{"id":22673,"date":"2018-04-09T17:22:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T15:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emblog.embl.de\/ells\/?p=22673"},"modified":"2021-06-18T07:37:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T07:37:12","slug":"applications-invited-for-ells-learninglab-in-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/2018\/04\/09\/applications-invited-for-ells-learninglab-in-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications invited for ELLS LearningLAB in Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Apply now for the upcoming ELLS LearningLAB taking place in Malta between 1<span class=\"st\">2<sup>th<\/sup> and 14<sup>th<\/sup> September 2018<\/span>. Application deadline: 21<sup>st<\/sup> May 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The European Learning Laboratory for the Life Sciences (ELLS) invites Maltese and European secondary school and sixth form science teachers to apply for the <strong>ELLS LearningLAB &#8220;<\/strong><strong>Genes, Research and Disease: Discovering Genomics for the Classroom<\/strong><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>, taking place in Malta <span class=\"st\">between 12<sup>th<\/sup> and 14<sup>th<\/sup> September 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 2.5-day professional training course for Maltese and European secondary school and sixth form science teachers will consist of a mix of seminars by scientists from EMBL and the University of Malta, lab experiments, presentation of teaching resources and visits to the Esplora Interactive Science Centre and the research facilities of the Malta Life Sciences Park. The course will focus on cutting-edge topics in genomics such as the latest developments in genetic engineering and sequencing technologies and its role in understanding health and disease. The practical part of the course trains teachers in the use of basic molecular biology techniques such as polymerase chain reaction, restriction digest and gel electrophoresis and illustrates how these techniques can be integrated into school lessons.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"st\">The training course is organised by the European Learning Laboratory of EMBL (EMBL-ELLS)<\/span> <span class=\"st\">in collaboration with the Ministry for Education and Employment of Malta, the Department of Applied Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, and the Esplora Interactive Science Centre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information and how to apply, please visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/emblog.embl.de\/ells\/llab-september-2018\/\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>course page<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Please feel free to share this invitation with your colleagues \u2013 including pre-service teachers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apply now for the upcoming teacher training course on genome biology taking place in Malta between 12 to 14 September 2018.<\/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":[],"embl_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-22673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"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\/22673","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=22673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25611,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22673\/revisions\/25611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22673"},{"taxonomy":"embl_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embl_taxonomy?post=22673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}