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Interested in learning more about how genes work, but don’t know where to start? Learn the basics of molecular biology! We’ll cover fundamental concepts, techniques, and hot topics in the field. Join us to build foundations towards biochemistry, biotechnology, genomics, and other areas of biology. Join us for one or all 8 of our class sessions! 20% discount available for those who purchase the full package. Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/152405100759

Meet Dr. Mason Youngblood, our instructor for this weekend's workshop: Models of Cultural Transmission in Human Populations. Dr. Mason Youngblood (he/him) graduated with a Ph.D. in Psychology at CUNY and is an incoming postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. His research focuses on the cultural evolution of a wide range of behaviors in both animals and humans, including birdsong, music, and extremism. Over the last several years, Maso...n has investigated how cognitive biases influence cultural transmission using similar methods to those you will explore in this workshop. You can find him on Twitter: @MasYoungblood or on his website: masonyoungblood.com Register for his workshop: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/models-of-cultural-transmissio

Thanks so much to our terrific volunteers, Melissa, Shoily, Caroline, and Wil, who spent their Sunday packing 130 #StrawberryDNA kits for our partners at @MESACharter for @DNADay on April 25! Many thanks to our friends at Illumina, Inc. who donated the kits, and for hosting our Explore Genomics Careers event! Dr. Janina Jeff, Duron Jones, Fiona Nohilly, and Yuri Santos joined our high school participants to give the inside scoop of a day's work in genomics. Happy (belated) @dnaday! #Genomics4All

Join us this week for Science, Art and the Climate Crisis Along the Brooklyn Waterfront! Plus, catch our Executive Director, Beth Tuck, presenting on Friday morning. This year’s BWRC conference will take place online over two days with an opening roundtable discussion on Thursday at 6:30pm and two sessions on Friday beginning at 9:00am. Check out bit.ly/BWRC2021 for the full program and to register!

This animation shows how behaviors, artifacts, and information are culturally transmitted through a population over time. In this case, the Amen break (the most heavily sampled drum break in history) is spreading through a collaboration network of music producers. Each node represents a music producer, and each link between nodes represents a collaboration. Join us this Saturday for our workshop, Models of Cultural Transmission in Human Populations. You'll learn how to use si...mulations to investigate how psychology affects the cultural transmission of behaviors and ideas. Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/models-of-cultural-transmissio Graphic by Dr. Mason Youngblood, our workshop instructor. Read his work at https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article

Happy May! Here's our lineup for the month. Register and learn more about our online programs with the link in our bio. 5/1: Guided Nature Walk at Alley Pond Park 5/2: Walking Tour at Queens Botanical Garden 5/5: Planet Microbes [Free]... 5/8: Models of Cultural Transmission in Human Populations 5/9: Painting with Bioluminescent Bacteria 5/9: Redesigning Plants with CRISPR 5/15: Plants & Processors: Remote Plant Monitoring with Arduino 5/20: Building the Future with Biotech [Free] 5/22 & 5/23: Synthetic Biology 101 [Free] 5/23: Mycology Access + Disability Artistry Party 5/24 & 5/31: Molecular Biology 101 Visit https://www.genspace.org/classes to learn more!