High School Summer Honors Program on Genetic Engineering

太平洋大学将为25名学生提供为期三周的遗传工程强化住校讲座和实验室课程。课程重点将放在现代分子生物学的实验室方法以及这项新技术所带来的职业机会上。学生还将接触到与这项技术相关的伦理和社会问题。参与者将进入高中四年级。15名学员中的6名将被邀请在首席调查员的生化研究实验室继续全职工作5周。

The University of the Pacific will offer twenty-five students a three week intensive residential lecture and laboratory course on genetic engineering. There will be strong emphasis on the laboratory methods of modern molecular biology, as well as the career opportunities resulting from this new technology. Students also will be exposed to the ethical and social issues associated with this technology. Participants will be entering seniors in high school. Six of the fifteen class participants will be invited to continue working full time in the biochemical research laboratory of the Principal Investigator for an additional five weeks.