SEP School Year Workshop: Elephants & Cancer

Elephants & Cancer Workshop

Join us for this SEP School-year Workshop that will explore the new Elephants & Cancer lesson sequence. Elephants are the largest land mammals, with huge bodies that are made up of exponentially more cells than smaller organisms – cells that could mutate over their long lifespan. And yet, elephants rarely get cancer. This is thought to be due in part to their extra TP53 tumor suppressor genes, which code for the p53 protein. Through a comparison of elephants, humans, and four other organisms, students learn why elephants’ genetic makeup makes them less susceptible to cancer.

Participants will receive $50 for their time after completion of the workshop.

Date:
Saturday, January 20, 2024
Start Time:
9 a.m. PST
Location:
Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Audience:
Science Teachers