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Pre-session preparation
Pre-session preparation
There is no specific preparatory material for this session.
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
- Understand how changes in our DNA affect our bodies and can cause disease
- Appreciate alternative career paths in the biomedical field - not everyone working on human diseases is a clinical doctor
Activities
Activities
- You will test your own characteristics, such as being able to taste bitter flavours, and learn how these are controlled by your genetics
- You will engage in interactive activities to build a fly to understand how genes being turned on or off can completely change an animals development
This session has been developed in collaboration with the UK Human Functional Genomics Institute https://www.ukfunctionalgenomics.com/
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