Ting will be the featured speaker at Project Presentation Day, an event for graduating seniors in the Department of Biology and Biotechnology at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA.
pgEd welcomes educators from across the United States and the world for the first annual GETed conference to brainstorm strategies for accelerating education on the topic of personal genetics.
Dana is a featured speaker at the 2012 Genomes, Environments, and Traits Conference and will be leading a workshop for attendees interested in contributing to personal genomics education. The entire pgEd team will be attending the conference along with our invited guests from GETed.
Personal genomics education: Take action in your community GET conference attendees, please join pgEd's Dana Waring and Chris Korey, Professor of Biology from the College of Charleston (also PGP participant #huA4F281) for a conversation about how you can contribute to personal genomics education. What have you learned from being part of the PGP that could inform national education efforts? What are the highlights and surprises of […]
Dana, Lauren, and Marnie will be teaching a two-day nanocourse for graduate students and members of the Harvard Medical School community on developments in the field of personal genetics and public engagement.
Lauren and Marnie will be leading a professional development workshop for biology, health and gym teachers from the Somerville Public Schools in Somerville, MA.
Marnie will be leading a workshop for AP biology students at Brookline High School in Brookline, MA.
Professional development opportunity for teachers at Harvard Medical School. This two-day training will be an introduction to personal genetics and its impact on society. A wave of personal genetic information is coming – how can we prepare students to make informed choices for themselves and for society as a whole? Through workshop-style sessions, we will […]
Author Sam Kean will be speaking at the Boston Public Library about his latest work, The Violinist's Thumb, a book that explores fascinating stories about the human genome.
Dana will be in Bar Harbor, Maine for the INBRE Summer Academy in Genomics at Mount Desert Island's Biological Lab's (MDIBL). This is the third year that pgEd has been invited to participate in this course for high school students run by Charlie Wray.