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Epic Genetics Day

Join us for a day devoted to DNA. This is the last chance to see the  Smithsonian exhibition, Genome: Unlocking Life's Code, before it closes! Hands-on activities will explore and explain how DNA works, and you can even learn how the dog genome has provided deeper understanding of human disease.

Hands-on activities

11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
  • Learn how natural selection works using the ability to drink milk as an adult as an example.
  • Brush cells from inside your cheek, stain the cells, and look at them under a microscope. (You can even keep a picture of your cells!)
  • Pull DNA from your cheek cells for examination, then isolate it in a necklace you can take home.
  • Solve a murder mystery by looking at DNA patterns using the same tools as a forensic scientist.
  • Make a bracelet that celebrates your unique collection of genetic traits. We've created custom, 3D printed beads to represent these traits, so you can be sure to go home with a bracelet as original as you are! (While supplies last; regular beads will be substituted once the custom 3D printed beads run out.)

More offeringsPlay Go Extinct! The Game. Go Extinct! is a fun, strategic card game based on Go Fish, but played with animal cards that span the evolutionary tree. Sit down, play a game, and learn about evolution and the evidence used to understand how land animals are related.

Explore UC Santa Cruz's Genome Browser – an interactive look at a wide range of genome sequencing data – which was the original resource to distribute the research of the Human Genome Project.

Got a question? Ask a geneticist! Our resident expert Dr. Barry Starr, director of the Stanford @ The Tech Program, will be on hand from 10 a.m. to noon.

Help The Tech develop its new exhibit about synthetic biology and bio-design - check out our prototypes and give crucial feedback to our team of exhibit developers.

Did you know the canine genome is remarkably similar to that of humans? Learn more about how research into the genetic makeup of our four-legged friends is shedding light on human  disease. Dr. Elaine Ostrander of the National Human Genome Research Institute will speak at 1 p.m. in New Venture Hall, on the ground floor of the museum.

Saturday, 04/18/15

Contact:

Marika Krause

Website: Click to Visit

Cost:

Free with Admission

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