High school science teachers who have attended a past MIT summer workshop are invited to bring their Honors and AP Biology classes to the Biology Department for a day of lectures and hands-on activities.

Students attend a morning lecture given by an MIT professor, then break up into small groups for hands-on activities. After a lunch break (pizza and drinks provided) the students regroup for another lecture or a laboratory visit.

An archive of previous years' lab protocols is available.

Anatomy and development of Zebrafish, Planeria and C. elegans — Introductory lecture by Dr. Mandana Sassanfar, Instructor in Biology

Wild type zebrafish embryos were provided by Olivier Paugois from the laboratory of Hazel Sive and mutant zebrafish embryos were provided by Nelly Cruz from the Lees/Hopkins Laboratory; the wild type and mutant C.elegans were provided by Na An from the laboratory of Bob Horvitz; and the planaria were purchased from Carolina Biologicals.

Instructors: Kirthi Reddy, Nelly Cruz, Andrew Bosson, Diana Lu, Lauren Surface, Dina Faddah, James Whittle, Sera Thornton, Rogier Gaiser, and Mandana Sassanfar

Nelly Cruz teaching

Graduate student Lina Bird

Sheep Ey Dissection

Instructor: Michelle Machon, Department of Brain and Cognitive Science

Genomic DNA extraction from plants

Instructor: Alexandra Naba

Andrew Bosson in development lab

Trying out gloves in a lab

Genomic DNA extraction from wheat germ

Instructor: Brenda Minesinger

 

 

 

Lunch with Scientists

Professor Lisa Steiner
Professor Graham Walker
Dr. Arvind Govinddarajan
D. Brenda Minesinger
Dr. Alexandra Naba
Dr. Asha Jacob
Dr. Alexandre Poulain
Dr Kirthi Reddy
Graduate students: Dan Pagano, Lina Bird, Jan Melom, Andrew Bosson, Lauren Surface, Sera Thornton

Lunch with Scientists