Department of Biology > The department > Preuniversity course

Preuniversity course offered to first-year upper secondary school education students from Girona, Salt, Sarrià, Bescanó and Vilablareix.

This year, the course will take place during the week of 8 to 12 July 2024, with the following calendar:

Weekly flow chart
10.30-11 am		Classroom session: Exercise first	Classroom session: Pre lab questions	Laboratory session: electrophoresis in agarose gel
	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9-9:30 am	Presentation of the UdG and the department.	Classroom session: PCR: foundations and uses	Classroom session: “Out of the Blue CRISPR-Cas9 System” (gene lacZ)	Classroom session: Uses and applications of gene therapy
9.30-10 am	Classroom session: Introduction to CRISPR-Cas9 genomic editing technology	Classroom session: PCR: foundations and uses
10-10.30 am		Classroom session: Exercise first	Classroom session: Pre lab questions	Laboratory session: electrophoresis in agarose gel	Sessions with secondary school teaching staff.
11-11.30 am	Breakfast break	Breakfast break	Breakfast break	Breakfast break
11.30 am-12 noon	Classroom session: CRISPR model on paper	Laboratory session: Extraction of DNA and PCR	Laboratory session: Editing the chromosomal gene lacZ from E.coli through its transformation with a plasmid donor of the DNA “template” and the RNA guide.	Laboratory session: Observation of the results of the genomic editing and of the results of the PCR
12 noon-12.30 pm	Classroom session: CRISPR model on paper
12.30-1 pm	Laboratory session: Presentation of the laboratory, material and safety rules
1-1.30				Farewell
1.30-2 pm				Farewell

Secondary schools in the area this course is aimed at will receive information on the course in January, clearly explaining the profile of students and establishing the selection criteria.
Secondary school students wishing to take part will have to send a letter outlining their motivation for taking the course, to dir.depbiologia@udg.edu before 31 March 2024.
1. Subject for the mail: Pre-enrolment preuniversity Course CRISPR
2. Body of the mail: the following form must be attached, specifying the student’s name, school, course and reasons for requesting a place on this summer course, also accepting the commitment to participate if selected. Applicants will also need to indicate their average biology mark on the form when applying, signed by their teacher of the same subject.
Students will be chosen by the group of teachers organising the course. A maximum of 12 students and 2 substitutes will be selected (to cover cases where students are unable to participate due to circumstances beyond their control).
Publication of participants: 31 May. The selected students will be informed by email (the same address used on the pre-enrolment form.
In June, the selected students will receive the course dossier with full information by email.

The course is fully subsidised and includes the materials required for the course, the PPI for lab work and mandatory accident insurance.

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