OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
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The elephant in the room—Should we be teaching coding to basic science students?	48
An idea to explore: A systematic approach for solving plasmid double‐digest puzzles	38
An undergraduate research experience in CRISPR‐Cas9 mediated eukaryotic genome editing to teach fundamental biochemistry techniques	25
A plant mutant screen CURE integrated with core biology concepts showed effectiveness in course design and students' perceived learning gains	23
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The transition from the biochemistry laboratory to home discovery during COVID‐19	19
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Issue Information	11
Introducing high school biology students to biochemistry with a short, content‐oriented module	10
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A collaborative approach to promote use of 3D printing in a biology research laboratory	9
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Teaching graduate research skills in genomics via an integrated ‘flipped’ journal club program	9
An online course on applied biochemistry and molecular biology through case‐based learning	8
Metagenomics education in a modular CURE format positively affects students' scientific discovery perception and data analytical skills	8
Integrating basic and applied researches of SARS‐CoV‐2 into the medical molecular biology teaching	8
The undergraduate research experience as a vehicle for employability development—The student participants speak	8
Continuous improvement of a bioengineering CURE: Preparing students for a changing world	7
Implementation of online genetic laboratories by using free resources	7
Converting a formerly in‐person biochemistry course based undergraduate research experience to online teaching during the COVID‐19 pandemic	7
Issue Information	7
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Improved Zoom engagement by adopting flipped class strategies to the curriculum of a Biology of Aging course during the Covid‐19 pandemic	7
Development and teaching of a bioinformatics course to biochemistry major students in a Nigerian University during COVID‐19 pandemic	7

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Training biochemistry students in experimental developmental biology: Induction of cardia bifida formation in the chick embryo	6
Exploring the structure–function relationship in a hypothetical membrane protein from a nucleotide sequence	6
Use of practice tests with immediate feedback in an undergraduate molecular biology course	5
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Aiming for the Bullseye: Targeted activities decrease misconceptions related to enzyme function for undergraduate biochemistry students	5
Development and assessment of a virtual escape‐room game for teaching industrial bioprocesses	5
Synthetic biology as a tool to online teaching undergraduate level molecular biology	5
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Applications of western blot technique: From bench to bedside	4
Molecular dynamics simulations and analysis for bioinformatics undergraduate students	4
Learning how to teach science with big data	4
Evaluation and perception of online teaching of molecular biology using DingTalk for international medical students during the COVID‐19 pandemic	4
A digital module‐based experiential learning in protein biochemistry during the COVID‐19 pandemic paradigm	4
From genetics to biotechnology: Synthetic biology as a flexible course‐embedded research experience	4
An undergraduate laboratory experiment with real‐world applications: Utilizing templateless polymerase chain reaction and real‐time polymerase chain reaction to test for SARS‐CoV	4
Research on the application of the blended BOPPPS based on an online and offline mixed teaching model in the course of fermentation engineering in applied universities	4
Exploring DNA in biochemistry lab courses: DNA barcoding and phylogenetic analysis	3
From primers to pipettes: An immersive course introducing high school students to qPCR for quantifying chemical defense gene expression	3
Mobile electrophoresis kit for high school students: Scientific practices with innovation	3
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The construction and application of a blended teaching model under the strategic background of healthy China	3
Enzyme Kinetics Analysis: An online tool for analyzing enzyme initial rate data and teaching enzyme kinetics	3
The Universe	3
Embedding retrieval practice in undergraduate biochemistry teaching using PeerWise	3
Differences between students in various programs in a biochemistry course in lecture attendance, engagement, and academic outcomes	3
Green, yellow, or cyan? Introduction of color change mutations into a green thermostable fluorescent protein and characterization during an introduction to biochemistry lab course	3
Multi‐focused laboratory experiments based on Quorum Sensing and Quorum Quenching for acquiring Microbial Physiology concepts	3
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Investigating the strengths and weaknesses of online education during COVID‐19 pandemic from the perspective of professors and students of medical universities and proposing solutions: A qu	3
Perception of competence achievement and students' satisfaction using virtual laboratories in Medical Biochemistry course: Lessons from the COVID‐19 pandemic	3
Issue Information	3
Quorum sensing inhibition evaluation method: An experiment‐based microbiology laboratory course	3
Teaching Python programming for bioinformatics with Jupyter notebook in the Post‐COVID‐19 era	3
Visualizing protein big data using Python and Jupyter notebooks	3
An experimental protocol for molecular biology lab at an Amazonian University	3
Biology wet lab e‐learning during and after the COVID‐19 pandemic: A review of student learning and experiences	3
A course‐based undergraduate research experience for bioinformatics education in undergraduate students	3
Potential of role play as an educational tool in biochemistry to facilitate medical education	3
Enhancing engagement and learning in advanced biochemistry through the application of flow theory	2
Use ofOneNoteclass notebook as a combined electronic laboratory notebook and content delivery tool in an introductory biochemistry laboratory course	2
Representing DNA for machine learning algorithms: A primer on one‐hot, binary, and integer encodings	2
A cord of four strands: Perspective of pre‐medical and medical students on combined teaching modalities in undergraduate biochemistry	2
Addition of an audience response system in a biomedical science course improves learning environment and student performance	2
Teaching biology students data exploration and visualization in a data‐driven world	2
Teaching meiosis with the DNA triangle framework: A classroom activity that changes how students think about chromosomes	2
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A field guide for implementing a flipped classroom	2
DNA isolation at a distance: Undergraduate experiential learning to create a virtual elementary outreach program	2
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An integrated microbiome project for charactering microbial diversity in classroom based on virtual simulation experiments	2
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Impact of an instructional team's feedback on an instructor's teaching practices in a Biology of Cancer course	2
Assessment of alcohol‐induced aggressive behavior in zebrafish (Danio rerio): A practical class	2
Organizing an in‐person nation‐wide Biology olympiad during the Covid‐19 pandemic	2
Themes in molecular life science education: Engaging pedagogies and faculty development for student success	2
Application and evaluation of nine‐grid thinking model in biochemistry teaching	2
An undergraduate laboratory to detect viruses in human DNA samples using qPCR	2
Bridging the biochemistry lecture and laboratory courses: Construction and application of the “Innovative Experimental Design” module	2
Teaching effects of the online and offline flipped classroom model (FCM) in the post‐epidemic era: Development and feasibility study	2
Teaching and assessing undergraduate collaboration skills scaffolded through the biochemistry curriculum using collaboration rubrics and student learning contracts	2
A low‐cost cure for CUREs: An undergraduate microbiology course engaging students in authentic research using publicly available datasets	2
Identifying unknown specimens using predictive phylogenies for remote forensic education	2
An educational visual resource to support understanding of liquid–liquid phase separation	2
Mock grant application roleplay as an alternative to lab‐based activities in molecular biology	2
Science communication from a course‐based undergraduate research experience	2
Challenges for graduate students' mentors during COVID‐19 pandemic	2
Characterization of proteinous coagulant in Moringa tree seeds for water purification: Stepwise laboratory exercise for high‐school students	2
Protein thermal stability in the undergraduate biochemistry laboratory: Exploring protein thermal stability with yeast alcohol dehydrogenase	1
The impact of a story on learning ketone body metabolism	1
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Teaching genomics to life science undergraduates using cloud computing platforms with open datasets	1
An idea to explore: How an interdisciplinary undergraduate course exploring a global health challenge in molecular detail enabled science communication and collaboration in diverse audiences	1
Demonstrating core molecular biology principles using GST‐GFP in a semester‐long laboratory course	1
Teaching enzyme kinetics – Time to abandon starting with the quasi‐steady state approximation?	1
Teaching protein structure and function through molecular visualization	1
The use of virtual laboratory in teaching respiration subject in the Covid‐19 process	1
Use of mobile learning applications as an innovative method for the teaching of biochemistry	1
Use of short videos and case studies to enhance student confidence in biochemistry knowledge and application in a large lecture biochemistry course in first year veterinary curriculum	1
Learning by teaching efficiently enhances learning outcomes in molecular biology of the cell course	1
Inclusion of COVID‐19 as a topic in an undergraduate biotechnology course	1
Teaching in the time of post‐COVID‐19	1
A recommendation on the teaching of Michaelis–Menten kinetics in biochemistry courses	1
Combining the Folch method with a simplified alternative fat extraction technique for use in a colorimetric assay to measure the degree of unsaturation in fat samples in a biochemistry labo	1
Teaching “Biochemistry with Elements of Chemistry” in the COVID‐19 pandemic	1
Blended learning in biochemistry: The development of pre‐class and post‐class learning aids for electron transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation	1
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An idea to explore: Interdisciplinary capstone courses in biomedical and life science education	1
Fragmentation method for assigning oxidation numbers in organic and bioorganic compounds	1
Process oriented guided inquiry learning: A systematic review using bibliometric analysis	1
Teaching the “acid–base” subject in biochemistry via virtual laboratory during the COVID‐19 pandemic	1
Exploring in the classroom the relationship between alcohol intake and behavioral disorders through an animal model	1
Students’ perceptions of online education: A session at the FAOBMB–IUBMB–CBSL virtual education symposium 2021	1
An idea to explore: Cultivating the art of proposal writing among graduate students	1
Improvements in skills and knowledge after a comprehensive ELISA teaching course for biotechnology undergraduates	1
An idea to explore: Use of the virtual reality app Nanome for teaching three‐dimensional biomolecular structures	1
Undergraduate medical students' perceptions regarding stem cells: Is there a need for incorporating a stem cells elective course in the academic curriculum?	1
The Beatles in life sciences: Facts and fictions	1
Connecting research and teaching introductory cell and molecular biology using an Arabidopsis mutant screen	1
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Call for papers on diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and access (DEIJA) in molecular life sciences education	1
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Plasmid‐to‐plasmid Southern blot analysis validates the presence of nucleotide binding site (nbs) sequences in cloned plasmids	1
Hybridized face‐to‐face and online laboratory content in the time of COVID‐19	1
Imagining, designing, and interpreting experiments: Using quantitative assessment to improve instruction in scientific reasoning	1
BioSin UFMG Club: Engaging a multilevel and multidisciplinary community in synthetic biology	1
Practicing logical reasoning through Drosophila segmentation gene mutants	1
From classroom to clinic: Biochemistry lab for pre‐health majors	1
Teaching molecular techniques at home: Molecular biology labs that can be performed anywhere and enable hands‐on learning of restriction digestion/ligation and DNA amplification	1
Conceptualizing learning about proteins with a molecular viewer in high school based on the integration of two theoretical frameworks	1
Teaching the process of science through COVID‐19 pandemic themes	1
Effects of different delivery modes on teaching biomedical science practical skills in higher education during the 2021 pandemic measures	1
A challenge‐based interdisciplinary undergraduate concept fostering translational medicine	1
The implementation of an active inquiry learning centered “7E” teaching mode in the cell biology course enhances the learning effects of postgraduate students	1
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Made for students, by students: Integrating former‐student voices into a de‐densified biochemistry laboratory	1
The development of supplemental multimedia learning modules and their impact on student learning in food biotechnology courses	1
Writing python programs to map alleles related to genetic disease	1
Knowledge and perception of middle school students regarding COVID‐19 disease at the start of the pandemic	1
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A bacterial genome assembly and annotation laboratory using a virtual machine	1
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When online citizen science meets teaching: Storyfication of a science discovery game to teach, learn, and contribute to genomic research	1
Assessing how well students understand the molecular basis of evolution by natural selection	1
An experimental protocol for teaching CRISPR/Cas9 in a post‐graduate plant laboratory course: An analysis of mutant‐edited plants without sequencing	1
General considerations for online teaching practices in bioinformatics in the time of COVID‐19	1