Short Course in Genomics

The course will include lectures and discussions with experts, hands-on activities and demonstrations, wet-lab and computational activities, and networking opportunities.

The Education and Community Involvement (ECIB) Branch within NHGRI is changing the structure and timing of the Short Course in Genomics this year. We expect to run an abbreviated program for local participants in August 2025. Please check back for additional details or contact us at NHGRIShortCourse@mail.nih.gov.

Overview

This course is designed to support middle and high school teachers, and community college faculty teaching science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine (STEMM) courses in the Washington DC metropolitan area this year.

The course will include lectures and discussions with experts, hands-on activities and demonstrations, and networking opportunities aimed at helping educators enhance genomics in their teaching practice. Alumni from the short course are encouraged to continue working with NHGRI staff and other alumni to develop new curricular resources and teaching tools in the future.

Video Kit

In this video, Belen Hurle, Ph.D., education outreach specialist in NHGRI's Education and Community Involvement Branch, illustrates how to assemble a paper-based CRISPR-Cas9 kit for a hands-on CRISPR technology demonstration. Model is adapted from Origami Organelles™ CRISPR 00-031, ©2017 Discovering DNA Ltd.

Microbiome Lesson Plans

The microbiome lesson plans - consisting of four modules - were inspired by lectures and resources on the microbiome offered at NHGRI's Short Course in Genomics.

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