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Herein, we summarize presentations on “Symbiosis” instruction given at the Education Workshop held at the 6th International Symbiosis Society Meeting in Madison WI. We convey our teaching experiences and methods in a variety of venues. Information on target audiences, course syllabi, and laboratory skills, utilizing various symbiotic systems are also presented. We hope this review will contribute to further adoption of symbiotic interactions in the classroom as well as the growth of currently developed courses in this field—a specific mission of this and previous International Symbiosis Society meetings.
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We acknowledge the various funding agencies who have contributed to the creation and maintenance of many of these teaching resources. The Wolbachia Project was originally funded by a National Science Foundation grant to J. Werren (EF-0328363) and a NASA Astrobiology Institute (NNA04CC04A) grant to the Marine Biology Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. The Biology Department at the University of Rochester assisted with teacher workshops. Funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Precollege Science Education Program to S. Bordenstein and W. Reznikoff (award # 51006093) provides continued support for workshops and national expansion of the education program. The nematode-bacterium symbiosis courses for teachers and undergraduates and undergraduate training in S.P. Stock laboratory, University of Arizona are funded by various NSF awards including Research Experience for Teachers and Research Experience for Undergraduates programs (awards # 0924125, 0822631, 0733729, 0724978) and a Research Coordination Network award (NEMASYM) (NSF-IOS # 0840932) to S.P. Stock. M.-A. Selosse is funded by the CNRS, the French Orchid Society (SFO) and the Agence Nationale de la Recherche.
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Stock, S.P., Bordenstein, S.R., Odden, J. et al. Symbiosis instruction: considerations from the education workshop at the 6th ISS Congress. Symbiosis 51, 67–73 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-010-0077-z
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