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Agrawal Looks for Active-learning Approaches to Teach Biomolecular Visualization

Bonnie Hall and Swati Agrawal, both faculty at teaching-focused institutions, recognize the challenges students face when presented with visually complex biomolecules. Both have looked for active-learning approaches to enhance student learning in this context.One approach is having students explore printed three-dimensional models of biomolecules, such as proteins or DNA, which can provide a much better […]

Agrawal Pens Article on Women, Early-Career Scientist Impacted by Pandemic

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Swati Agrawal penned an article for the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology entitled “Lonely Science: Women and early-career scientists in academia were among those hardest hit by COVID-19 disruptions.”During the COVID-19 pandemic, Pascale Guiton lost some of her valuable parasite strains because she was unable to get into her lab […]