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Go Girl Camp (Genomics Opportunities for Girls in Research Labs), an Initiative of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, is Featured in the Loudon Times Mirror

posted: July 23, 2009, 3:41 PM

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About Go Girl Camp:

GW SMHS Faculty Teach Science to Girls in Loudoun County Summer Program - Go Girl Camp

posted: July 2, 2009, 3:14 PM

WASHINGTON – Faculty members from The George Washington University’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences taught genomics and molecular biology at “Go Girl Camp,” a Loudoun County summer camp for young girls who are interested in science, June 22-26. The program was created by a joint partnership of GW’s SMHS, Shenandoah University Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy and Loudoun County Public School and was so popular that a second week of camp has been added on July 6-10.

“It is an amazing opportunity for young women to get involved in science and have role models who are women,” said Nancy Skacel, PhD, assistant professor in GW’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), Department of Pharmacology & Physiology. “The interest in this camp that is being offered for the first time is astounding.”

At the camp, students conduct exciting laboratory experiments while gaining valuable exposure to current state of the art research techniques, including genotyping and DNA sequencing. They also get hands-on laboratory experience learning how to make bacteria glow in the dark and performing DNA fingerprinting.

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