E-Discussion--

The University of Washington offers to host e-discussions through its E-Post tool. Anyone can post comments to the page (not restricted to UW students). You will first have to sign in with the University UWired program (they host the service) and then start writing and reading. Hopefully we can come up with some common pitfalls encountered in genetics and how best to help your students traverse them.

•  How to use E-post
• Misconceptions students have about Genetics

The Program

After several years of discussion and planning on the part of the Community College and University of Washington faculty, the first CC/UW Partnership Program in Biological Sciences was held in the summer of 1998. This pilot program was designed to foster closer working relationships between the Community Colleges and the University of Washington faculty, as well as hands-on laboratory experiences applicable to community college teaching. The pilot program in 1998 was funded by the UW. Beginning summer 1999, a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute will provide funding for the next four years.

Because one of the primary goals of the program is to establish a means of sharing teaching experience, all participants will receive a list of individuals in the academic and professional area who are willing to form mentor partnerships.

 The Schedule

Morning sessions (9:00 - 11:30) will consist of research lectures/discussions led by UW faculty doing research in the area of immunology, neurobiology, endocrinology, cardiorespiratory physiology and anatomy.

Afternoon session (1:00- 4:30 pm) will feature laboratory presentations in anatomy and physiology and suggestions on how to integrate these protocols into the community college biology curriculum.

The lab session is ONLY open to the selected participants but the speaker sessions are open to the public.

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• 9:00-9:30 am lobby-- continental breakfast and conversation
• 9:30 -11:30 am in Hitchcock 132---Speakers
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Monday 8/20: Alan Weiner, Ph.D.--Human Genome Project

Chair Biochemistry Department- UW

 

Tuesday 8/21: Robert Richards, MD, PhD-- Stem Cell Research

Dept. Hematology, University of Washington

 

 Wednesday 8/22: Andreas Madlung, PhD--- Genetics and plants

Dept. of Botany, University of Washington

 

Thursday 8/23: 9:00-11:00 please NOTE time change

Paul Moran -- Salmon, DNA and Conservation Biology

NOAA

 

Friday 8/24: Howard Coleman-

CEO of GeneLex

author of DNA in the Courtroom

books mentioned by Howard at start of his talk

Mean Genes

From alchemy to IPO

The ComingBiotech Age

 

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• WOW-- check out this site- Genetic Education Partnership
• SCOPE has a section on Genetically Modified Organisms
• Genelex
• Plant Genetics class Dr. Comai/Madlung teach at the UW
•  DNA Learning Center at Cold Springs Harbor
• Nature--article
• The Chipping forecast-- article about microchip arrays
• NIH Primer on stem cells-
• Primer on Molecular Genetics --(Department of Energy)
• How people learn-- National Academy Press
• Alan Weiner-- Yale days, Chair of Biochemistry at UW, a short bio

• Monday-- a Primer on Primers
  • we will go over many of the terms used in molecular biology and sort through this alphabet soup. PCR, RT-PCR, cDNA, FISH, BAC, YAC, ISH, Northern, southern, western and much more.
  • Essential techniques of molecular genetics
  • Course on DNA technology offered at Kennesaw Sate University
  • walk through the Biochemistry automated sequencing facility in Hitchcock
  • How to make the lab and classroom a more effective learning environment
  • Microchip arrays -- article decribing their use
  • DNA from the Beginning-- This is a SUPER site --
    • check out concept 39(chapter 39 under genetic organization and control) for a quick animation of how the human genome was sequenced by BOTH Celera and the NIH.
• Tuesday-- Bioinformatics lab
  • -directed by Sandra Porter-- how to mine the database that is the genome.
  • blast search
  • protein search and 3D models
  • Primer on Bioinformatics
• Wednesday-
  • - field trip to Weyerhauser research labs in Federal Way
• Thursday-
  • - seminar by Sally Tobin at Fred Hutch 12-1
    • Twisted ladder productions
    • Getting the word out on the Human Genome project
  • Science Education Partnership (SEP)program at the Hutch
  • Institute of Systems Biology-- Roosevelt NE
    • Aptamers--
      • RNA aptamers
    • neurexins
      • scientist working on neurexin
      • more on neurexin
      • more-- class notes
    • resource page on microarrays and more
    • list of animation pages for genomics
      • includes RT-PCR, ICAT, and more
• Friday--
  • talk with Biology Advisors
  • planning for next summer
  • set date for Fall Quarterly Forum

* Special requests/ interests-- please send to Mary Pat Wenderoth, mpw@u.washington.edu

• Information on genetics of tongue rolling
• The Human Trasncript Map
• HomoSapien- Gene viewer-- plug in a protein name and find out what chromosomes it is on !!
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• Human Genome Project
  • Check on the primer on molecular genetics found at this site
• Dog genome project (U C Berkley)
• Yeast genome (Stanford)
• E. Coli genome project (Univ. Wisconsin)
•  Imprinting-- Mouse project
• Impriting basics--

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• Applications will be accepted from all interested community college biology instructors/professors by May 5, 2001
• Applicants will be required to attend all workshop sessions (August 20-24) and will receive a $250 stipend to help defray participation costs.
• Approximately 24 applicants will be chosen to participate in the weeklong workshop.
• Either fill out and mail in application form found at end of this document or register on line at CCUP

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Parking

• Parking is limited and rather expensive on campus. Check out the parking office for fees and locations of parking garages.
• Street parking in the vicinity is by meter only ($1.00/hour for a 2 hour max)
• There is a flat lot at corner of Ne Pacific and Boat Street ($6 /day)
• Park in student lot located north of Husky Stadium (lot E3) for about $2.00 day (uses quareters)

Bus

By far the preferable way to get to campus. Check out the Metro Transit Home page for routes and schedules.

On the first day of the workshop you can sign up for 3 credits of Zoology 594.

• To receive this credit you must attend the workshop each day and submit a 10 page paper by September 15.

Either print out and send in this form OR register on-line at CCUP

Application for

NAME:

COLLEGE:

MAILING ADDRESS:

TELEPHONE:

e-mail ADDRESS:

COURSES TAUGHT:

PLEASE ATTACH A SEPARATE SHEET INDICATING YOUR REASONS FOR WANTING TO ATTEND.

UW credit will be available by arrangement. You will sign up for credit on the first day of the workshop. The workshop will be listed as Zoology 529, 1-3 cr. Cr/NCr.

There are no tuition costs to any participants.

Send application by May 5, 2001 to:

Caroline Maillard

Director/Higher Education Liaison

UW Office of Educational Partnerships

Box 352515, 202 Old Electrical Engineering

Seattle, WA 98195

(206) 616-6704, fax (206) 616-2188

cmail@u.washington.edu

 

Contact Person

 Mary Pat Wenderoth, Ph.D.

Zoology Box 351800

University of Washington

Seattle WA 98195

(206)685-8022

mpw@u.washington.edu

My office is in Hitchcock 327, I am teaching Summer Quarter so please feel free to stop in and see me if you are on campus.

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