Journal
JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
Volume 43, Issue -, Pages 1189-1207Publisher
INT UNION CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
DOI: 10.1107/S0021889810027640
Keywords
crystallographic education; high throughput
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- US NIH [U54GM074899, R01GM088396]
- HWI
- Erie County
- East Hill Foundation
- Verizon Foundation
- Josephine Goodyear Foundation
- Ebenezer United Church of Christ
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Crystallography is a multidisciplinary field that links divergent areas of mathematics, science and engineering to provide knowledge of life on an atomic scale. Crystal growth, a key component of the field, is an ideal vehicle for education. Crystallization has been used with a `grocery store chemistry' approach and linked to high-throughput remote-access screening technologies. This approach provides an educational opportunity that can effectively teach the scientific method, readily accommodate different levels of educational experience, and reach any student with access to a grocery store, a post office and the internet. This paper describes the formation of the program through the students who helped develop and prototype the procedures. A summary is presented of the analysis and preliminary results and a description given of how the program could be linked with other aspects of crystallography. This approach has the potential to bridge the gap between students in remote locations and with limited funding, and access to scientific resources, providing students with an international-level research experience.
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