This slide deck represents the full set of materials used during the BioQUEST track at ASMCUE 2025. The session was structured as a multi-part experience that introduced participants to BioQUESTs mission, provided live QUBES onboarding through a scavenger hunt, showcased faculty stories of open education and mentoring in action, and facilitated structured community dialogue. Topics included: BioQUESTs community-of-transformation model QUBES as open educational cyberinfrastructure Faculty Mentoring Networks The Open Education Ecosystem Research Coordination Network (OEE-RCN) SPICE and proposal incubation for two-year faculty Community storytelling and distributed leadership The session emphasized sustained professional learning communities and shared infrastructure as mechanisms for advancing inclusive, evidence-informed undergraduate STEM education. Educators may adapt these materials for conference sessions, departmental workshops, onboarding events, or discussions about building faculty-centered ecosystems for long-term collaboration.
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