title: The GEP: Crowd-Sourcing Big Data Analysis with Undergraduates.
abstract: The era of 'big data' is also the era of abundant data, creating new opportunities for student-scientist research partnerships. By coordinating undergraduate efforts, the Genomics Education Partnership produces high-quality annotated data sets and analyses that could not be generated otherwise, leading to scientific publications while providing many students with research experience.
authors.affiliation: Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA. Electronic address: selgin@wustl.edu.
authors.forename: Sarah C R
authors.initials: SCR
authors.lastname: Elgin
authors.affiliation: Bioinformatics Program, St. Edwards University, Austin, TX 78704, USA.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Mount Mary University, Milwaukee, WI 53222, USA.
authors.forename: Teresa M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Holzen
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA 18018, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Adams State University, Alamosa, CO 81101, USA.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kleinschmit
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639, USA.
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leatherman
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology / Q000193:education*; D063045:Crowdsourcing; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans; D012586:Science / Q000193:education*; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: CURE (course-based undergraduate research experience); bioinformatics; crowd-sourcing science; science education; undergraduate research