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Teaching Genetics, Genomics, Biotechnology, and Bioinformatics

The workshop will focus on the latest teaching methods and tools used to teach college (and high school) students in the areas of genetics, genomics, biotechnology, and bioinformatics. All faculty, researchers, industry members, and educators involved in these fields are welcome to present at the workshop.
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2017
Time: 4:00 PM-6:10 PM
Room: Esquire - Meeting House
Organizer:
Abdelmajid Kassem
4:20 PM
4:40 PM
Teaching Bioinformatics By Social Networking: The Pokémon Factor
David A. Lightfoot, Southern Illinois University

5:00 PM
Teaching Introductory Genetics to Agricultural Science Students
Khalid Meksem, Department of Plant Soil and Agricultural Systems, SIUC

5:20 PM
Educational Materials about Cotton: Genetics, Evolution, and Contig Assembly
Thiruvarangan Ramaraj, National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR); Louisa A. Stark, University of Utah

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