10:30am • Exhibit & Poster Hall Open
10:45am • Instructor implementation of published biology lessons preserve core materials and content while varying in the structure of student activities
10:45am • Beyond Action Verbs: Specification of Context in Learning Objectives Published by Professional Biology Societies
10:45am • Measuring Student Growth in a Microbiology CURE Using Course Learning Outcomes and Persistence Measures
10:45am • Wikipedia, AI and Science Communication: Student Perceptions Across Three Cohorts
10:45am • Seeing the Invisible: Connecting Microbiology, Public Health, and Science Communication Through Photovoice
10:45am • Neuro-Narrative Pedagogy in Anatomy and Physiology: Preliminary Evidence for Long-Term Retention and Transfer of Learning Among Future Healthcare Professionals
10:45am • From Self-Assessment to Improved Learning Strategies: Promoting Student Learning and Success Through Exam Wrappers in an Introductory Biology Course
10:45am • The effectiveness on student outcomes utilizing time management in a flipped classroom
10:45am • Improving Undergraduate Student Engagement In STEM Through Bioinformatics Research
10:45am • Scaffolded Laboratory Instruction Improves Laboratory Competency in an Informal Secondary Microbiology Program
10:45am • Safeguarding Food Security Using Plant Pathogen Genomics in a Cohort-based Undergraduate Research Experience
10:45am • 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
10:45am • Innovating Nursing Education Through Virtual Simulation: Evaluating an Intervention to Strengthen Confidence in Communication Skills with Vaccine-Hesitant Patients
10:45am • How does Peer Review and Social Annotation affect learning and sense of belonging in the online classroom?
10:45am • Timing is Everything: The Varying Effects of Just-in-Time Refreshers in Microbiology
10:45am • Reexamining High-Impact Practices: Peer Leadership Assistant Development in a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience
10:45am • Assessing Students Understanding of a Microbial Mitosis and Meiosis Teaching Tool
10:45am • We Took It Twice: Student Insights on Experiencing Both Traditional and CURE Formats of a Biochemistry Lab
10:45am • Listening to Learn: Professional Microbiology Podcast Annotation Boosts Student Content Mastery and Motivation for Engaging with Primary Literature
10:45am • Scaffolding or Gatekeeping: The relationship between student demographics and prior preparation (biology prerequisite completion) on student performance in a microbiology course
10:45am • Integration of a Tiny Earth CURE into a Microbiology Course and Student Perceptions of Research
10:45am • Schrödinger's Syllabus: How Students Navigate AI Policies in a State of Uncertainty
10:45am • Bridging Community College and University STEM Pathways: The Impact of Mentoring, High-Impact Practices, and Scholarships on Transfer Success
10:45am • Passing the Knowledge: Evaluating Undergraduates' Understanding of and Ability to Communicate Applied Microbiology to Non-Scientific Audiences
10:45am • Microbe Invader as a Gamification Strategy for Teaching and Applying Biochemical Tests and Diagnostic Algorithms for Bacterial ID in a General Microbiology Course
10:45am • Integrating Science and Art through Eco-Columns and MudWatt Systems: A Cross-Disciplinary Teaching Model
10:45am • Reducing Barriers in Large STEM Courses Through Automated, Inclusive Feedback
10:45am • Faculty Perceptions of AI in Immunology and Microbiology Courses
10:45am • Reducing the barrier between undergraduate students and academic research using UC Davis Plant Pathology Department research as a model
10:45am • Assessing Students’ Perceptions of Motivational Climate in Microbiology Education
2:15pm • Exhibit & Poster Hall Open
2:30pm • BactID.com: A bacterial identification website tool created with AI
2:30pm • Hallmarks: An Educational Simulator of Cancer Evolution
2:30pm • Hunting Viruses for Undergraduate Engagement in the Molecular Biology Lab
2:30pm • Improvement in Retention and Graduation rates in the wake of tightening academic policies and standards in Biomedical Science undergraduate programs
2:30pm • Improving Student Engagement in a Large Microbiology Classroom
2:30pm • Integrating Public Health into Microbiology Education: Lessons Learned as a CDC Science Ambassador Fellow
2:30pm • Learning from Peers: Exploring the Benefits of Structured Peer Feedback in Higher Education
2:30pm • MicrobéMon - A semester-long, gamified research project emphasizing information literacy and ethical AI use while exploring microbial structure and function.
2:30pm • Microbiology in STEM education: strengthening interdisciplinary connections
2:30pm • Program Growth of Skills-Based Academia: Case Study in Biotechnology
2:30pm • Prompting a Conversation: Exploring the use of AI to Develop Better Assessments and Activities for Medical Microbiology
2:30pm • Round table discussion-worksheet: the new written lab report
2:30pm • Science Literacy - A Semester Long Project
2:30pm • Shifting from a Performance Orientation to a Mastery Orientation: Helping Students Foster Intrinsic Motivation
2:30pm • Students as teachers in undergraduate biotechnology studies
2:30pm • Students teaching peers about molecular and systemic drug function using a video-based assessment strategy
2:30pm • Supporting Learning and Engagement through a Classroom-Based Peer Matching Tool for STEM Students
2:30pm • Teach Together: A Cross-Course Collaboration to Connect Microbiology and Nursing Practice
2:30pm • Teaching with AI, not against it: Redesigning a Microbiology writing assignment for the AI era
2:30pm • The Benefit of Faculty Externships in the Local Biotech Ecosystem
2:30pm • The Lab Notebook Quiz: a quick measure of student recordkeeping in a large, non-majors microbiology lab course
2:30pm • The Science Behind Every Bite: A Science-Enriched Recipe Book to Promote Scientific Literacy and Cultural Connections
2:30pm • 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
2:30pm • Transforming quantitative biology-first education for undergraduates: attitudes, barriers, and future opportunities
2:30pm • Using Heat Maps to Promote Interactive Engagement in Large Lecture Halls
2:30pm • Using Narrative-Based Learning to Enhance Engagement and Conceptual Understanding in an Undergraduate Immunology Course
2:30pm • Using Primary Literature to Teach GenAI Literacy and Science Communication Skills in Microbiology
2:30pm • Using the Cell Collective platform to model and manipulate an immunological signaling pathway in an introductory mixed-major Microbiology course
2:30pm • We all belong in biology!
2:30pm • How can we prepare introductory interdisciplinary courses for success in STEM?
2:30pm • Integration of Microbiology Course Learning Outcomes with Agar Art Laboratory Activity.
2:30pm • Microbe Memory Cards: A Game‑Based Outreach Tool for Microbiology Awareness and Recruitment
2:30pm • Student as Partner (SAP) - an innovative approach to teach an upper level Immunology Class
2:30pm • The BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium: A Community of Educators Supporting Evolution and Revolution in STEM Education
2:30pm • Visualizing Cell Signaling: Engineering Bioluminescent Bacteria for the Classroom
2:30pm • Active Experimental Strategies for Teaching Oral Infections and Salivary Antimicrobial Peptides
2:30pm • Electronic laboratory simulations for microbiology: proven tools, tradeoffs and AI considerations
2:30pm • Interactive Approaches to Teaching Microbiome Research Concepts in Informal Learning Environments
2:30pm • Teaching microbial morphology, growth and metabolism through specific microbial pathogenesis examples.
2:30pm • Updating our education on chromatin structure-functional diversity within and outside of prokaryotes
2:30pm • Beyond Lab Safety: Teaching Biosafety and Biosecurity Through Real-World Applications
