New!  Do to the late publicity and so may interested participants, we have extended the deadline for application to this camp.

New Deadline - August 10th

Your Genes & Your Health Connected:

Computational Biology Camp
for High School Students

Download Registration Form (2pages)

Your Genes and Your Health Connected is a week-long half-day summer camp for students who will be entering 9th-12th grades in the 2012-13 school year. It includes fun, interactive lectures and hands-on computer-based research for the coming era of medical genomics.

Monday – Friday, August 20-24

12:30 PM – 4:15 PM

at Rec&Ed on 1515 S. Seventh, Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Fee: $185

Students will learn basic concepts of genomics, their implications for diseases, and how to present findings using PowerPoint. Each student will choose, research, and present on a disease of interest. Following presentations, students will vote on a single disease to focus on as a group. Each student will be taught to use software and databases to investigate the elected disease and will be assigned one gene related to the disease. At the end of the week, each student will suggest a way of preventing the disease based on the week’s research and connect it with others’ methods. The program will be directed by Dr. Inhan Lee of miRcore.

How do I apply

• Complete the Rec&Ed registration form.  Click here to download  (ID#: 8914.407)
• Write an essay (about 300-500 words) about your interest in this program
• Send the above to Rec&Ed at 1515 S. Seventh Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 by Aug. 10, 2012,  with Attn: Sally Searls

Applications will be reviewed and you will receive an email or phone call by August 16, 2012.

A limited number of scholarships are available through Rec&Ed. Go to www.aareced.com for scholarship information.

Contact: Sally Searls, 734-994-2300 ext: 53219

Students should arrive after lunch and bring their own memory sticks or laptops. We encourage students to bring their own laptop computer for continuity. All other instructional costs, supplies, snacks, T-shirts, and equipment are included.

After the camp, Pioneer, Skyline, and Community students will have the opportunity to become founding members of school club GIDAS (Genes In Diseases And Syndromes) and to join miRcore as volunteers who will be mentored in advocating disease research through weekly meetings over the school year.