{"id":17477,"date":"2015-02-04T09:01:44","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T08:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emblog.embl.de\/ells\/?p=17477"},"modified":"2015-02-04T09:01:44","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T08:01:44","slug":"applications-invited-for-ells-learninglab-in-athens-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/2015\/02\/04\/applications-invited-for-ells-learninglab-in-athens-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications invited for ELLS LearningLAB in Athens, Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-17489 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/emblog.embl.de\/ells\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/LearningLAB_Athens_2015_poster_V1_2-212x300.png\" alt=\"ELLS LearningLAB Athens 2015\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Apply now for the ELLS LearningLAB in Athens \u2013 25-26 April 2015!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The European Learning Laboratory for the Life Sciences (ELLS), in collaboration with the\u00a0Institute of Biosciences &amp; Applications at the\u00a0National Center for Scientific Research \u201cDemokritos\u201d and the Directorate of Secondary Education of Piraeus, invites Greek-speaking secondary school science teachers to apply for the <strong>ELLS LearningLAB \u201cLearning from life \u2013 exploring new ways of teaching modern biology\u201d<\/strong><strong>(\u201c\u039c\u03b1\u03b8\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03b7 \u03b6\u03c9\u03ae \u2013 \u0391\u03bd\u03b1\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03cd\u03c0\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03b5 \u03bd\u03ad\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03c4\u03c1\u03cc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b4\u03b1\u03c3\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c3\u03cd\u03b3\u03c7\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2 \u0392\u03b9\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03af\u03b1\u03c2\u201d)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The 2-day professional training course for Greek-speaking secondary school science teachers will\u00a0offer an introduction to selected DNA technologies and provide opportunities to explore how these can be transferred to and used in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0course will consist of a mix of seminars by practising\u00a0scientists, hands-on activities and visits to state-of-the-art\u00a0research facilities at the National Center for Scientific Research &#8220;Demokritos&#8221;. The programme will cover a \u00a0range of scientific topics and highlight established DNA-based technologies that are regularly used in molecular biology laboratories and that can be employed in the biology classroom to illustrate concepts found on modern school biology curricula.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2-day course, a combination of seminars, discussions, hands-on activities and visits will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduce you to selected laboratory\u00a0techniques like polymerase chain reaction (PCR), agarose gel electrophoresis and others to demonstrate how they can be used in a school laboratory;<\/li>\n<li>Update your knowledge on current biological research and offer plenty of opportunities to interact\u00a0with research scientists;<\/li>\n<li>Illustrate a range of classroom activities and experiments, and equip you to use the presented resources to support your teaching of biology;<\/li>\n<li>Include visits to research facilities at the Institute of Biosciences &amp; Applications which is located on the campus of the\u00a0National Center for Scientific Research &#8220;Demokritos&#8221;;<\/li>\n<li>Give you the opportunity to develop your own scientific teaching resources and make them available to your students;<\/li>\n<li>Allow you to network and share your experiences with teacher colleagues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"announcement\">Please find further information about the LearningLAB, the course programme and how to register on the <a title=\"ELLS LearningLAB Grenoble \u201cStructural biology \u2013 shining light onto the fabric of life\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/emblog.embl.de\/ells\/ells-learninglab-athens-%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%82-%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%8C-%CF%84%CE%B7-%CE%B6%CF%89%CE%AE-%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%8D?lang=el\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>dedicated course application page<\/strong><\/a> (in <a href=\"http:\/\/emblog.embl.de\/ells\/ells-learninglab-athens-%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%82-%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%8C-%CF%84%CE%B7-%CE%B6%CF%89%CE%AE-%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%8D?lang=el\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greek<\/a> and <a title=\"ELLS LearningLAB Athens \u201cLearning from life \u2013 exploring new ways of teaching modern biology\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/emblog.embl.de\/ells\/events\/learninglabs\/ells-learninglabs-2015\/llab_announcement_athens2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application deadline:<\/strong> 16 March 2015 \u2013 \u2013 early registrations are welcome and are more likely to be successful.<\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to pass this information on to any teacher colleagues who might be interested, including pre-service teachers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apply now for the ELLS LearningLAB in Athens \u2013 25-26 April 2015! The European Learning Laboratory for the Life Sciences (ELLS), in collaboration with the\u00a0Institute of Biosciences &amp; Applications at the\u00a0National Center for Scientific Research \u201cDemokritos\u201d and the Directorate of Secondary&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1642,1641,1610],"embl_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-17477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-athens","tag-greece","tag-learninglab"],"acf":[],"embl_taxonomy_terms":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.svg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17477"},{"taxonomy":"embl_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embl_taxonomy?post=17477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}