2015 Schedule

Day 1 Sunday, August 2 location: TBD (either Native American House or YMCA)

  • 6:30 – 6:45 Welcome
  • 6:45 – 7:45 Alumni + organizer panel
  • 7:45 – 8:45 Academic freedom statement + discussion of Salaita case

 

Day 2 Monday, August 3 at Institute for Genomic Biology
Room 612 – Seminar Room

  • 9:00 – 9:30 Welcome, purpose and expectations
  • 9:30 – 10:30 Introductions  – faculty and students
  • 10:30 – 11:00 Pre-test for evaluation + 15 minute break
  • 11:00 – 12:30 Human Genetic Diversity & Structure (Mike DeGiorgio)
  • 12:30 – 1:30 Lunch

Room 606 – Wet Teaching Lab

  • 1:30 – 2:30 Informed Consent & MtDNA teaching exercise (Pilar Ossorio & Ripan Malhi)

2:30 – 2:45 Break

  • 2:45 – 4:15 MtDNA Lab – Safety & DNA extraction and quantification (Brian Kemp & Cara Monroe)

Room 612 – Seminar Room

  • 4:15 – 5:15 1 hour debrief + evaluations (Ripan Malhi)

Day 3 Tuesday, August 4 at Institute for Genomic Biology
Room 612 – Seminar Room

  • 9:00 – 10:30 The Past, Present, and Future of Genomic Technology (Katrina Claw & Joe Yracheta)
  • 10:30 – 11:00 Break and Mentoring groups assigned
  • 11:00 – 12:30 Health disparities and the limits of genomics (Katrina Claw & Joe Yracheta)
  • 12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
  • 1:30 – 2:30 blood typing activity (Keolu Fox)
  • 2:30 – 2:45 Break
  • 2:45 – 4:15 Indigenous scientists, communities and genomics panel part I (Nanibaa’ Garrison)
    • Strong Heart Study (Joe Yracheta)
    • NWA-PGRN (Katrina Claw)
    • The CPT1A study (Nanibaa’ Garrison)
  • 4:15 – 5:15 1 hour debrief + evaluations (Katrina Claw & Nanibaa’ Garrison)

Day 4 Wednesday, August 5 at Institute for Genomic Biology
Room 612 – Seminar Room

  • 9:00 – 10:30 Archaic introgression & natural selection in humans (Emilia Huerta-Sanchez)
  • 10:30-10:45 Break

Room 607 – Tiered Computer Teaching Lab

  • 10:45 -12:00 Population Structure Bioinformatics Lab (Emilia Huerta-Sanchez)
  • 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
  • 1:00 – 4:00 Population Structure Bioinformatics Lab (Emilia Huerta-Sanchez)
  • 4:00 – 5:00 1 hour debrief + evaluations (Brian Kemp)

Evening

  • 6:00 Mentor group dinners

Day 5 Thursday, August 6 (Short Day) at Institute for Genomic Biology
Room 606 – Wet Teaching Lab

  • 9:00 – 10:00 Molecular Lab – DNA amplification (Brian Kemp & Cara Monroe)
  • 10:00 – 12:00 Indigenous scientists, communities and genomics panel part II (Nanibaa’ Garrison)
    • Partnerships on anthropological genomics (Ripan Malhi & Cara Monroe)
    • Havasupai and related examples (Pilar Ossorio)
    • Kennewick and related examples (Brian Kemp)
  • 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
  • 1:00 – 1:30 Group Photo
  • 1:30 – 2:30 Biotechnology tour

Day 6 Friday, August 7 at Institute for Genomic Biology
Room 607 – Tiered Computer Teaching Lab

  • 9:00 – 11:00 Mitochondrial DNA bioinformatics lab  (Brian Kemp & Cara Monroe)
  • 11:00 – 11:15 Break
  • 11:15 – 12:15 Discussion on multiple components of identity and dangers of reductionism (Nanibaa’ Garrison)
  • 12:15 – 1:15 Lunch

Room 612 – Seminar Room

  • 1:15 – 3:15 Genetic variation in the Americas + ancient DNA – Ripan Malhi and Brian Kemp
  • 3:15 – 3:30 Break
  • 3:30  – 5:00 discussion, 1 hour debrief + evaluations (Emilia Huerta-Sanchez)

Day 6 Saturday, August 8 at Hawthorne Suites

  • 9:00 – 10:30 Roleplay (Nanibaa’ Garrison)
  • 10:30 – 10:45 Break
  • 10:45 – 12:00 Social and legal implications of genomics with indigenous communities (Pilar Ossorio)
  • 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
  • 1:00 – 3:00 Discussion (Nanibaa’ Garrison & Pilar Ossorio
  • 3:00 – 3:15 Break
  • 3:15 – 3:30 Post-test for evaluation
  • 3:30 – 4:30 Week debrief
  • 4:30 – 500 Final evaluations
  • 6:00 – 8:00 Final reception