Workshop Detail: Wednesday, July 22, 2009

(9-12): Fire in the Hen House: Muse of Fire and Murder Most Fowl
presented by Susan Bender, Jim Hill High School, Carolyn White
Curriculum Developed by University of Mississippi Medical Center

Participants will use case studies based on the primary source medical journals to diagnose and solve the problem of envenomation associated with the Red Imported Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta. They will experience a simulated microarray to diagnose and treat Cancer using an drug developed from the venom of the fire ant. In the second half of the session participants will solve the mysterious outbreak of avian influenza called "Murder Most Fowl" All participants will receive a copy of the lab manual and a CD of ll of the activities presented.

©2009 The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Center for Research on Environmental Disease
1808 Park Road 1C, Smithville, TX, 78957
512-237-6407, coep@mdanderson.org

Summer Institute, a component of the MIDAS Project, is supported by a
Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) from the National Center
for Research Resources (Grant No. R25 RR018634)