Discover events happening at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Week of May 31st
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- DNALC Live: DNALC Short: Backyard Bugs - Carpenter Bees
DNALC Live: DNALC Short: Backyard Bugs - Carpenter Bees DNALC Live: DNALC Short: Backyard Bugs - Carpenter Bees
When: 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
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Though many people fear bees and wasps, most of these amazing insects pose little threat to humans. In fact, when you take a closer look, many have incredible lifestyles and habits!
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- DNALC Live: DNALC Short: New York Stories Episode 3, Exploring Mutant Organisms - The Fly Room
DNALC Live: DNALC Short: New York Stories Episode 3, Exploring Mutant Organisms - The Fly Room DNALC Live: DNALC Short: New York Stories Episode 3, Exploring Mutant Organisms - The Fly Room
When: 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
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Amanda McBrien introduces a NY Stories video created with students from Brooklyn International School; join them as they visit Columbia University in search of Tomas Hunt Morgan's "Fly Room" where the very first explorations of genetic mapping took place in the early 1900's with Drosophila fruit flies.
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- DNALC Live: Humans, Chimps, and a Missing Chromosome, DNALC Live: Barcode Long Island Symposium Keynote Address
DNALC Live: Humans, Chimps, and a Missing Chromosome DNALC Live: Humans, Chimps, and a Missing Chromosome
When: 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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In this activity, you will use bioinformatics tools to understand how DNA sequence similarities reveal relationships between species. You will start with a puzzling question: why do humans have fewer chromosomes than chimpanzees?
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DNALC Live: Barcode Long Island Symposium Keynote Address DNALC Live: Barcode Long Island Symposium Keynote Address
When: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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For the past 6 years, high school students and teachers across Long Island have participated in the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory DNA Learning Center’s research program, Barcode Long Island (BLI). Through this National Institutes of Health funded program, student teams use DNA barcoding to address biodiversity-focused research projects.
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- DNALC Live: Detecting Genetically Modified Foods by PCR, Part I, DNALC Live: Urban Barcode Symposium Keynote Address
DNALC Live: Detecting Genetically Modified Foods by PCR, Part I DNALC Live: Detecting Genetically Modified Foods by PCR, Part I
When: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Most Americans might be surprised to know that over 90% of the corn and soy crops grown in the Unites States are genetically modified. The production of GMOs, or Genetically Modified Organisms is a well-debated topic, especially when it comes to our food!
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DNALC Live: Urban Barcode Symposium Keynote Address DNALC Live: Urban Barcode Symposium Keynote Address
When: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
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The Urban Barcode Project (UBP) is a science program spanning the five boroughs of New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area. The UBP is the first large-scale effort to engage high school students using DNA technology to explore biodiversity in New York City and is currently supported by The Thompson Family Foundation.
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- DNALC Live: New York Stories Episode 4, Restriction Enzyme Analysis, DNALC Live: Detecting Genetically Modified Foods by PCR, Part II
DNALC Live: New York Stories Episode 4, Restriction Enzyme Analysis DNALC Live: New York Stories Episode 4, Restriction Enzyme Analysis
When: 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
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Amanda McBrien introduces a NY Stories video created with students from the Trinity School in NYC; join them as they interview Dr. Scott Lowe at Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to learn about how restriction enzymes can be used by scientists to learn more about cellular processes, including cancer.
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DNALC Live: Detecting Genetically Modified Foods by PCR, Part II DNALC Live: Detecting Genetically Modified Foods by PCR, Part II
When: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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As a follow up to part I, DNALC instructor Jeff will demonstrate how gel electrophoresis is used to confirm the presence of foreign genes in DNA from common foods.
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- Canceled Science Walking Tour, June 6
Canceled Science Walking Tour, June 6 Canceled Science Walking Tour, June 6
When: 10:00 am - 11:30 am
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Come take a scientist-guided walking tour of our 120-acre waterside campus and find out about the Lab’s 130 years of pioneering discoveries.
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One Bungtown RoadCold Spring Harbor, New York 11724United States516-367-8800