The biotechnology field is advancing and my students need to learn the latest techniques available including bioinformatics.
These budding scientists are in Northern California and engage with the subject in a very hands-on way.
These high school students are smart, funny, and very interested in the world around them. The school environment is very diverse with an arts magnet program, strong relationship with our local community college, and very active student body.
My Project
With the Genes and Consequences Kit, students use a case study approach to learning by interpreting a section of DNA sequence and trying to determine its role in a specific disease. Designed for 30 students working in pairs.
The DNA Barcode Amplification kit explores an emerging trend in molecular biology and brings bioinformatics to the classroom in an accessible manner. Students take a new approach to taxonomy using "DNA barcodes"—short, unique DNA sequences—to learn about the biodiversity of plants, mammals, fish, or insects. Using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on specific regions of the rbcL or COI gene, students amplify their extracted DNA to create unique barcodes. These amplified sequences are then submitted for sequencing and analysis.
Any contributions that you make to this project will put cutting edge technology into the hands of some great students who are learning science in a modern way.
We truly appreciate your donations to this bioinformatics project.
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