Workshops
Portable Next Generation Sequencing
We have conducted next generation sequencing (NGS) hands-onpractical modules at the Laboratory for Education in MolecularMedicine (LEMM), a dual-function teaching and research lab atthe Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Paul L.Foster School of Medicine, in order to expose medical students toa new portable sequencer device.
Hands-on experience helped student participants become morecomfortable with NGS, and stimulated interest to learn moreabout the science and application of this technology in medicinebeyond what is typically covered in the undergraduate medicaleducation curriculum.
Perspectives in Medical Education 2019
Foldscope. An origami paper-based smartphone attachable microscope
Evaluating the performance of a low-cost mobile phone attachable microscope in cervical cytology
Primary school students from El Paso are invited to campusfor a full day of fun and science during theMedventure forYour Future event. A module called “What You Can’t SeeCan Hurt You” introduces participants to microbevisualization with microscopy, and allows them to set uptheir own Foldscope. This is a paper-folding smartphoneattachable microscope that they can take home. Winnersfor the bestfoldscope-acquired photomicrographs receivedprizes.
Link toMedventure For Your Future
Learning Module Teaching New Technological Advancements in Research to Maxine Silva Magnet High School (SMHS) Students
With new technological advancements being discoveredeach day, we hope to equip students with a clear vocationalvision and a mind capable of discerning the advantages anddisadvantages of new technological tools,while developingan open-mindedattitude towardever-changing scientifictechnologies.
We organized hands-on lab sessions at the LEMM to allowmagnet high school students to learn and performsequencing and Western blot techniques.
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