Workshops & Mini Virtual Training Projects


Living Environment NYS Regents Review Workshop Series

Goal:

Review and prepare for the Living Environment Regents Test, including experimental design, data analysis, and state labs.

Schedule:

Workshop 1: April 20, 2024 | 2-3:30pm ET

Workshop 2: April 27, 2024 | 2-3:30pm ET

Workshop 3: May 11, 2024 | 2-3:30pm ET

Workshop 4: June 1, 2024 | 2-3:30pm ET

Workshop 5 Comprehensive Review: June 8, 2024 | 2-3:30pm ET

Detailed description PDF

Designed for:

  • Students who are preparing to take the Living Environment Regents Test.
  • Students who would benefit from an introduction to the format of the Living Environment Regents Test.

Topics:

Workshop 1: Scientific inquiry and The Making Connections State Lab

Workshop 2: Characteristics of Life, Cells, Transport, and The Diffusion Through A Membrane State Lab

Workshop 3: Classification, Protein Synthesis, Enzymes, Human Impact, and The Relationships and Biodiversity State Lab

Workshop 4: Reproduction, Inheritance, Evolution, Ecology, and The Beaks of Finches State Lab

Workshop 5: Comprehensive review of all material


Interpreting Single-cell & Spatial Transcriptomics Figures with Cellular/Molecular Neuroscience Data

Goal:

Review, interpret, and interrogate single-cell RNA-sequencing and spatial transcriptomics data profiling neuroinflammatory astrocyte subtypes in the mouse brain.

Next Offered: March 23, 2024 | 11am-12:30pm PT (2-3:30pm ET)

Enrollment Deadline: March 23, 2024, 10am PT (1pm ET)

Detailed description PDF

Each participant will:

Learn how to interpret single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics figures

Discuss experimental design choices highlighted in the source paper

Analyze the cluster-specific expression levels and spatial patterning of an assigned gene

Data Source:

Hasel, P., Rose, I.V.L., Sadick, J.S. et al. Neuroinflammatory astrocyte subtypes in the mouse brain. Nat Neurosci 24, 1475–1487 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-021-00905-6.

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