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The Johns Hopkins University Center for Biotechnology Education partnered with the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) to take part in the November 14th 2009 ‘Explorations in Biotechnology and Bioengineering’ at Johns Hopkins University’s Montgomery County Campus. The event was part of CTY’s Family Academic Programs Science and Technology Series.

CTY students and their families participated in a program that included:

• Lectures on cutting-edge research and developments in biotechnology from the fields of bioinformatics, molecular biology, and infectious diseases.
• Hands-on experiences using the modern tools and equipment of biotechnology in a high-tech modern wet laboratory.
• Bioinformatics exercises in the computer laboratory examining H1N1 viral nucleic acid sequences.

CTY Family Academic Programs are designed for CTY Talent Search participants and their families, with the intention of exposing talented students to the exciting range of possibilities included in a broad-based education and life-long learning program.

The Science and Technology Series is inspired by the daily advances in technology that affect our lives in countless ways. In these one-day programs, students and parents explore aspects of technology and science through hands-on workshops, demonstrations, and lectures led by pioneering scientists, mathematicians, and researchers.  For more information about the Center for Talented Youth visit their website, http://cty.jhu.edu

George Korch, PhD delivered the Keynote Presentation on "Pandemic Flu, Infectious Diseases, and You".

Students were able to learn about Bioinformatics in the computer lab with Robert Lessick, PhD, an instructor in the Advanced Biotechnology Studies Program.

In the Forensics workshops students were able to solve a crime comparing DNA from a crime scene and potential suspects.

Students had a chance to learn about Viral Diagnostics with Jennifer Colvin, the Director of Education and Workforce Programs at the MdBio Foundation and the MdBioLab on the Biotech Bus.
* Photographs were taken by Will Kirk, Homewood Photographic Services, Johns Hopkins University.