All Gateway students are encouraged to attend a four-week evening lecture series at the Broad Institute in Cambridge. This year, the "Midsummer Nights' Science" series on Wednesday evenings, 6-7 PM, covers topics including comparative DNA analysis of primates and humans, the human genome, cancer genetics and mitochondrial diseases.
More information can be found online here:
http://www.broad.mit.edu/outreach/midsummer/index.html
The Broad Institute is a research collaboration of MIT, Harvard, and the Whitehead Institute, created to bring the power of genomics to medicine.
Broad Institute Biology Lectures, July 11 - Aug 1
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
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NYTimes Special Section on Evolution
All Gateway students are strongly encouraged to read the current New York Times special-edition science section on evolution, published June 26, 2007. Here are links to a few of the lead articles and essays:
From a Few Genes, Life's Myriad Shapes
Darwin Still Rules, but Some Biologists Dream of a Paradigm Shift
In Parasite Survival, Ploys to Get Help from a Host
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
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Summer Assignments - Grade 9
The summer assignments for ninth-grade students entering the Gateway program in Fall 2007 are posted here:
http://obryantgateway.googlepages.com/home
Please contact Dr. Wu immediately if you have any questions or concerns about these assignments. Happy reading and writing!
Thursday, June 21, 2007
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Grade 9 Parent Meeting
The first parent/guardian group meeting for the rising freshman class (Grade 9) will be this Thursday evening, June 14, starting at 6:30 PM in the Science Building Auditorium.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
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