Stem Cells, Disease and Immunity
The focus of this workshop is the immune system and disease control presented in the context of problem based learning activities. We will do all of these activities and discuss the pedagogy of our procedures so teachers will be ready to use them in their classrooms enabling them to appropriately enhance their program addressing the requirements of the New York State Living Environment Core Curriculum.1. A collection of activities based on a Cholera outbreak scenario explores the topics of:
- public health management
- determining the cause of an outbreak
- developing a plan of action
- explore why the effect on cell transport makes cholera a deadly disease
- the role of vaccines in cholera prevention
- how vaccines are made
- how vaccines lead to immunity
- antibody agglutination test
- how a vaccinated person could get cholera
- identify human actions that promote the natural selection and evolution of bacteria
- the use of microarrays in the identification of pathogens
2. A collection of activities focusing on the applications of stem cell research
- cell recognition sites as they relate to immunity
- stem cells and differentiation
- as a disease treatment
- various types of stem cells and why certain ones are preferable to others
- ethical, legal and social implications
- design and conduct a simple controlled experiment culturing plant stem cells
- use of in vitro fertilization and cloning in stem cell development
- stem cell differentiation
Workshop will be filled on a first come, first serve basis.
For additional information or questions, please call (631) 632-9750
or e-mail cesame@stonybrook.edu
UPCOMING EVENTS
November 2, 2009: Deadline for Noyce Fellowships and Petrie Scholarships
December 9, 2009: High School Protein Modeling Challenge
December 15, 2009: Deadline for undergraduate MARC program fellowships