The 2008 zebrafish meeting (June 25-29, Madison) will introduce workshops on specialized topics proposed by the community. These will be organized in two sessions, each with up to 5 workshops running concurrently. Workshops will last two hours, and might consist of 3 or 4 short (e.g. 15 min) talks, with extensive time for discussion.

To propose a topic, email zfmeeting@gmail.com (include name and affiliation). We will invite you to be a blog author and describe your proposal in a new post. If you want to comment on a topic, or propose a change, simply comment on the relevant post. Be warned: you may end up organizing the workshop!

We will accept new topics through 25 Jan 2008. The blog will remain open for comments through 1 Feb 2008, when the meeting organizers will choose a final list of workshop topics.

Friday, January 25, 2008

Zebrafish in the Undergraduate Classroom

The same characteristics that make zebrafish a powerful system for basic research also make it excellent for giving undergraduate students hands-on experience with experimental science. As the field of zebrafish biology grows, there is an increasing number of researchers using zebrafish for undergraduate teaching. The goal of this workshop is to develop methods for sharing protocols, teaching tools, and ideas for using zebrafish in education.


At the last meeting in Madison this workshop gave an introduction to selected undergraduate zebrafish courses that have already been created, and discuss how ideas and protocols for using zebrafish in the classroom can be shared. Provide ideas for discussion topics or volunteer to present your experiences in undergraduate teaching. Additionally discussion on undergraduate research in zebrafish laboratories could be presented during this workshop. Any ideas on amount of discussion time, topics to be discussed, or volunteers to present are welcome!

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