DNA Day Symposium at OCCC
9-9:30 am – Buses arrive - Teachers with students register and obtain badges.
Session I
9:30-10:10 am Student groups
pick one of three choices.
CU 1
Treatments for Now! Hope for the Future! The Oklahoma biomedical research and industry panel – OKC activities: DNA Solutions;
CU 2 Genetics Hits YOUR Home: Newborn screening and family medical history. Melissa Hall, OCCC biotech grad and genetic counselor, Sharon Vaz, State Genetics Education Coordinator, OK State Health Dept and chair of GECO (Genetics Education Committee of Oklahoma).
CU 3 The
Future Scientific Workforce– YOU
(Science Careers) OCCC faculty in biotech, bioinfo, nanotech, and
Clinical Trials Coordinator.
Session II
10:15 – 10:55 am Choose from:
CU 1 Treatments
for Now! Hope for the Future! The
CU 3
The Future Scientific Workforce– YOU
(Science Careers) OCCC faculty in biotech, bioinfo, nanotech, and CRC.
Session III 11:00-11:40 am Choose from:
CU 1 Clinical
Trials and YOU – Lancer Stephens, GCRC Special Populations Unit
CU 3 Stems
Cells – the Hope and the Hype. James J. Tomasek, Ph.D., President's Associates,
Presidential Professor of Cell Biology, David Ross Boyd Professor, Dean,
Graduate College, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
11:45-12:45 Pizza
Lunch, visits to educational exhibits.
Booths to include: GECO – Genetics Toolkit for teachers. A table of materials from the Oklahoma
Genetics support groups. Health and
Science career information on OCCC programs.
Health and Science career information from neighboring four-year
institutions. NHGRI table with
educational materials and posters for teachers.
OKC Chamber of Commerce touchscreen display of bioindustry in
12:45 – 1:00 pm Assemble in college theater.
1:00-2:15 pm Liz Lerman’s Dance Exchange presents Ferocious Beauty: Genome in the college theater.