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
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)
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.
More Mini VTPs Coming Soon
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