This course offers a rare pre-collegiate opportunity for those students who want to apply their basic understanding of molecular biology's "central dogma" and molecular genetics to a hands-on, lab-focused series of sessions that explore one variation within the approximately 0.01% of the human genome, which accounts for human genetic and phenotypic diversity. Using polymerase chain reaction and electrophoresis, students have an opportunity to investigate a genetic variation as well as explore the ethical implications of genetic alterations raised by their experimentation.
Student familiarity with the "central dogma" of molecular biology and molecular genetics is highly desirable.
Age Range: 15-17
Course Fees
Tuition: $545
Materials: $65
Registration Fee: $0
Participants must currently be in grades 10 to 12.
Minimum: 4
Maximum: 8
Registration starts on 03/07/2017.
Please contact The Innovation Institute if you have any questions.