LearningLabs
Introducing new approaches to teaching evolution in secondary schools
Heidelberg, 12 - 14 March 2008 - photos
Collecting cheek cells in order to prepare DNA samples.
Preparing samples for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).
Loading the digested PCR products in the Agarose gel.
Playing the "Tracking the Evolution game", developed by Gzegorz Papaj from the Science School Festival (SFN) team, Warsaw, Poland.
Collecting different plant tissue samples (Investigating Plant Evolution; classroom kit developed by the National Center of Biotechnology Education, UK)
EMBL PhD student Raquel Matos (blue pullover) supervising the participants while they extract plant DNA.
Comparing 3 plant PCR products: samples 2 and 3 are evolutionarily related.
EMBL PhD student Corinne Cox (violet gloves) demonstrating how to load a protein gel (comparative proteomics kit, Bio-Rad). Explorer programme
EMBL Research Scientist Sean O'Donoghue instructing the Bioinformatics activity.