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Extracting DNA from kiwi fruits!

State:

Declined

Contact Details

I am the event manager:

I am the event manager

Event Manager Info

2. Event Manager First Name:

Sarah

3. Event Manager Surname:

Smith

9. Event Manager Email address:

ss26@sanger.ac.uk

Your event

10. Which of the following areas of science does you event best fit into?:

Biological Sciences

Event type and format

11. Do you have a preferred day for your event to take place on?:

Saturday 7 September 2013

Sunday 8 September 2013

17. Length:

See point 19

18. What will the format of your event be?:

Workshop - Time limited, stand alone interactive for adults and families

19. Please give any details about the format of your event you feel are relevant.:

This could be extended to an hour by embedding the workshop in some background e.g. including a small talk about DNA, it's discovery, how it helps biologist understand processes that happen in the body, or it could be a continuous workshop demonstration that takes about 15 minutes on a loop.

20. Location/venue:

Venue and location to be allocated by the Festival team

21. Venue requirements:

Just need a large table and room for a waterbath

22. Audience Level:

General Public

Event details

12. Event title:

Extracting DNA from kiwi fruits!

13. Description of the core message of your event and key topics to be covered (c.100 words):

Using simple household ingredients including washing up liquid and ethanol it is possible to break open the cells of fruits like kiwis or stawberries and extract the DNA. No need for microscopes. It's a great way to visualise DNA and explain many aspects of cell biology including how the cells fit together to form tissues and organisms and how they package the DNA up so small that we can't see it. Having plastic models of DNA helps to visualise this as well.

16. How does your event relate to this year's theme of 'Making waves'?:

Next generation sequecing of DNA is progressing the field of medicine very quickly and this is making waves in our current understanding of genetics in relation to medicine. This workshop explains the DNA on the basic level.

Press interest

23. Do you consider that the event will attract press interest?:

No