Summer of Nanopore DNA Sequencing

The DNA Learning Center (DNALC) and Oxford Nanopore are working together to adapt nanopore sequencing for use in education – including improved chemistry, workflows, directions, and packaging/pricing attractive to high school and college faculty. The DNALC’s popular DNA Subway is currently being redeveloped for full mobile use, including a new line for nanopore sequence analysis. Workshop participants will be the first to test this streamlined approach for combining MinION sequence data with the DNA Subway pipeline – providing DNA sequencing and analysis any time, any place, by anyone.

Workshops:

• May 14–16: Arecibo C3 STEM Center, Arecibo, PR
• June 2–4: Kennedy-King College, Chicago, IL
• June 9–11: Pima Community College and Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ
• June 23–25: Forsyth Tech Community College, Winston-Salem, NC
• August 6–8: San Jacinto College, Pasadena, TX

All workshop participants will receive a $300 stipend. Although we expect that most participants will commute to the workshop, funding for travel, room, and board is available for a limited number of qualified applicants living outside commuting distance. 

Applications will be reviewed and acceptances emailed continuously, beginning April 18, 2025.

Apply here:  https://www.dnalc.org/educatorapps/nanopore-sequencing.html

Learn more:  https://dnalc.cshl.edu/programs/teacher_training.html

Supported by grants from the Advanced Technological Education Program (InnovATEBIO #1901984), and Arecibo Center for STEM Education and Research (#2321729). Equipment and supplies provided by Oxford Nanopore.