Human Genetics with Mustard

Doug Wendell and Dawn Pickard, co-PIs
Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan

The goal of our project is to develop DNA markers for rapid-cycling Brassica rapa (aka Wisconsin Fast Plants) and educational materials that use these markers. Our target is college and advanced high school educators who can use our materials to teach key principles of genetics and the scientific process in general.

As we develop DNA markers and lab procedures we will post the here for all to try.

The purpose of this blog is to share information on the procedures and DNA markers that we develop for rapid cycling Brassica rapa (Fast Plants type). We will be posting protocols and data on the markers as we develop them. The intention is that this be interactive so we encourage users to post comments. Did the materials work? What steps did your students have problems with? What parts do you like? Do you have suggestions for improvement?

Please also check out our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/HumanGeneticsMustard


Funding
This work was made possible by:
A pilot project grant from the Oakland University Teaching and Learning Committee
Educational Materials Development project grant from the National Science Foundation (grant # 0340910)
An ARRA Award from the National Institutes of Health (grant # 5 RC1 RR030293-02)

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Upcoming Workshop at ABLE 2012 Conference

We will be presenting a workshop our materials and the labs we've developed at ABLE 2012, the annual meeting of the Association for Biology Lab Education, which will be held June 19-22 at UNC Chapel Hill.  For more information, please go to http://www.ableweb.org/conf/able2012/index.htm  Our workshop will demonstrate the projects we've developed for RCBr and share our experiences in implementing them. 
We highly recommend the ABLE conference to anyone interested in improving college biology lab instruction.
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