Maurice Wilkins Centre are holding Free Teacher PD Days in April covering a range of topics, including, genetic engineering technologies (with a focus on CRISPR), selective breeding examples for contemporary issues and genetic manipulation, antibiotic resistance (good PD and great for year 11 – contemporary issues) regulation of energy metabolism and more.

Additional sessions will be held later in the year in Hawkes bay, Bay of Plenty and Northland.

More information will be sent out soon with specific details of the talks, the speakers, venues andhow to register. There will be no registration charge.

Co-ordinators of MWC Bio Teachers PD Programme:

Peter Shepherd – peter.shepherd@auckland.ac.nz

Rachel Heeney – rheeney@eggs.school.nz