Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 260 Whitney Ave., New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8114, USA. strobel@mail.csb.yale.edu
Project ownership is an essential but sometimes overlooked ingredient for a successful undergraduate research experience. We have embarked on an experiment in undergraduate education that targets isolation of microbes from rainforest plants and characterization of natural products as objectives for discovery-based undergraduate research.