useR! 2024

In this session I will present a set of scripts (a package-to-be) that allows generation of simulated data of enzymatic reactions with a set of inhibitors for use in undergraduate teaching. The datasets can be individualised for each student, allowing them to either prepare for the laboratory class where such data would be acquired, or to substitute a laboratory class where attending would not be possible. The scripts also enable generation of expected analytical answers to experimental questions arising from the data, such as the nature of the inhibitor or enzyme kinetics parameters, individually for each student, to facilitate marking and feedback on the assignment. The point of the presentation is not the enzyme kinetics, however, but rather the approach of leveraging computational nature of many topics in undergraduate biology education with R to support students' learning.