'Genes, Research and Disease: Discovering Genomics for the Classroom', a continuous professional development course, was held between 12 and 14 September 2018 at Mater Dei Hospital.
The training was organised by the European Learning Laboratory of EMBL (EMBL-ELLS) in collaboration with the Ministry for Education and Employment, the Department of Applied Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta and Esplora Interactive Science Centre.
Twenty-four secondary school and sixth form biology/science teachers, from Malta and Europe, participated in this course which focused on cutting-edge topics in genomics.
The practical aspect of the course trained teachers in using basic molecular biology techniques and illustrated how those can be integrated into school lessons. Besides seminar and lab experiments, participants had first-hand insights by scientists from EMBL and the University of Malta and joined excursions to the Malta Life Sciences Park and Esplora Interactive Science Centre.
