This event was originally planned to take place on March 14th in Baltimore, MD, but is now being rescheduled as an online program. pgEd has been invited to a community conversation around precision medicine and men’s health organized by Michael Friend, founder of the Health Ministries Network (HMN) and co-founder of the Minority Coalition for […]
Dana is once again joining the Teaching the Genome Generation course as a faculty member, which is offered through the Jackson Laboratory. Housed at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, this workshop particularly welcomes teachers from the New England states. Teaching the Genome Generation is a one-week, residential, professional development short course in genomics, bioinformatics, and […]
pgEd will be traveling to Seattle (WA), to present a 2-day professional development workshop for teachers.
Please keep an eye on our calendar for new dates for this event. At the end of June, pgEd will be traveling to Omaha (NE), to present a 2-day professional development workshop for teachers.
Our professional development course 'Personal Genetics in Health, History, and Society is making its online debut! In this 2-week online professional development workshop, we will explore the various ways in which genetics impacts our lives. We will discuss the intersection of genetics with topics such as medicine, genome editing and CRISPR, law enforcement, and the […]
In July, pgEd will be traveling to Huntsville (AL), to present a 3-day professional development workshop for teachers.
pgEd is thrilled to return to the K-12 Summer Institute. Although we will not be able to meet you in person this year, we are excited to offer an online workshop: Personal genetics, gene editing and the environment, and the history of the American eugenics movement: Conversations about genetics and society. To learn more about […]
As genetic technologies become more widespread, how can our society ensure that education about and access to this information is available to all people? How can we prepare students to make informed choices for themselves and for society? In this 2-week online professional development workshop, we will explore the various ways in which genetics impacts our […]
Ting has been invited to moderate a panel about “Gene editing and journalism: What story? Whose story? And why?” with panelists Tamar Haspel (Columnist, Washington Post), Antonio Regalado (Senior Editor for Biomedicine, MIT Technology Review), and Elliot Kirschner (Executive Producer, Human Nature and the Wonder Collaborative). For more info about this and other CRISPRcon sessions, […]
Dana and Marnie will be presenting a virtual workshop on the history of the American eugenics movement, as part of the week-long training course for incoming graduate students at the Department of Genetics at Stanford University.