B.L.A.S.T

Biotechnology Lab for Arizona Students and Teachers at Tucson High Magnet School

• The BLAST lab exists to provide students from Arizona with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a state of the art molecular biology lab.

• The BLAST lab provides researchers at the University of Arizona with an established and proven environment in which they can develop outreach programs to expose high school students to molecular biology.
  

• This site outlines a module that PI’s can adapt to their research interests thereby simplifying the development of new outreach programs in molecular biology.
  

• Researchers are encouraged to examine previous courses and develop new course materials for the BLAST lab that suit their own research program.

History of BLAST - origins of the BLAST lab and impact on participants

Why get involved with BLAST? - information for UA reserachers including contact information

Genes, Biotechnology and the Environment (GBE) - summer course descriptions

Protocols from GBE - methods used in the GBE courses

Background materials - useful handouts and websites

Equipment available - a list of equipment in the BLAST lab