Fall 2007 Lecture and Laboratory Series
for High School Biology Teachers

Stem Cells and Regeneration

Program Format:

Each fall Life Sciences-HHMI Outreach explores an important area of research in biology by offering five afternoons of faculty lectures, laboratories, tours and related activities. This fall, faculty members who conduct research involving stems cells and regeneration have been invited to speak to participating teachers.

Previous years' topics have included:

• 2002 Embryology and Development: Genetic and Molecular Perspectives
• 2003 The Biology of Cancer
• 2004 Immunology and Infectious Diseases
• 2005 Neuroscience
• 2006 Evolution

Program Schedule:

The program will be held on Wednesday afternoons from 4:00PM to 7:00PM on October 3rd, 24th, and November 7th, 14th and 28th.

• Lectures, Laboratories and related activities: 4:00-6:00PM
• Dinner: 6:00-7:00PM (Dinner will be provided by the Outreach Program in the Bauer Cafe)

Cost:

This program is FREE and funded by the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Application Requirements:

Applicants must be full-time high school biology teachers or curriculum directors at public, private, parochial or charter schools in Massachusetts, New Hampshire or Rhode Island. All correspondence regarding the program takes place via email.