Summer workshops at the DMC are fun, entertaining and engaging. Many are offered directly through the DMC; others are hosted by local non-profits and educational organizations. In recent years there have been professional development workshops for college professors and K-12 educators.
Developmental Biology Teaching Workshop, June 19-23, 2012
For college and university instructors of developmental biology.
As of February 6, the 2012 DBTW is full. Registration forms received after this date will be added to the waiting list.
Natural Science Illustration, July 16-20, 2012
For anyone interested in the intersection of art and science.
Registration deadline June 1.
Additional Workshop will be added as they become announced.
This workshop is designed for college and university faculty members, especially post-docs and graduate students about to begin teaching developmental biology. It provides basic hands-on experience with some organisms commonly studied in teaching laboratories. These include sea urchins and sand dollars, planaria, Drosophila, chick embryos, C. elegans, Spirostomum, Hydra, Lumbriculus,and flowering plants. Techniques will range from classical microsurgical techniques to fluorescence microscopy and applications of reporter gene technology.
In 2012, DBTW will last four and one-half days and, enabled by support from the Society for Developmental Biology, will add a section on C. elegans development taught by guest instructor, Dr. Jennifer Wolff, Carleton College, MN. This component will include basic methods for culturing, handling and experimenting with C. elegans, and will emphasize preparation and presentation of teaching lab experiences for developmental biology courses.
This course also has proven useful for experienced developmental biology teachers wishing to diversify their laboratory courses. There is considerable sharing of techniques and ideas among participants as well as informal socializing and a course-ending New England lobster lunch.
- Instructors:
Dr. Leland Johnson*, Augustana College, SD
Dr. Eric Cole, St. Olaf College, MN
Guest Instructor, Dr. Jennifer Wolff, Carleton College, MN - Date: June 19-23, 2012
- Cost: $525.
- DMC room and board is optional and incurs addition fees.
Lodging
$33/person/night (double occupancy)
$49.50/person/night (single occupancy as space permits)
Meal plan
$178: Tuesday breakfast through Saturday lunch.
- Registration deadline: April 1
- Logistical notes: Workshop begins 8am Tuesday morning and concludes around noon on Saturday. It is a DBTW tradition to cap off the workshop with a lobster feed at a local eatery. We recommend a Monday afternoon arrival and late afternoon departure on Saturday, or Sunday morning.
Developmental Biology 2012 Registration Form (pdf) •
Developmental Biology 2012 Workshop Schedule (pdf)
For further information about the course contact Dr. Leland Johnson by phone at (605) 988-9724 or e-mail jleland68@yahoo.com or Dr. Eric Cole at (507)786-3395 or colee@stolaf.edu.
* Leland Johnson received the 2008 SDB Viktor Hamburger Award
The Natural Science Illustration Workshop is for anyone interested in the intersection of art and science. Whether you want to illustrate your natural history journal with sketches or watercolor, hone your observational skills and artistic talents to create scientifically accurate drawings, or bring art and science into the classroom, instructor David Wheeler will take you where you want to go. No prior art training required for this five day workshop.
Participants will select one of the following tracks:
1.Natural Science Illustration and Museum Model Making
Instruction for students, artists, scientists, museum personnel, and those new to the art of bridging art and science. Investigation will include close observation methods, the instruments and techniques of science drawing, and the creation of museum models (species and objects) in fiberglass, plaster, clay and other media. Format: lab and studio sessions
2. Interpreting Natural History: Observation, Journal Writing, Sketching, and Water Color
Instruction for writers, bird watchers, students, artists, scientists, photographers, and those new to interpreting sea birds, insects, marine species, and local flora and fauna. Investigation will include heightening perception, close observation writing or painting, the genius of John James Audubon, the architecture of the shore, and the nature and mythology of marine species. Format: field study.
3. Linking Art and Science: A Workshop in Creative Projects for Students
Instruction for teachers, elementary through college. Investigation will include science illustration for students, teaching scientific method, Inquiry/Image/Imagination, lessons from the NY State Olympics for the Visual Arts, and mapping as insight and orientation.
Format: studio sessions, outdoor activities.
- Instructor: David Wheeler, B.F.A., M.F.A., teaches at the State University of New York's Empire State College, Russell Sage College for Women, and Pratt Institute's Center Extension Campus at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. He has made life-sized models of dinosaurs for the American Museum of Natural History and the Osaka Museum of Natural History in Japan. He is a veteran marine science illustrator whose art work is in the permanent collections of museums, universities, and marine centers in this country and abroad.
- Date: July 16-20, 2012
- Cost: $370.
- DMC room and board is optional and incurs addition fees.
Lodging
$33/person/night (double occupancy).
$49.50/person/night (single occupancy as space permits)
$16.50/person/night (student rate - up to 4 people per room)Meal plan
$159.75 full meal plan: Monday breakfast through Friday lunch
$47.50 lunches only Monday-Friday
- Registration deadline: June 1
- Logistical notes: The workshop will begin mid-morning Monday and concludes mid-afternoon on Friday. Open studio time with the instructor is optional Monday-Thursday evenings. If you are coming from a distance and need to make travel arrangements, we recommend a Sunday afternoon arrival, and a late-afternoon departure on Friday, or Saturday morning.