba

9:45am PST

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

10:30am PST

Exhibit & Poster Hall Open ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster Hall

10:45am PST

Assessing Students Understanding of a Microbial Mitosis and Meiosis Teaching Tool ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallErica Harris Assessing Students’ Perceptions of Motivational Climate in Microbiology Education ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallTuan Le Beyond Action Verbs: Specification of Context in Learning Objectives Published by Professional Biology Societies ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallRobin Altman Bridging Community College and University STEM Pathways: The Impact of Mentoring, High-Impact Practices, and Scholarships on Transfer Success ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallRenu Kumar Faculty Perceptions of AI in Immunology and Microbiology Courses ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallArchana Lal • Bhaswati Manish • Sahar Hasim • Thiru Vanniasinkam From Self-Assessment to Improved Learning Strategies: Promoting Student Learning and Success Through Exam Wrappers in an Introductory Biology Course ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallMichelle Whaley • Sam Adams How does Peer Review and Social Annotation affect learning and sense of belonging in the online classroom? ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallMarianne Baricevic Improving Undergraduate Student Engagement In STEM Through Bioinformatics Research ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallYokshitha Reddy Bathula Innovating Nursing Education Through Virtual Simulation: Evaluating an Intervention to Strengthen Confidence in Communication Skills with Vaccine-Hesitant Patients ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallJennifer Manges Instructor implementation of published biology lessons preserve core materials and content while varying in the structure of student activities ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallAshley Foltz Integrating Science and Art through Eco-Columns and MudWatt Systems: A Cross-Disciplinary Teaching Model ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallBeena Patel • John-Paul Vermitsky • Isabel Gines Integration of a Tiny Earth CURE into a Microbiology Course and Student Perceptions of Research ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallMichelle Thomas Listening to Learn: Professional Microbiology Podcast Annotation Boosts Student Content Mastery and Motivation for Engaging with Primary Literature ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallAmaya Garcia Costas • Gwendowlyn Knapp • Rebecca Seipelt Thiemann • Nancy Boury Measuring Student Growth in a Microbiology CURE Using Course Learning Outcomes and Persistence Measures ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallTejas Bouklas Microbe Invader as a Gamification Strategy for Teaching and Applying Biochemical Tests and Diagnostic Algorithms for Bacterial ID in a General Microbiology Course ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallChrista Contreras Ubedo Neuro-Narrative Pedagogy in Anatomy and Physiology: Preliminary Evidence for Long-Term Retention and Transfer of Learning Among Future Healthcare Professionals ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallJoanna Giza Passing the Knowledge: Evaluating Undergraduates' Understanding of and Ability to Communicate Applied Microbiology to Non-Scientific Audiences ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallJessica Wood Reducing Barriers in Large STEM Courses Through Automated, Inclusive Feedback ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallStephanie Souza Reducing the barrier between undergraduate students and academic research using UC Davis Plant Pathology Department research as a model ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallMatthew Cope-Arguello Reexamining High-Impact Practices: Peer Leadership Assistant Development in a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallCorri Hamilton Safeguarding Food Security Using Plant Pathogen Genomics in a Cohort-based Undergraduate Research Experience ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallNoah Guillome Scaffolded Laboratory Instruction Improves Laboratory Competency in an Informal Secondary Microbiology Program ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallLou Vanhauwaert Scaffolding or Gatekeeping: The relationship between student demographics and prior preparation (biology prerequisite completion) on student performance in a microbiology course ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallMelanie Melendrez-Vallard Schrödinger's Syllabus: How Students Navigate AI Policies in a State of Uncertainty ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallMark Sarvary Seeing the Invisible: Connecting Microbiology, Public Health, and Science Communication Through Photovoice ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallBetsy Martinez-Vaz The effectiveness on student outcomes utilizing time management in a flipped classroom ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallHeather Murdoch The Importance of Peer-Peer Interaction and Team Dynamics in Managing Spread of Watermelon Meow Meow Disease: A Simulated Outbreak Activity in a Public Health Engineering Course ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallGabrielle String • Jeffrey Olimpo Timing is Everything: The Varying Effects of Just-in-Time Refreshers in Microbiology ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallCamilla Ambivero • Jaehyun Ahn • Jonathan Gerard • Sekub Istifli We Took It Twice: Student Insights on Experiencing Both Traditional and CURE Formats of a Biochemistry Lab ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallJisoo Han Wikipedia, AI and Science Communication: Student Perceptions Across Three Cohorts ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallKatelyn Mroczek

11:15am PST

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

1:30pm PST

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

2:15pm PST

Exhibit & Poster Hall Open ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster Hall

2:30pm PST

Active Experimental Strategies for Teaching Oral Infections and Salivary Antimicrobial Peptides ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallRohitashw Kumar BactID.com: A bacterial identification website tool created with AI ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallStephanie Mathews Beyond Lab Safety: Teaching Biosafety and Biosecurity Through Real-World Applications ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallCaitlyn Orne Electronic laboratory simulations for microbiology: proven tools, tradeoffs and AI considerations ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallRobert Rutherford Hallmarks: An Educational Simulator of Cancer Evolution ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallPaula Soneral How can we prepare introductory interdisciplinary courses for success in STEM? ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallGiancarlo Cuadra Hunting Viruses for Undergraduate Engagement in the Molecular Biology Lab ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallIgnacio de la Higuera Hernandez Improvement in Retention and Graduation rates in the wake of tightening academic policies and standards in Biomedical Science undergraduate programs ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallWilliam Self Improving Student Engagement in a Large Microbiology Classroom ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallKathleen Hefferon Integrating Public Health into Microbiology Education: Lessons Learned as a CDC Science Ambassador Fellow ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallStefanie Iverson Cabral Integration of Microbiology Course Learning Outcomes with Agar Art Laboratory Activity. ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallChristine Bieszczad Interactive Approaches to Teaching Microbiome Research Concepts in Informal Learning Environments ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallAshley Mattison Learning from Peers: Exploring the Benefits of Structured Peer Feedback in Higher Education ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallRenu Kumar Microbe Memory Cards: A Game‑Based Outreach Tool for Microbiology Awareness and Recruitment ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallDeanna Colton MicrobéMon - A semester-long, gamified research project emphasizing information literacy and ethical AI use while exploring microbial structure and function. ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallCarolyn George Microbiology in STEM education: strengthening interdisciplinary connections ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallGalyna Kufryk Program Growth of Skills-Based Academia: Case Study in Biotechnology ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallGary Bates • LaShall Bates • Matthew Connior Prompting a Conversation: Exploring the use of AI to Develop Better Assessments and Activities for Medical Microbiology ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallJim Parejko Round table discussion-worksheet: the new written lab report ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallBridget Moricz Science Literacy - A Semester Long Project ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallJulie Oliver Shifting from a Performance Orientation to a Mastery Orientation: Helping Students Foster Intrinsic Motivation ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallRebecca Bakke Student as Partner (SAP) - an innovative approach to teach an upper level Immunology Class ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallJose Thekkiniath Students as teachers in undergraduate biotechnology studies ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallLinda Mezule Students teaching peers about molecular and systemic drug function using a video-based assessment strategy ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallAna Tomljenovic-Berube Supporting Learning and Engagement through a Classroom-Based Peer Matching Tool for STEM Students ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallDaniel Lipus Teach Together: A Cross-Course Collaboration to Connect Microbiology and Nursing Practice ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallLinda King Teaching microbial morphology, growth and metabolism through specific microbial pathogenesis examples. ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallJaya Dasgupta Teaching with AI, not against it: Redesigning a Microbiology writing assignment for the AI era ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallHannah Schapiro The Benefit of Faculty Externships in the Local Biotech Ecosystem ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallBeth Bowles The BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium: A Community of Educators Supporting Evolution and Revolution in STEM Education ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallCarlos Goller The Lab Notebook Quiz: a quick measure of student recordkeeping in a large, non-majors microbiology lab course ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallRebecca Achterman The Science Behind Every Bite: A Science-Enriched Recipe Book to Promote Scientific Literacy and Cultural Connections ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallKarla Esquilin-Lebron Three Hands-on Activities to Teach the Genetics of B- and T-cell Receptor Diversity, MHC Diversity, and Positive and Negative Selection of T cells in an Undergraduate Immunology Course ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallCheryl Hertz Transforming quantitative biology-first education for undergraduates: attitudes, barriers, and future opportunities ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallKathryn Krupinsky Updating our education on chromatin structure-functional diversity within and outside of prokaryotes ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallWillow Morgan Using Heat Maps to Promote Interactive Engagement in Large Lecture Halls ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallKenjiro Quides Using Narrative-Based Learning to Enhance Engagement and Conceptual Understanding in an Undergraduate Immunology Course ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallAna Vallor Using Primary Literature to Teach GenAI Literacy and Science Communication Skills in Microbiology ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallHector Loyola Irizarry Using the Cell Collective platform to model and manipulate an immunological signaling pathway in an introductory mixed-major Microbiology course ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallSean Coleman Visualizing Cell Signaling: Engineering Bioluminescent Bacteria for the Classroom ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallPoornima Rao • George Chenaux • Ingrid Miller • Kelly Miller We all belong in biology! ASMCUE Exhibit & Poster HallAndrea Huntoon LuxArt visualization & photography Rooms 338 & 339Mark Martin

2:45pm PST

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