NU Splash Biography

A hands-on journey to understand the fundamental unit of life: the cell; and the set of instructions that govern all living things: our DNA. In this one-day course we will extract and look at cells from our own bodies and compare them to other living organisms such as plants and bacteria to understand and marvel at the complexity and diversity of the basic unit of life. We will then dive deeper into the cell to learn about the secret code that controls all life by extracting DNA from a range of living organisms including ourselves, and discussing how our understanding of the genetic code can be used to change the world!