Outreach programs that offer a taste of real-world science and pair secondary students with enthusiastic young researchers are key to promoting careers in science and technology, according to University of British Columbia researchers. In a paper published this week in PLoS Computational Biology, UBC researchers document their work on the Genomics…
Two to be exact. One in coordination with the World Science Festival in New York City, and the other to do with the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. Note that the Beaty deck should have a “fancy” deck available sometime in September 2012.
Don’t usually publicize these things, but I (David) will be giving a few talks in the next little while that should be fun (as is tradition, I promise to insert a little Chewbacca into all of these talks). In particular, I’ll be in New York for a few days, and…
(Click here to download pdf poster) To inquire about registration, please contact Dr. David Ng at db@interchange.ubc.ca (1) ONE WEEK VERSION Dates: July 23rd to July 27th, 2012 (5 days: Monday to Friday) Price: CAN$1400 (does not include room or board) Reviews and Testimonies can be found here. INSTRUCTOR: Dr….
This event showcases various scientific pursuits, including the opportunity for you to engage in hands-on activities, as well as interact with scientists. This year’s “ESCAPADES IN SCIENCE” conference will be held on Friday March 9th, 2012. Attending this event is FREE, but registration is required.
The Fifth Edition of our “MOST EXCEPTIONAL ESCAPADES IN SCIENCE” High School Student Conference will be held on Friday March 9th, 2012. Attending this event is FREE, but registration is required. Registration is now closed and we had a great event. Thanks for coming and we’ll see you next year
We are now ready to accept registration for our popular winter/spring molecular biology workshop. Note that all revenue from these workshops go towards keeping our outreach activities free. You can get full details here, but the blurb reads: Dates: February 13th to February 17th, 2012 (5 days: Monday to Friday)…
We’re now ready to fill in fieldtrip slots for our Grade 11/12 PCR fieldtrips (in the January 2012 to June 2012 timeframe). Please check here for details and email db@interchange.ubc.ca to make a request.
Catalyst, the BC Science Teachers Association conference, is being held here in the lower mainland on October 21-22nd, 2011 – so we have opted to present at that conference instead of holding our own conference this year. We’ll see you at Catalyst!
http://catalyst.bcscta.ca/
