Laboratory-Based Instruction in Molecular and Human Geneticsfor Teaching Faculty

尽管人类遗传学对科学和社会的影响越来越大，但基因操作的实验室教学并没有深入到教育阶梯的下游，主要局限于生物学专业的高级课程。这些讲习班使学员能够在新生调查课程中介绍基本的DNA操作实验室，从而激发广泛的DNA素养，并影响学生选择生物科学职业。这些研讨会向教师介绍基因组分析技术及其在人类遗传学中的应用。在为期10天的夏季讲习班结束后，学员将在次年冬季参加为期两天的后续会议。

Despite the growing scientific and societal impact of human genetics, laboratory instruction on gene manipulation has not reached very far down the educational ladder and is mainly confined to upper-level courses for biology majors. The workshops enable participants to introduce basic DNA manipulation laboratories in freshman survey courses and therefore stimulate broad DNA literacy and influence students to select careers in biological science. The workshops introduce teaching faculty to techniques of genome analysis and their applications to human genetics. After the 10 day summer workshop, participants will attend a two day follow-up session the following winter.