OK-INBRE Summer Internship Recipients:
Cassandra O. Todd M. Javier E. Bela H. Stephanie W. Angelina D. |
TABERC Summer Internship Recipients:
Jon C. Steve F. Meghan G. |
Dozens of students and faculty gathered at Southeast Campus on Friday, April 20 to install a Monarch Waystation near the pond on the southeast side of campus. Organizers were Professors Mary Phillips and Mark Swanson. Although it was a chilly and windy morning, enthusiasm was high, and the product will be enjoyed by future students, as well as the migrating Monarch population. Plants were provided by Grogg's Green Barn at a generous discount, and lumber for raised beds was also provided at little cost from M&M Lumber in Tulsa. KJRH anchor Scott Thompson was also on hand to interview students and organizers for broadcast on Channel 2 in Tulsa.
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On Friday, February 23, the TCC Biotechnology department once again hosted a group of high school students from districts such as Union, Drumright, Sapulpa, Oologah, Broken Arrow, and Kellyville for the Biotechnology Extravaganza. Dr. Jim DeKloe returned for a dynamic presentation of "Life and Death Biotechnology". Dr. DeKloe is professor of Industrial Biotechnology at Solano College in San Diego, CA. A host of TCC faculty and students also volunteered to lead workshops, shepherd students, or provide support. Students were engaged and enthusiastic about the labs and presentations. It was a wonderful day of learning for all!
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Eighteen high school, technology center, and college faculty participated in a workshop Feb. 16 - 17 at TCCs Southeast campus. Some of the activities involved isolating Green Fluorescent Protein, running polyacrylamide electrophoresis gels, and using the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI BLAST) system for aligning genetic sequences. Each participant also received $1500 worth of laboratory supplies and equipment to conduct similar labs in their classrooms. Bio-rad educator Leigh Brown conducted the workshop.
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Continuing a long tradition of reaching out to area high school teachers and college professors, the Biotechnology Department hosted a day-long workshop on Thursday, July 14 for 14 instructors from the Tulsa area. Leigh Brown, from Bio-Rad Laboratories conducted the workshop, which was funded in part by Oklahoma INBRE and TCC Biotechnology. Attendees also were given a box of lab equipment and kits to take back to their respective schools. The supplies will allow instructors to conduct restriction digest and gel electrophoresis studies with their students.
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During the week of July 11, 30 high school students participated in the first ever Dimensions of Science STEM Camp, organized by Joseph Schnetzer of the TCC Diversity and Inclusion Office. Campers spent the week immersed in various STEM activities, such as cryptography, pyrotechnics, 3-D printing, trebuchet construction, ecology study, robotics, biotechnology labs, and engineering design. Students also learned about planning for college and enrollment processes at TCC. On Wednesday, July 13, the campers spent the morning analyzing some of the flora and fauna of the TCC Southeast Campus grounds with Professors Swanson and Phillips and spent the afternoon extracting their own DNA for necklaces and loading electrophoresis gels.
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These fabulous five TCC students were selected to participate in a 10 week summer internship at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California.
Students receive travel, meal, lodging, and a $5,000 stipend from Oklahoma NASA Space Grant - Project ur NASA (Undergraduate Research). (Left to right: Kisa Fors Francis, Zander Holden, Brian Corbit, Alec Schalo, and Tiffany Verlander.) |
Oklahoma Research Day - March 11Nearly 40 TCC students rode the bus to Tahlequah, Oklahoma on March 11 to participate in the annual Oklahoma Research Day, which was hosted by NSU. Several students presented posters from their original research, and many others were present to hear presentations from their peers at dozens of colleges throughout the region. The experience was valuable in allowing students the opportunity to network with other students, with faculty and other dignitaries present at the conference.
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"Life and Death Biotechnology" Extravaganza - April 1About 100 area high school students and their teachers spent the day learning about opportunities in biotechnology and getting their hands on some biotech lab projects! Students extracted straweberry DNA, loaded electrophoresis gels, analyzed DNA banding patterns and learned about the proteomics of the genome. Keynote speaker was Dr. Jim DeKloe, from Solano College in San Francisco. TCC AS graduates Jordan Cox, Brandon Curry, and Alex DeLeon also spoke to students about their experiences in the program.
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