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Image credit: Donna Alberico Photography, donnaalbericophotography.shootproof.com."> <div class="container"> <div class="caption vertical-top text-center"> <h1 class="fadeIn-1 light-color dark-bg"><span style="line-height: 120%">Celebrating DNA DAY</span></h1> <p class="fadeIn-2 light-color dark-bg"><span>Senator Schumer visits <em>DNALC NYC</em> at City Tech</span></p> <div class="fadeIn-3"> <a href="https://www.cshl.edu/dna-day-at-dna-learning-center-nyc/" class="btn btn-orange" style="margin-top: 10px;">Watch highlights <i class="icon-link"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item" style="background-image: url(/assets/images/feature-students-with-plates-DSC_2811.jpg);" title="Two students work during a camp; each holding a loop and petri dish near a bunsen burner."> <div class="container"> <div class="caption vertical-bottom text-left"> <h1 class="fadeIn-1 light-color dark-bg" ><span>2024 Field Trips</span></h1> <p class="fadeIn-2 dark-color light-bg"><span>Reserve a field trip for your class!</span></p> <div class="fadeIn-3"> <a href="/programs/fieldtrips/" class="btn btn-medium btn-red" style="margin-top: 20px;">Learn more</a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div//--> <!--div class="item" style="background-image: url(/assets/images/feature-openhouse-2024.jpg);" title="DNALC location icons over tinted photo of a gloved hand holding a test tube."> <div class="container"> <div class="caption vertical-top text-center"> <h1 class="fadeIn-1 light-color dark-bg" style="font-size: 44px;"><span style="line-height: 120%"> Teacher Training & Open Houses</span></h1> <p class="fadeIn-2 light-color dark-bg"><span>Dates at four DNALC locations</span></p><span> <div class="fadeIn-3"> <a href="/programs/teacher_training.html" class="btn btn-orange" style="margin-top: 20px;">Learn more</a><br> </div> </span></div> </div> </div //--> <div class="item" style="background-image: url(/assets/images/feature-satdna-fall2024.jpg);" title="Three image montage; glowing bacteria on a petri dish 'painted' with phage, a white owl, and students in a lab"> <div class="container"> <div class="caption vertical-bottom text-center"> <h1 class="fadeIn-1 dark-color light-bg" style="font-size: 36px;"><span style="line-height: 120%">Who wants to get hands on with DNA?</span></h1> <p class="fadeIn-2 light-color dark-bg"><span class="fadeIn-1 light-color dark-bg">Registration open for <em>Saturday DNA!</em> sessions at four DNALC locations</span></p> <div class="fadeIn-3"> <a href="/programs/saturdaydna.html" class="btn btn-red " style="margin-top: 10px;">Learn more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item" style="background-image: url(/assets/images/feature-employment.jpg);" title="Montage of several DNALC educators during instruction"> <div class="container"> <div class="caption vertical-bottom text-center"> <h1 class="fadeIn-1 dark-color light-bg"><span style="line-height: 120%"> We are hiring!</span></h1> <p class="fadeIn-2 light-color dark-bg"><span>Positions at <em>DNALC NYC</em> and <em>Regeneron DNALC</em></span></p> <div class="fadeIn-3"> <a href="/about/employment-opportunities.html" class="btn btn-orange" style="margin-top: 20px;">Learn more</a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item" style="background-image: url(/assets/images/feature-arecibo-observatory.jpg);" title="The Arecibo Center for Ciencia, Computacion, and Comunidad; educational programming, meetings, and events at the Arecibo site."> <div class="container"> <div class="caption vertical-center text-center"> <img src="/assets/images/nsf-full-ac3-white.png" style="max-width: 450px; filter: drop-shadow(10px 10px 15px #000);" alt="Arecibo C3 logo in whtie: Arecibo with the A tilted slightly and the A crossbar a curved line that flattens out and underscores 'recibo'. 'C' and '3' surround Ciencia, Computacion, Comunidad "> <p class="fadeIn-2 dark-color light-bg"><span>DNALC Partners in STEM Center at Arecibo Observatory; <br> NSF announces $5 million investment</span></p> <div class="fadeIn-3"> <a href="https://areciboc3.org/" class="btn btn-orange btn-med" style="margin-top: 10px;">Learn more <i class="icon-link"></i></a> <a href="https://areciboc3.org/spanish" class="btn btn-orange btn-med" style="margin-top: 10px;">M谩s informaci贸n <i class="icon-link"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item" style="background-image: url(/assets/images/nanopore-DSC_4529.jpg);" title="A person with long brown hair holds a micropipette at a desk with scientific supplies on the surface. Other people are in the background looking on."> <div class="container"> <div class="caption vertical-center text-left"> <h1 class="fadeIn-1 light-color dark-bg" style="font-size: 40px;"><span style="line-height: 120%">Nanopore Sequencing <br> in the Classroom</span></h1> <p class="fadeIn-2 light-color dark-bg"><span>DNALC collaboration with Oxford Nanopore announced</span></p> <div class="fadeIn-3"> <a href="/about/collaborations.html" class="btn btn-orange btn-med" style="margin-top: 10px;">Learn more </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!--div class="item" style="background-image: url(/assets/images/feature-kariko-zimmer.jpg);" title="Photos of Katalin Karik贸 and Carl Zimmer overlaying a photo of the CUNY Graduate Center facade including architectural columns and several flags"> <div class="container"> <div class="caption vertical-top text-center" style="padding-top: 2vh;"> <h1 class="fadeIn-1 light-color dark-bg" style="line-height: 120%; font-size: 36px;"><span >Katalin Karik贸 in Conversation with Carl Zimmer</span></h1> <p class="fadeIn-2 dark-color light-bg" style="margin-top: 20px;"><span>Friday, November 15, 2024 at 6:30 pm</span></p> <p class="fadeIn-2 dark-color light-bg" style="margin-top: 0;"><span>at CUNY Graduate Center</span></p> <div class="fadeIn-3"> <a href="https://www.gc.cuny.edu/events/city-science-katalin-kariko-conversation-carl-zimmer" class="btn btn-orange" style="margin-top: 10px;">Learn more <i class="icon-link"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> </div//--> <!--div class="item" style="background-image: url(/assets/images/feature-teacher-training.jpg);" title="A bearded, adult person in the foreground holds a micropipette at a desk with scientific supplies on the surface. Two other people are in the background also holding micropipettes."> <div class="container"> <div class="caption vertical-bottom text-left"> <h1 class="fadeIn-1 light-color dark-bg"><span style="line-height: 120%">Educator Training</span></h1> <p class="fadeIn-2 dark-color light-bg"><span>Teacher Professional Development in Genetics and Biotechnology</span></p> <div class="fadeIn-3"> <a href="/programs/teacher_training.html" class="btn btn-orange" style="margin-top: 10px;">Learn more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div//--> <!--div class="item" style="background-image: url(/assets/images/feature-fun-pipette-plate-DSC_0830.jpg);" title="Two student campers work together during a camp; one holding a pipet and petri dish and the other holding a test tube"> <div class="container"> <div class="caption vertical-bottom text-left"> <h1 class="fadeIn-1 light-color dark-bg" style="font-size: 40px;"><span>Thanks, summer campers!</span></h1> <p class="fadeIn-2 dark-color light-bg"><span> Good luck in your new school year!</span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item" style="background-image: url(/assets/images/teacher-training-DSC_2964.jpg);" title="Two adult person each holds a microtube and a pipette at a desk with scientific supplies in a laboratory classroom."> <div class="container"> <div class="caption vertical-bottom text-right"> <h1 class="fadeIn-1 light-color dark-bg"><span style="line-height: 120%">Educator Training</span></h1> <p class="fadeIn-2 dark-color light-bg"><span>Upcoming workshops on Election Day </span></p> <div class="fadeIn-3"> <a href="/programs/teacher_training.html" class="btn btn-orange" style="margin-top: 10px;">Learn more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item" style="background-image: url(/assets/images/feature-sofo.jpg);" title="South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center logo including a turtle and SOFO over image of a gel electrophoresis aparatus: a clear plastic box with blue sides, blue dashes of color and the tip of a red pipette. 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Depending on your preferences and needs, students can view the live sessions from Zoom or your preferred alternative.&nbsp;</li> <li><strong>Camps and Courses: </strong>Our camps and courses span an array of topics and feature options like <a href="https://summercamps.dnalc.org/camps/fun-with-dna.html"><em>Fun with DNA</em></a>, <a href="https://summercamps.dnalc.org/camps/genome-science.html"><em>Genome Science</em></a>, <a href="https://summercamps.dnalc.org/camps/forensic-detectives.html"><em>Forensic Detectives</em></a>, and many more.</li> <li><strong>Virtual Science Camps: </strong>Experience the same hands-on learning鈥攋ust virtually. Our virtual camp topics include genetics and inheritance, PCR, and electrophoresis.</li> <li><strong><em>DNALC LIVE!</em>:</strong> Through <em>DNALC LIVE!</em>, we engage educators, students and the public through video programming on topics like <em>Bacteria and Antibiotics</em>, <em>Diversity of Life: Plant and Animal Cells</em>, and <em>DNA Restriction Analysis</em>.</li> <li><strong>DNALC Media: </strong>DNALC media provides a variety of educational, media-rich sites and educational animations covering topics ranging from cancer to eugenics, as well as lab and bioinformatics sites on everything from human origins to RNA-sequencing.</li> <li><strong>Student Research:</strong> 聽We have several student research programs on Long Island and in NYC. Participants can conduct authentic research in school or alongside scientists.</li> <li><strong>Citizen Science: </strong><em>Citizen DNA Barcode Network</em> engages community research teams as they use DNA barcoding to explore biodiversity in their area. </li> <li><strong>Educator Training: </strong>Through federal and private foundation funding, we offer up-to-date teacher training through free workshops for teachers in biotechnology and genetics.</li> </ul> <h2 style="font-size: 22px;">Why Attend a Science Field Trip at <em>DNA Learning Center New York City</em>?</h2> <p>At the world-renowned DNA Learning Center, we have over 35 years of experience in molecular biology and genetics education. Now, we are excited about our largest center,&nbsp;<em>DNALC NYC</em>&nbsp;in Brooklyn. 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