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Tiny Earth Celebrates 10 Years
Before Tiny Earth was established as a global network in 2018, the idea of studentsourcing antibiotic discovery emerged from “Microbes to Molecules”—An undergraduate biology course developed and taught by [...]
Cerillo’s Stratus plate readers now available in purple!
Looking for a new plate reader for collecting and analyzing sample data in your Tiny Earth classrooms? Cerillo is offering an affordable, compact portable plate reader in a new enchanting [...]
Tiny Earth to develop AJEDI-focused open-access Scientific Teaching Course for college instructors
Tiny Earth Partner Instructors observing plates at an instructor training Tiny Earth will collaborate with Codon Learning and the National Institute on Scientific Teaching (NIST) to develop, [...]
88 Instructors around the globe join Tiny Earth in fighting the antibiotic resistance crisis in 2022
Instructors picking and patching isolates for isolate bioassay at the Johns Hopkins TEPI Training in July. Since the formation of Tiny Earth network in 2017 and its prior development, [...]
YVC students gain educational, career benefits during summer research
Students from Yakima Valley College participate in Tiny Earth research with TEPI Matthew Loeser (trained in June 2022 at UW-Madison). Exposure to hands-on research has given students an opportunity [...]
TEPI Jennifer Kerr for the Leading Women Under 40 Award
Tiny Earth Partner Instructor (TEPI), Dr. Jennifer (Jenn) Kerr, was selected for the Leading Women Under 40 Award, recognizing her excellent contributions to teaching and research. The award honors [...]
Achieving STEM diversity: Fix the classrooms
Lead author Dr. Jo Handelsman, with Executive Director Sarah Miller and collaborators, published a new article in Science focused on evidence-based practices and approaches to creating inclusive STEM learning [...]
Tiny Earth students discover antibiotic-producing bacteria in ocean plastics
Tiny Earth students Andrea Price and Allison Leask investigate microbes in ocean plastics as an alternative source for antibiotic discovery under the guidance of TEPI Ana Barral at National University. Dr. [...]