ATE Project Talks: How attached is your dog? An authentic research project to bring biotechnology career awareness to high school and college students
InnovATEBIO Event
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- Fri, Jan 24 2025, 10:00 - 11:00am EST
Event Description
Welcome to the 2025 InnovATEBIO series of virtual ATE project talks. This series features leaders in biotechnology workforce education from across the US sharing their work on exciting projects funded by the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. The ATE program supports the education of technicians for the high-technology fields that drive our nation's economy.
Each talk will be 20 minutes, followed by 15 minutes for questions and discussion.
View the whole series of Spring 2025 ATE project talks.
Title: How attached is your dog? An authentic research project to bring biotechnology career awareness to high school and college students
Description: Our ATE project trains teachers to implement authentic research into various biology courses to introduce bioscience career skills. Our citizen science project connecting genetics and behavior in dogs was developed with our industry partner, Neogen, and other partnerships help to extend the reach of the project.
Speakers: Misty Wehling, PhD, PI, Tracy Niday, PhD, and Gabrielle Johnson, Southeast Community College, Lincoln, NE
ATE Project: Incorporating a course-based research experience in high school and community college courses in Southeast Nebraska
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Event Presentation
ATE Project Talks: How attached is your dog?
Additional resources are available here: https://www.southeast.edu/academics/programs/biotechnology/k9-project.php. Click on Teacher Resources for access to a Google Drive folder with curriculum, information about the supplies, how to order primers, journal articles, etc.