DISCOVER NOW 2023 TEACHER ACADEMY at LAWRENCEVILLE

Six instructors hailing from US and UK schools convened this past July on the beautiful campus of the Lawrenceville School to train in fruit fly genetics and biology. This included teachers from new partner schools at Marin Academy (San Rafael, CA), and teachers from established Stan-X partners, Haileybury College (Hertford, UK) and the Hotchkiss School (Lakeview, CT).

The teachers read materials related to a new Stan-X curriculum involving CRISPR-based fruit fly targeting, then were trained in person by Stan-X instructors, including Nicole Lantz, Elizabeth Fox, Dr. Sangbin Park and Ms. Anne Rankin. The intensity of hands-on training for five straight days was leavened by interludes for meals, including multiple tasty dinners, and local outings, but especially from the networking and team building that has come to characterize the special training in Discover Now.