Outreach

Teacher Workshops in Biotechnology:

  • Marine Biotechnology-Master Teacher-working with Tom Schultz at the Duke Marine Lab in a 4 day workshop sequencing the DNA of marine organisms.
  • Biotechnology Basics- PI and Lead Instructor June 2010 3-day workshop covering DNA structure, transcription, translation, restriction digestion and gel electrophoresis, transformation, and yeast fermentation.
  • June 2009 Master teacher “Teaching Genetics and Gene Expression Using Microarrays” Alamance Community College.  This was a week-long workshop for high school and community college teachers in which they performed a genetic and a gene regulation microarray. 
  • June 2007 Principle Investigator and Lead Teacher- “Introductory Biotechnology Workshop”
  • June 2004 Lead Teacher-grant from the N. C. Biotechnology Center, “Biotech Collaborations in North Carolina: An Introductory Biotechnology Workshop for High School Teachers”
  • November 1998 NCSTA Meeting presentation with Becky Smith Orange HS “Biotechnology on a Shoestring-Small Scale Protein Gel Electrophoresis using Agarose”
  • June 1995 Principle Investigator“Teacher Training and Dissemination in Molecular Biology

Other  Workshops and Presentations:

  • September 2009-Taught a genetics lesson,  “Genetics of Harry Potter”, at the Durham County Public Library to a class from the City of Medicine Academy as part of a special exhibit on Medieval Medicine
  • Summers 2008-2010 Lead biology teacher in a weeklong Howard Hughes sponsored workshop “Integrating the Quantitative and Life Sciences” Duke University.  This was a workshop for AP teachers in mathematics and biological sciences. 
  • Presenter at Burroughs-Wellcome Fund-Student Science Enrichment Program Grant Project Directors Annual Meeting- 8/29/2006-“Green Fluorescent Protein: From Transformation to Structure”
  • Presenter at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center-Biotechnology Teacher Forum 4/8/2006--“Green Fluorescent Protein: From Transformation to Structure”