This program is a new, cutting-edge research opportunity in Biotechnology for participants to explore development of tools and current methods to manipulate DNA at the molecular level. Students will experience hands-on cutting of short stretches of DNA and connecting it to a large DNA molecule—a process that is referred to as molecular cloning or gene cloning. Students can subsequently examine, study and analyze, the resulting recombinant DNA fragments. Gene cloning is widely used in biopharmaceuticals for creation of human proteins, such as insulin synthesis; in gene therapy, and for gene analysis.

Instructors: Prof. Cassandra Camillo, Adjunct Lecturer; Dr. Chang-Hui Shen, Professor and Chair, Department of Biology
Dates: July 8–18, Mondays and Wednesdays: 2:30pm–5:30pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays: 4:30pm–6:30pm
COST: $490 (discounted lab and materials fee), payable online
DEADLINE: Apply by July 5, 2024: https://forms.office.com/r/T01n4kPXit
¬20 hours, In-person

Seats will be filled first-come, first-served. Online payment information will be shared.

Questions? Please call or email Holly Block, Ass't. Director for Recruitment • 347-443-8699 • holly.block@csi.cuny.edu