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Open Science in the Undergraduate Laboratory: Could this be the success story we’re looking for?

A whole series of things have converged in the last couple of days for me. First was Jean-Claude’s description of the work [1, 2] he and Brent Friesen of the Dominican University are doing putting the combi-Ugi project into an undergraduate laboratory setting. The students will make new compounds which will then be sent for testing as antimalarial agents by Phil Rosenthal at UCSF. This is a great story and a testament in particular to Brent’s work to make the laboratory practical more relevant and exciting for his students.

At the same time I get an email from Anna Croft, University of Bangor, Wales, after meeting up the previous day; Read more »