If you are looking for…
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Experience what it’s like to be in a real research laboratory |
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Preparation for higher education in Biology |
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Becoming a good scientist-thinker |
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Answer for what makes us who we are? (From a biological perspective!) |
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Practice with reflective writing in your own ‘science-thinking journals’ |
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Development in a social and intellectual community |
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Hands-on experiments on human behavior, plant DNA isolation, and bacteria identification from the environment |
You will experience…
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Guided by renowned scholar, Arri Eisen, who comes from a top 30 college in the states |
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Along with 6 – 12 classmates and 1 professional teaching assistant |
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Conducted 40 in-class contact hours |
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Spread over 15 days |
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3 of the most exciting and dynamic areas of biology and medicine: |
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Genetics |
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Bacteria and the Microbiome |
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Epigenetics |
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1 big can’t-miss summer camp in Taiwan if you are aiming for a Biology major! |
You will achieve
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Scientific thinking skills |
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Experiment design ability |
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Data production and analysis capabilities |
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Improved understanding of biology within a societal context |
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Potential for a personalized letter of recommendation from the professor |
Who will lead you to the success
Dr. Arri Eisen
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Dr. Arri Eisen earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, and is the Nat C. Robertson Distinguished Teaching Professor in Science & Society in the Emory University Department of Biology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. |
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Dr. Eisen has taught undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, physicians and professors at Emory, where he has won numerous teaching awards. |
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He has taught introductory biology, cell biology, epigenetics, and developmental biology and has published in basic research, biology education, research ethics, and research ethics education. |
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Dr. Eisen works across many disciplines and has published in peer-reviewed literature with undergraduates, lawyers, physicians, psychologists, historians, and Buddhist monks. |
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Over the past 33 years, Dr. Eisen has mentored thousands of students and many are now successful in science, medicine, and other disciplines. |
Further details
| Start Date |
July 3-July 21, 2023 |
| Duration |
3 weeks, 40 hours, 1 project |
| Suitable Grade |
G9 – G12 |
| WEEK | Date | Time | Major theme | Activities | |
| Week I | 7/3 | 9:00-12:00 PM | Genetics
(how does it relate to What makes us human?) |
– come up with good questions; develop a hypothesis for human behavior
– access information on your questions and present it to class – observe people’s behavior – isolate DNA – study genetic diseases and Can we cure them? – start bacteria growing for next week (from soil and other sources) |
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| Week II | 7/10 | 9:00-12:00 PM | Bacteria/Microbiome
(how do they relate to What makes us human?) |
– identify bacteria
– design new bacteria experiments – use skills learned last week to explore the microbiome and related disease – reflect and journal – start to design and organize end-of-class symposium |
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| Week III | 7/17 | 9:00-11:00 AM | Epigenetics
(the link between Nature and Nurture?) |
– design experiments that integrate what we’ve learned
– research these experiments – develop presentations/discussions on experiments for class – last day: discussion/forum for parents? |
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Typical daily schedule
| Week I & II | 9:00-9:30 AM | Discussion, reflection, and synthesis of the previous day’s work | |||
| 9:30-10:20 AM | Experiment planning and design, background work, meetings with the professor | ||||
| 10:30-11:30 AM | Experimental research project lab-work | ||||
| 11:40-12:00 PM | Synthesis, journal writing, discussion, plan for the next day | ||||
| Week III | 9:00-9:30 AM | Discussion, reflection, and synthesis of the previous day’s work | |||
| 9:30-10:35 AM | Design and develop an original final project | ||||
| 10:45-11:00 AM | Synthesis, journal writing, discussion, plan for the next day | ||||
| Now Accepting Application | 2023/1/2 |
| Application Deadline | 2023/6/1 |
| Interview Sessions | 2023/3/1 – 5/1 |
| Summer Camp Date | 2023/7/3 – 7/21 |