Discover Genomics! Mobile Laboratory
Middle school kids in the Baltimore-Washington Region are getting a chance to hop on the J. Craig Venter Institute sponsored Discover Genomics! Mobile Laboratory. All the equipment that’s needed to conduct biology experiements is on board: electricity, running water, micropipettes, centrifuges, electrophoresis supplies, and reagents. Each class gets hands-on experience in extracting DNA, studying human physiology, disease pathology, etc.
Makes me want to be a kid again to experience the excitement of a molecular biology lab for the first time. On second thought, getting hand cramps after loading the nth gel for the nth time in a month lost its appeal after a while. I’ll leave it to the youngsters to do it for me from now on.
The View from Ellicott City, March 29, 2006
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5 opinions for Discover Genomics! Mobile Laboratory
Liz Strauss
Mar 29, 2006 at 5:25 pm
That is so cool. I can see why you say it makes you feel like you want to be a kid again. I wish it was around when my son was young. He would have been crazy for it.
Aaron Brazell
Mar 29, 2006 at 5:35 pm
Hey! That’s my neighborhood…
Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD
Mar 30, 2006 at 2:18 am
Liz: I’m hoping my little one will be crazy about science too. I think we’re off to a good start. ;)
Aaron: That used to be my neighborhood too! If I saw the bus now, I’d hijack it. :P
Balmy
Sep 19, 2006 at 3:40 am
who is the manufacturer of the mobile lab?
Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD
Sep 19, 2006 at 6:01 pm
Balmy: Good question! Looks like the Mobile Laboratory Coalition is involved.
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