November 2019
Invited talk at MEDscience program in Boston, MA
pgEd is invited to give a talk to students who are part of the MEDscience program at Harvard Medical School.
Find out more »Guest workshop at University of Massachusetts – Amherst
Dana Waring will be visiting the classes of Dr. Michele Markstein, presenting "Genetics, history and the American eugenics movement".
Find out more »National Association of Biology Teachers Annual Conference in Chicago, IL
On November 16th, Robin will be presenting "Genetics and Ethics in the Age of CRISPR, Ancestry Testing, and Personalized Medicine" at the NABT annual conference.
Find out more »December 2019
Invited talk at MEDscience program in Boston, MA
pgEd will meet with a German international group of students that are visiting Boston as part of the MEDscience program.
Find out more »Invited talk at MEDscience program in Boston, MA
pgEd will meet with a group of students from Beacon Academy that are visiting Harvard Medical School as part of the MEDscience program.
Find out more »High Risk Youth Network meeting in Roxbury, MA
HRYN (high risk youth network) hosts monthly meetings for various organizations to meet collectively, learn about each others work and discuss opportunities for collaboration that will benefit the youth of Boston and Greater Boston areas.
Find out more »January 2020
Visiting Waynflete students in Portland, Maine
Dana is looking forward to visiting with a new group of middle school students at Waynflete, and will be sharing a pgEd lesson examining the intersection of genetic engineering and the environment. Thank you Ms. Katrina St. John for inviting us back.
Find out more »American Society of Human Genetics committee meeting – Rockville, MD
Marnie will be visiting the American Society of Human Genetics in Rockville, Maryland to meet with ASHG's Public Education and Awareness Committee.
Find out more »February 2020
Bioethics class visit in Portland, Maine
Dana will present an interactive workshop about ethical issues at the intersection of athletics and genetics to students at the Waynflete School in Portland Maine. Thank you to Katrina St. John for the invitation. This connection between pgEd and Waynflete is a result of the Jackson Lab's Teaching the Genome Generation summer course - which is enrolling for the 2020 session now - have a look!
Find out more »Talking Genome editing and the Environment with Woonsocket High School students – Woonsocket, RI
pgEd has been invited for a dialogue with Woonsocket High School students about the science and ethics of genome editing to address issues around food, animals, and the environment.
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