NCS members have been invited to the Annual Meeting of the AAAS/SSE STEM Volunteer Program. More details about the Volunteer Program, as well as how to get involved, are located at the bottom of the page.
The guest speaker for the meeting is Dr. Feng Zhang, a leading researcher in the rapidly evolving field of “human gene editing”. Human gene editting involves a simple procedure to replace a garbled gene sequence with the correct one, or even insert a gene if it is missing. The consequences for human health are profound, since 6000 diseases have been identified as due to a missing or garbled gene.
Light refreshments will be served after the meeting. More details about the event below.
Please RSVP to bcalinge@aaas.org by April 1 to reserve a spot.
AAAS / SSE STEM Volunteer Program
Annual Meeting
AAAS Headquarters
1200 New York Avenue, NW
Auditorium / 2nd Floor
April 27, 2016
6:00 pm Welcome and Introductions
Dr. Rush Holt, CEO, AAAS
6:05 pm Presentation of AAAS award to Teacher/Volunteer Partnership of the Year
6:10 pm Video of volunteers in their elementary school classrooms
6:15 pm MIT/Harvard/AAAS Colloquium
Dr. Feng Zhang,
W. M. Keck Career Development Professor of Biomedical Engineering, M. I. T.
Core Faculty Member, The Broad Institute
Treasure Hunting in Nature’s Trove
7:00 pm Q&A
Information about the AAAS/SSE STEM Volunteering Program:
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) needs scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and physicians to assist K-12 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) teachers in the Washington DC Metro Area, during the 2016-17 school year.
Details of the collaboration are worked out between the teacher and the volunteer, and may involve giving demonstrations, assisting in lab experiments, lecturing on special topics, assisting with homework, etc. The hours are flexible, and volunteers attend a one-day training in September before being assigned to schools. To see how volunteers are assisting their teachers, view the video clips at www.seniorscientist.org.
If you care about K-12 STEM education and have time to share your knowledge with students and teachers, please contact bcalinge@aaas.org.
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