Biochemistry and molecular biology education in Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula - Part 2

Abstract

[Excerpt] This is the second issue of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education (BAMBED) focusing on innovations and research on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) education from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. The first issue with this focus is published in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, Volume 37, Issue 5 (2009). The manuscripts in these special issues resulted from an invitation disseminated through the mailing lists of national BMB societies and were processed according to the journal’s regular editorial peer review. The initiative was implemented to encourage the research and communication of educational experiences in Latin America and Iberia. Therefore this is an opportune moment to analyze the experience and draw implications for the future. The publication of these two special issues with original reports from the aforementioned regions confirms that there are contributions of education in Molecular Life Sciences from different areas of our flat world that are out there waiting for an opportunity or motivation to be written. Some of the reports published here are authored by molecular life scientists with no previous educational publications indexed in the ISI. We are hopeful that these authors will act as part of the transduction cascade that will diffuse and amplify the message that faculty can learn how to apply scientific research principles to their teaching and contribute relevant findings to an international audience. [...]