Symposium: 2021 |2020 |2019 |2018 |2017 | 2016 | 2015
Thanks to all of the teams who submitted proposals, performed experiments, and presented project results at the Virtual Symposium on Wednesday, June 1, 2021.
At a glance:
102 students
14 mentors
17 high Schools
34 DNA barcoding and metabarcoding projects:
Javier A. Izquierdo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology, Hofstra University
Thanks to all of the teams who submitted proposals, performed experiments, and presented project results at the Virtual Symposium on Wednesday, June 3 and June 4, 2020.
At a glance:
124 students
11 mentors
11 high Schools
45 DNA barcoding and metabarcoding projects:
Rebecca Johnson, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Science and Chief Scientist
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Thanks to all of the teams who submitted proposals, performed experiments, and presented project results at the poster sessions held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on June 4, 2019. In addition to traditional DNA barcoding and microbiome projects, environmental DNA (eDNA) projects were introduced this year, allowing teams to study the species and approximate abundance of fish in local habitats from mixed water samples.
At a glance:
208 students
22 teacher mentors
25 high schools
79 DNA barcoding & metabarcoding projects:
Semir Beyaz, Ph.D.
CSHL Fellow and Donaldson Translational Fellow
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Thanks to all of the teams who submitted proposals, performed experiments, and presented project results at the poster sessions held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on June 5, 2018. This year the program expanded to include metabarcoding; student teams determined barcode sequences for microbes in a mixed sample to assess ecosystem response to environmental variables.
At a glance:
382 students
44 teacher mentors
39 high schools
133 DNA barcoding & microbiome projects:
George Amato, Ph.D.
Director of Conservation Genomics
Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics
American Museum of Natural History
Thanks to all of the teams who submitted proposals, performed experiments, and presented project results at the poster sessions held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on June 7, 2017. This year the program expanded to include metabarcoding; student teams determined barcode sequences for microbes in a mixed sample to assess ecosystem response to environmental variables.
At a glance:
312 students
33 teacher mentors
30 high schools
85 BLI projects:
>1400 sequences obtained
21 microbiome projects:
11 billion nucleotides of microbial sequence
Jeremy Seto, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
New York City College of Technology
The City University of New York
Thanks to all of the teams who submitted proposals, performed experiments, and presented project results at the poster sessions held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on June 10, 2016.
At a glance:
327 students
35 teacher mentors
30 high schools
113 projects:
>1700 samples collected
>2000 sequences obtained
Mark Stoeckle, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Program for the Human Environment
The Rockefeller University
[00:00] Welcome: Sharon Pepenella
[04:50] Keynote address
Thanks to all of the teams who submitted proposals, performed experiments, and presented project results at the poster sessions held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory DNA Learning Center on June 5, 2015.
At a glance:
24 participating teams
61 students
13 high schools
Students collected and analyzed an average of 20 samples per team