After a whirlwind of speaking at teachers' conferences this fall, in the springtime my audience will be high school students. I will be giving 4 keynote addresses for the New York State Student Convocation, for the March of Dimes. The talk is "Gene Therapy: A Forever Fix," which will coincide with a feature article I've written for Scientific American (print), March issue. The talk is based on my book, The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It."
The paperback version has an Instructor's Guide at the end, which is also posted on this website, beneath a handout for a classroom activity I've developed called "Putting a Face on Genetics."
Also check out my series on a clinic for genetic diseases among the Amish and Mennonites at my DNA Science blog at Public Library of Science (http://blogs.plos.org/dnascience/)
The March of Dimes talks will be held at:
Hyde Park March 18
NYU March 26
Syracuse April 2
Staten Island April 24
I will post more details as I get them, or feel free to email me (rickilewis54@gmail.com)
St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, June 2014
The paperback version has an Instructor's Guide at the end, which is also posted on this website, beneath a handout for a classroom activity I've developed called "Putting a Face on Genetics."
Also check out my series on a clinic for genetic diseases among the Amish and Mennonites at my DNA Science blog at Public Library of Science (http://blogs.plos.org/dnascience/)
The March of Dimes talks will be held at:
Hyde Park March 18
NYU March 26
Syracuse April 2
Staten Island April 24
I will post more details as I get them, or feel free to email me (rickilewis54@gmail.com)
St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, June 2014