Publications by authors named "D Kushner"

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  • Microbiology educators are focusing on helping students grasp essential concepts in virology due to rising vaccine hesitancy and misinformation surrounding COVID-19.
  • There is a shortage of virologists teaching undergraduates, often leading to limited coverage in microbiology courses, which can hinder meaningful discussions about viral issues.
  • A team of educators, supported by the American Society for Virology, developed curriculum guidelines for teaching virology in undergraduate settings, including measurable learning objectives to aid educators in implementing these guidelines.
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Curricular guidelines promote standardized approaches to coverage of essential knowledge and skills in undergraduate education. The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Microbiology were developed in 2012. Continuous, rapid growth of knowledge in science and a dynamic, changing world necessitate updates to these guidelines.

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As on land, oceans exhibit high temporal and spatial temperature variation. This "ocean weather" contributes to the physiological and ecological processes that ultimately determine the patterns of species distribution and abundance, yet is often unrecognized, especially in tropical oceans. Here, we tested the paradigm of temperature stability in shallow waters (<12.

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Coupling renewable electricity to reduce carbon dioxide (CO) electrochemically into carbon feedstocks offers a promising pathway to produce chemical fuels sustainably. While there has been success in developing materials and theory for CO reduction, the widespread deployment of CO electrolyzers has been hindered by challenges in the reactor design and operational stability due to CO crossover and (bi)carbonate salt precipitation. Herein, we design asymmetrical bipolar membranes assembled into a zero-gap CO electrolyzer fed with pure water, solving both challenges.

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