Engaging in modern genetics conference

All the talks can be viewed here.

On 29th March 2011 we held a successful conference for High School pupils. Visiting us that day we had S5/S6 pupils from:

Dalkieth High School, Forrester High School, St Thomas of Aquins High School (Edinburgh), Biggar High School, Musselburgh Grammar School, Dollar Academy, St John's Academy (Perth), Perth Grammar School and Perth Academy.

The materials that we used in the PGD tutorial/class sessions, and some extras, are available to download from this page.

Gene Jury Conference welcome stall
 
Heather McQueen opens the conference
Chris Armit gives a talk on stem cells
The characters that featured in Christina's talk
Christina Berenheim, the first speaker
The tutorial session in the middle of the day
Tutorial
Tutorial
Tutorial
Pupil presentations
Pupil presentations
Pupil presentations
The winning presentation from St John's Academy, Perth
Pupils presentations
Prof. Helen Sang, from the Roslin Institute.

 


  Scottish Initiative for Biotechnology Education (SIBE) Edinburgh univesity Wellcome Trust SSERC Scottish Goverment