The Fourth Anniversary Edition of our “MOST EXCEPTIONAL ESCAPADES IN SCIENCE” High School Student Conference will be held on Thursday April 14th, 2011. Attending this event is FREE, but registration is required. UPDATE (Mar 1st): We’re full, with over 100+ students registered! Online registration is now closed, please email Dr. Fox at: joanne@msl.ubc.ca if [...]
Teacher Conference 2010
Our 2010 Michael Smith Labs Teacher Conference will be held on Friday October 22nd, 2010. Attending this event is FREE, but registration is required. This event showcases various scientific pursuits, including the opportunity to engage in hands-on activities, participate in workshops that highlight hands-on classroom activities, as well as interact with some of the most prominent scientists in the world. Registration is now closed because we’re FULL!
Registration for 2010 MSL Teacher Conference
Registration for the 2010 Michael Smith Labs teacher conference is now open. Save the date! Friday October 22nd, 2010. Register now!
Our 2010 Michael Smith Labs Teacher Conference will be held on Friday October 22nd, 2010. Attending this event is FREE, but registration is required.
Please see our conference webpage for [...]
AMBL Workshop Evaluation
This survey offers you, as participants of AMBL workshops, a chance to provide feedback and evaluate the workshop that you attended. Thank you for taking the time to fill out this short survey. Your feedback and comments are very important to us.
Laboratory Bioinformatics 2010
LABORATORY BIOINFORMATICS WORKSHOP 2010
This workshop focuses on bioinformatics techniques for practical use in the laboratory. Hands-on exercises for retrieving data, primer design, BLAST searching, and genomics data navigation are covered. Primarily aimed at researchers who are new to the area, or familiar but require a quick updating, where content covered can be tailored to laboratory [...]
Laboratory Bionformatics 2010 – Pre-Workshop Participant Survey
Primarily aimed at researchers who are new to the area, or familiar but require a quick updating, where content covered can be tailored to laboratory needs.
MOST EXCEPTIONAL ESCAPADES IN SCIENCE 2010
The Third Anniversary Edition of our “MOST EXCEPTIONAL ESCAPADES IN SCIENCE” High School Student Conference will be held on Friday March 5th, 2010. Attending this event is FREE, but registration is required. Click here to access our online registration. Conference sign-in opens at 8:30am, with the program starting at 9:00am. See [...]
Social media in the science classroom (notes from the conference session)
Here is the slideshow presented by Dave Ng during the 2009 MSL Teacher Conference. Links are embedded in the slideshow (you can try mousing over the slides). As well, relevant links and movies have been embedded directly into this post.
- Click on the movie to move through slides –
- Also move mouse to [...]
2009 MSL TEACHER CONFERENCE (DARWINIAN EDITION)!
We had a great day with over 90+ enthusiastic teachers attending. You can view all the videos, notes, and links from the program here!
FAQ – Malaria: A Cause and Effect of Poverty (Qureshi Mix)
The noise was deafening.
I found it difficult to believe that less than ten minutes ago I was sitting comfortably in my uncle’s SUV, chuckling at his light-humored joke, marveling at the East African savannah scenery that melted past us. Little did I know then that in moments I would be forcing my way through a [...]


