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DNA Detectives

Biotechnology & Public Health

Lab Coat Legends

Biotechnology and Public Health – Summer Scholars
Grades:

Rising 9th-12th grade

Dates:

TBA

Cost: $1,300

  • In this course, students will:
    • Use DNA evidence to solve a crime
    • Map plasmids
    • Investigate a genetic disease – sickle cell
    • Gain an understanding of immunity, vaccine production, antibody tests, and antibiotic resistance
    • Separate and analyze dyes using chromatography and spectrophotometry
    • Complete a weeklong project that includes bacterial transformation, isolating bacterial colonies for growth, and column chromatography to purify a specific protein from transformed bacterial cells
    • Investigate whether DNA damage from cellular stress can be prevented with dietary antioxidants

Please Register on Summer Scholars Website