Hands-on Plant Tissue Culture Workshop for High School and Community College Teachers to be held June 11, 2016 at the 2016 World Congress on In Vitro Biology, San Diego, California

植物组织培养实践研讨会将于2016年6月11日在圣地亚哥（CA）举行的体外生物学学会（SIVB）2016年世界大会上举行。这个为期一天的研讨会将为来自加州社区学院和高中的30名教师提供植物细胞/组织培养的基础知识，而无需大量的实验室设备。将提供实验室指南和资源，使参与者能够在其所在机构建立适当的植物组织培养实验室课程。此外，与会者将获得一天的通行证，参加6月12日星期日SIVB大会上关于生物技术和基因组编辑的会议。希望参加者能够启发和激发学生对植物细胞/组织培养这一令人兴奋的科学职业机会的兴趣，并让他们对植物生物技术有更深入的了解。社区学院和高中生物技术导师与行业代表的讨论集中在将植物细胞/组织培养纳入科学课程的好处。这次研讨会是这些讨论的结果，将提供关于如何将植物组织培养纳入课堂的实践培训和信息。参加者将建造“无菌罩”，并获得无菌组织培养技术的经验。 他们还将接受如何为他们的课程提供经验教训和想法的指导。 所有讲习班材料都将在网上提供，以确保最广泛的传播。可通过米拉马尔安进教师支持中心门户网站设置用于检查教室的“无菌罩”套件的可用性。

A hands-on workshop in plant tissue culture will be held at the Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB) 2016 World Congress in San Diego (CA) on June 11, 2016. This one-day workshop will provide thirty teachers from community colleges and high schools in California with the basics of plant cell/tissue culture without extensive lab equipment. A laboratory guide and resources will be provided to enable participants to set up appropriate laboratory course work in plant tissue culture at their home institutions. In addition, participants will be provided with a one-day pass to attend sessions on biotechnology and genome editing at the SIVB Congress on Sunday June 12. It is the hope that participants will be able to enlighten and ignite students' interest in the exciting scientific career opportunities of plant cell/tissue culture, and give them a greater understanding of plant biotechnology.Discussions between community college and high school biotechnology instructors with industry representatives have focused on the benefits of including plant cell/tissue culture into the science curriculum. This workshop is the result of those discussions and will provide hands-on training and information on how to incorporate plant tissue culture into the classroom. Participants will construct "sterile hoods" and gain experience in sterile tissue culture techniques. They will also receive instruction on how to provide lessons and ideas for their curriculum. All workshop materials will be made available online to ensure the broadest dissemination. Availability of "sterile hood" kits for check-out to classrooms may be set-up via the Miramar Amgen Teacher Support Center portal.