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Preliminary Schedule

Detailed schedule will be available in mid-June.

Wednesday, July 9, 1:30–3 p.m. ET

• 1:30–1:40 p.m. ET: Introduction to 2025 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀCUE Summer Series.
• 1:40–2:30 p.m. ET: Plenary Talk: “Teaching Scientifically” by Representatives from Tiny Earth.

Scientific teaching is both the teaching of science and the science of teaching. Instructors who practice scientific teaching approach teaching with the spirit of scientific research and engage students in authentic science practices. They support student learning through active learning experiences, intentional pedagogy and iterative improvements. 

Teaching scientifically leverages evidence-based practices that provide opportunities for all students to learn science in ways that represent the discipline. It draws on several frameworks that support learning for all students, such as the facets of science, dimensions of active learning and backward design. Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) draw on all these frameworks and therefore provide students from all backgrounds access to research and discovery. 

Join Tiny Earth Director Sarah Miller, along with several Tiny Earth Partner Instructors (TEPIs), to delve into the many ways that teaching scientifically can foster effective learning environments that improve students’ engagement with science. In this session, Miller will provide an overview of Tiny Earth and scientific teaching, then facilitate a panel discussion with experienced TEPIs who have implemented the Tiny Earth CURE at a range of institution types. 

• 2:30–3 p.m. ET: Everyone Can Be a Scholarly Teacher: Using and Developing Evidence-based Practices in Your Classroom

Wednesday, Aug. 6, 1:30–3 p.m. ET

• 1:30–2 p.m. ET: Plenary Talk: “The Human Microbiome in Precision Medicine” by Jack Gilbert, Ph.D. (University of California, San Diego).

The human microbiome is a high-dimensional and dynamic part of our physiology that plays a key role in managing health and individualized responses to diet and medicine. The immune system controls our interaction with the microbial world, and the microbial communities in our bodies are central to modulating the immune response. Changes in the human microbiome and metabolisms have substantial influence on atopy, neurological disorders, metabolic disorders and a range of complex conditions and disease states. Diet is incredibly important in shaping human health and the microbiome, altering both composition and metabolic activity, resulting in changes in immune, endocrine and neurological systems. Measuring diet through surveys, apps or photographs has become indispensable to our efforts to associate microbiome composition with physiological response to specific dietary components. Microbiome-Wide Association Studies (MWAS) combined with novel quantitative multi-omic approaches and automated at-home sampling devices are enabling us to use AI techniques to determine personalized responses to nutrition that drive diseases states and treatment efficacy. Through these innovations we are finally realizing the paradigm of precision medicine for facilitating patient care. 

• 2 – 2:30 p.m. ET: Project Leadership in Action: Advancing Teamwork and Accountability in STEM Classrooms 
• 2:30 – 3 p.m. ET: Roundtable Community Discussions About Current Topics in Teaching 

Format 

• We will offer a variety of session types hosted live on the Zoom meeting platform: Plenary, 30-minute skill-building sessions and 10-minute microbrews and roundtable discussions. 
• If there are more proposals for sessions and microbrews than we have capacity for the live program, the 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀCUE Planning Committee may opt to provide additional asynchronous-only content in the program.   
• Registration and content will be hosted in 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ’s Online Learning Center, PathLMS. 
• All events except roundtable discussions will be recorded and available for viewing until March 31, 2026.  

Eligibility

• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀCUE Summer Series is open to all current and future undergraduate biology educators.  
• For participation, there is no application process and no attendee capacity limit; all are welcome to attend.  
• This completely online gathering will require participants to use Zoom meeting.  

Registration Details

• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ members (all categories except supporting members or student members): $200 for the 6-part series. 
• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ student members: $125 for the 6-part series. 
• Non-members or 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ supporting members: $300 for the 6-part series. 
• No refunds and no discounts will be given. 
• All registrants will receive links to recordings of presentations (but not roundtable discussions), and they will have access until March 31, 2026.  
• After registering, you will receive a series of 7 emails from webinars@blueskyelearn.com that will contain the calendar invites and Zoom meeting links to join each session.