Educator Workshops in Biology from the Dolan DNA Learning Center

Brochures are saved in PDF format. Download Adobe Reader here.

... for High School Teachers

Inside Cancer

This 1-day workshop introduces an innovative Internet site on cancer biology. Participants are guided through authoritative and engaging multimedia about how knowledge of the cancer cell is changing the battle against cancer. Using Teacher Center, they then build lesson plans and custom multimedia presentations, focusing on syllabus-centered instruction.

~~April 11, 2008 - Biolink Southwest Regional Meeting, Albuquerque, NM~~
September 20, 2008 - Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO
October 15, 2008 - NABT Professional Development Conference, Memphis, TN
October 18, 2008 - Midland College, Midland, TX
November 2, 2008 - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA

Amgen Leadership Symposium
In Human and Genomic Biology

July 14-August 1, 2008 Cold Spring Harbor, New York

This 3-week workshop offers advanced training for high school teachers who want to extend their leadership in biotechnology and genetics education. Instruction takes place at the DNALC, and participants are housed on the nearby campus of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island. Spend your days engaged in exciting laboratories, seminars, bioinformatics, and creative projects. In the evenings, mingle with research staff, Nobel laureates, and visiting scientists from around the world who are creating the gene age.

... for High School and College Educators

Dynamic Gene Workshop in Gene Annotation

This 1.5-day workshop offers deep insights into gene structure and function. High school and college educators examine newly sequenced regions of the rice genome to "second guess" gene models that have been predicted by computers, but not yet closely examined by scientists.

May 8-9, 2008, Harlem DNA Lab, East Harlem, New York

Genes to Cognition (G2C) Online

These 1.5-day workshops introduce a unique Internet site incorporating up-to-date neuroscience research, multimedia items, and interactive experiments. From molecular signals to neural circuits to anatomical structures of the brain, participants explore thinking and disorders of thinking at different levels of complexity. The site offers unique learning aids that allow students to track their paths through the site and to build concept maps using information they have encountered.

September 12-13, 2008, Harlem DNA Lab, East Harlem, NY
September 18-19, 2008, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO
September 26-27, 2008, Kimmel Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
October 3-4, 2008, Dolan DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
October 31-November 1, 2008, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA

Plant Molecular Genetics and Genomics Workshop

We are offering a 1.5-day workshop and equipment footlocker training session at Langston University. Upon completion, participants can borrow the footlocker with a complete set of molecular biology equipment, including a PCR-machine, centrifuge, micropipets, gel electrophoresis apparatus, UV lightbox, and camera. In addition to equipment training, participants will conduct a PCR-based assay for Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) and learn associated bioinformatics exercises, and utilize the DNALC's Internet site Dynamic Gene.

June 20-21, 2008, Langston University,Langston, Oklahoma
Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm and Saturday 9:00 am - 12:00 noon

... for College Educators

Silencing Genomes

This 5-day workshop on RNA interference (RNAi) brings college educators up-to-the-minute with this revolutionary discovery. In labs and computer work, participants learn all the steps needed to go from genomic sequence information to induce RNAi to silence individual genes in the roundworm C. elegans. This workshop provides great individual labs and templates for independent student projects.

April 21-25 - Dolan DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY June 2-6, 2008 - Rust College, Holly Springs, MS
August 4-8, 2008 - Fralin Biotechnology Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
August 18-22, 2008 - Biolink Texas (Austin Community College), Austin, TX