August 2019
LabXchange Teacher Workshop
Robin and Nadine gave an overview of what pgEd is and an introduction to our lessons to a workshop of teachers learning to use the new LabXchange platform under development. These teachers were challenged to think of ways pgEd topics could be adapted for or supplemented by the LabXchange platform.
Find out more »MEDscience Summer Program – talking CRISPR
Throughout the summer, pgEd will join forces with the HMS MEDscience summer program - a hands-on experience in the fields of biology, health care, and medicine - to talk with their students about genome editing and CRISPR.
Find out more »Project Success – Talking Genome Editing and CRISPR
Marnie and Nadine met with the 7 Project Success students in the class of 2019 to talk about the potential benefits as well as ethical implications of genome editing and CRISPR. Project Success is a program, run by the Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership at HMS, for underrepresented high school students to participate in a paid summer research internship at HMS and affiliated institutions.
Find out more »MEDscience Summer Program – talking CRISPR
Throughout the summer, pgEd will join forces with the HMS MEDscience summer program - a hands-on experience in the fields of biology, health care, and medicine - to talk with their students about genome editing and CRISPR.
Find out more »MEDscience Summer Program – talking CRISPR
Throughout the summer, pgEd will join forces with the HMS MEDscience summer program - a hands-on experience in the fields of biology, health care, and medicine - to talk with their students about genome editing and CRISPR.
Find out more »MEDscience Summer Program – talking CRISPR
Throughout the summer, pgEd will join forces with the HMS MEDscience summer program - a hands-on experience in the fields of biology, health care, and medicine - to talk with their students about genome editing and CRISPR.
Find out more »September 2019
Inclusive Conversations about Genetics
Robin did a presentation about pgEd’s public engagement efforts as part of a panel on “Expanding Diversity and Engagement with Science” at a meeting of the National Academies Standing Committee on Advancing Science Communication and Practice. The meeting was aimed at helping the National Academies focus their science communication efforts and resources. Other panels at the same meeting focused on the rapid transformation of the media landscape and educating science communicators.
Find out more »AGBT 2019 – Precision Health
Nadine will talk about pgEd's work with the attendees of the annual Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) Precision Health meeting in La Jolla. She will present a poster titled: "Personal genomics is here: Mobilizing expertise and partnerships for engaging all communities."
Find out more »Inclusive SciComm Symposium
Robin and Nadine will be attending this conference to learn about best practices in engaging diverse audiences with science from other science communicators. The symposium will address topics in three themes: New languages, practices, knowledge, and research for inclusive scicomm Changing systems and structures with inclusive scicomm Social responsibility and ethics in inclusive scicomm
Find out more »October 2019
pgEd visiting Cleveland, OH
pgEd will be in Cleveland at the start of October to attend a scientific meeting as well as visit several schools and communities in the area to start dialogues about personal genetics.
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