MARC Summer Research Institute PREP: this team of scientist/engineer educators designed and taught an inquiry lab activity through ISEE’s Professional Development Program

L-R: Diana Hooker Romero, Caitlin Clausen, Nicholas Santiago

Venue: SRI Program

Team Members: 

Caitlin Clausen (Design Team Lead): Graduate Student, Chemistry & Biochemistry, UC Santa Cruz

Diana Hooker Romero: Graduate Student, Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology, UC Santa Cruz

Guinevere Ashley: Graduate Student, MCD Biology, UC Santa Cruz

Nicholas Santiago: Graduate Student, Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology, UC Santa Cruz

Audience: 8 undergraduates

Activity Name: To Bind or Not To Bind: an exploration of the effect of IMF on enzyme-substrate binding

Learning Goals: Designing a molecule that binds an enzyme active site based on electronic, geometric, and stereospecific complimentarity, and developing models to justify design decisions.

Funding for this team was provided by: National Science Foundation (#1339067)