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.
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 […]
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 […]
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."
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
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.
pgEd will be in Houston, Texas to present an invited workshop titled "Issues of race, gender, and identity on our doorstep: Experiences and strategies for respectful and informed dialogue" at the annual conference of the American Society of Human Genetics. We are also planning to visit one or two local high schools while we are […]
Nadine and Marnie are excited to meet students at Cypress Creek High School in Houston, when they are in town for the American Society of Human Genetics meeting.
On October 22nd, Robin and Mare Parker-O'Toole, from the Newton Free Library, will be co-presenting a table talk at the 2019 New England Library Association Annual Conference titled "Volumes Written in Four Letters: Talking with library patrons about personal genetics".
At the end of October, Nadine will travel to the headquarters of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany. There she will meet with Lucia von Bredow, EMBL's Science & Society Programme Manager, as well as several of her colleagues to discuss collaboration efforts between pgEd and EMBL. Furthermore, Nadine will attend the […]