Austin Stem Cell Teacher Academy

Registration deadline extended to May 9th!

The faculty and staff of Austin Community College Biotechnology Program are pleased to announce this exciting summer professional development opportunity designed for high-school and two-year college science and technical education instructors.  This year ACC has partnered with Madison College to bring their Stem Cell Education Initiative to Texas.   For the first time this nationally recognized Train-the-Trainer academy will travel outside of their home base of Madison, WI.

ABOUT THE ACADEMY:

The EMERGING STEM CELL TECHNOLOGIES Academy is a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project (DUE 1501553) designed to provide hands-on experiences and instructional training necessary for teachers to incorporate stem cell technologies into their own classrooms. The Academy will be taught by a nationally recognized biotechnology educator, Dr. Thomas Tubon.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

This academy will cover:

• Aseptic techniques
• Routine maintenance and culturing of stem cells
• Light and epifluorescence  microscopy
• PCR-based gene expression profiling for germ layer analysis
• Methods for directed differentiation from pluripotent cultures
• Emerging technologies including genomic editing in stem cells (CRISPR/CAS9)

WHAT IS PROVIDED:

Funding from the National Science Foundation allows ACC to provide teachers with generous stipends of $500 to offset the costs of travel, room, and board for the workshop

Lunch is provided each day of the Academy, and there will be a closing reception on the last day.

Professionally prepared curriculum will be provided to take back to the classroom.

This Quality Workshop is made possible by the  National Science Foundation through:

     Bio-Link National Center (DUE 1400721)

     AC2 Bio-Link Regional Center (DUE 1507521)

     Madison College (DUE 1501553)