Ting Wu will be presenting at the 8th International Conference on Genomics in Shenzhen, China. She will be talking about pgEd's mission and methods, and will offer her vision for the future of accelerating awareness and engagement about personal genetics. She will present in the session entitled, "Science Dissemination and Society: Missing Rings in a Transforming Chain".
Marnie and Ting will be attending the opening for the Hall of Human Life exhibition at the Museum of Science, Boston.
pgEd is thrilled to be presenting at the annual conference of the National Council for Social Studies in St. Louis, Missouri on November 22-23. Our talk is titled, "Genetics Gets Personal: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Genetics", will take place on Friday November 22nd at 4:20pm. Several of our lesson plans are interdisciplinary and we […]
pgEd has been invited to speak at the Whitehead Institute's 2013-2014 Lecture Series for High School Teachers, Deciphering Disease in the Genomic Age. We will discuss pgEd's curricular materials to bring a spotlight on ethical and social issues surrounding personal genetics.
pgEd is pleased to present a workshop entitled "Genetics Gets Personal" as part of the BioTeach and Beyond Teacher Professional Development Workshop hosted by MassBioEd. Marnie will be presenting pgEd lesson plans that introduce the rapidly-evolving field of personal genetics, personalized medicine and direct-to-consumer genetic testing.
pgEd's Ting Wu is one of the organizers and panelists for the "Genetics, Biomedicine, and the Human Experience in Space" symposium on Thursday, March 13th from noon-5pm in Harvard Medical School's New Research Building, Room 350. Featured speakers are Adam Steltzner, a NASA engineer who works for the Jet Propulsion Lab, and Dorit Donoviel, Deputy […]
pgEd's Ting Wu is an invited speaker in Harvard Medical School's Mini-Med School Program, entitled "Up Close and Personal: Genetics and You." This link has options for watching the presentation live online or from the video archive.
pgEd will be back in the classroom, with our newly expanded and revised lesson plans, this March in Brunswick, ME. We will be visiting Mrs. Dumont's students, with some former Mount Desert Island Biological Lab summer students taking the helm. We are excited to have a chance to see some former students shine and always […]
pgEd is delighted to run a training for teachers at the Museum of Science as part of the Museum's Professional Development series, Hall of Human Life: The Power of Personal Data Teacher Institute.
pgEd will be presenting at the 2014 National Science Teacher Association National Conference on Science Education in Boston. Lauren and Dana's session, entitled "Genetics Gets Personal: Teaching the Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Personal Genetics," will be held in the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Room 156B on Sunday, April 6th.