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Jan 16, 2021

The Delftia Project: Engaging Citizen Scientists in Collaborative Knowledge Creation

Authors: Lauren Ramilo, Daiza Norman, Rabeya Tahir, Tanasha Lertjanyarak, Carlos Goller Presented at the 2021 Mid-Atlantic SENCER Conference Narratives in Science What is Collaborative Annotation? Collaborative annotation is the practice of annotating electronic materials alongside a group. Annotations are visible to anybody in the group. Collaborative annotation allows people to work together to extract and…

Nov 28, 2020

Pathogen Case Study

Here’s the case studies we looked at to learn about Delftia as a pathogen. Check out the full blog post to see what we found! Learn more about the Delftia Hypothes.is Group — Join us on Hypothes.is *You must join the Delftia Hypothes.is Group to see Annotation links
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Oct 7, 2020

Delftia and E-Waste: Literature Findings

Our community of annotators had an interesting challenge these last few weeks. We asked you to scour scientific literature and discuss how Delftia and its ability to biomineralize gold could be applied to recover gold from e-waste. Thanks to our volunteer annotators, light has been shed on Delftia‘s ability to improve e-waste recycling. Here’s what we…

Oct 1, 2020

Presenting Delftia at the Sidewalk Symposium

Members of our research team had the opportunity to present their current research at the Sidewalk Symposium. Thanks to the Office of Undergraduate Research, NC State Libraries, and the Crafts Center for sponsoring this event!   Students were given paper, colored pencils, and a cell phone stand. They were tasked to create a visual representation…

Aug 29, 2020

Analyzing the del Gene Cluster

Analyzing the del Gene Cluster for Gold Biomineralization across Delftia spp. Presenter: Rose Krebs NC State Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium   Abstract Delftia acidovorans produces delftibactin, a non-ribosomal peptide to protect itself from the toxic effects of gold ions in its environment. Delftibactin removes gold ions from solution and forms them into nontoxic gold nanoparticles. A series…

Jul 23, 2020

Engagement and Activity on the Hub

Increasing the Online Presence of Delftia acidovorans through an Interactive, Accessible, and Engaging Web Hub Presenter: Lauren Ramilo Abstract Online, accessible, scientific materials can be used to engage the public and improve scientific literacy. This approach to open access science is a solution to paywalled and inaccessible literature, and is needed to drive public interest, catalyze…