From owner-cellbiol@net.bio.net Sat Feb 22 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.erols.net!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!portc01.blue.aol.com!spamz.news.aol.com!audrey01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: patdaino@aol.com (Patdaino) Newsgroups: bionet.cellbiol Subject: HHMI's Virtual Lab: Test diagnostic skills in a Shockwave lab! Date: 23 Feb 1997 04:51:35 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Lines: 52 Message-ID: <19970223045100.XAA25020@ladder02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder02.news.aol.com X-Admin: news@aol.com HHMI's Virtual Lab: Test diagnostic skills in a Shockwave lab! I am writing to alert you about a Web site where tomorrow's scientists can learn how our bodies fight infections, how vaccines work to prevent disease, and how some pathogens have evolved mechanisms of eluding our bodies' defense mechanisms. Prepared by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the site is filled with cool "science stuff" for teenagers and teachers, including the most recent addition -- the HHMI Virtual Lab. This interactive laboratory, developed with Shockwave, will demonstrate how an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is carried out and some of the key experimental problems that may be encountered. By completing this exercise, students will gain a better understanding of experimental design, key concepts in immunological reactions, and interpretation of data -- and have fun doing it! YOU can become the scientist at HHMI's Virtual Lab by visiting http://www.hhmi.org/lectures/hiband/neat/start.htm at the HHMI Holiday Lectures on Science Web site. A free Shockwave plugin is required, and can be obtained through a download at http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/. Surfers can also visit the rest of the Institute's Web site-- http://www.hhmi.org. Among its most popular new features is a full-length "Web book" on the remarkable transformation under way in undergraduate science education across the United States. "Beyond Bio 101"-- http://www.hhmi.org/BeyondBio101 --is filled with original reporting, lively graphics, and useful resources for biology educators at all levels. All of the material is offered free as a public service by the Institute, which has awarded nearly $600 million in grants since 1988 to enhance science education at all levels -- the largest private initiative of its kind in U.S. history. For more information on the HHMI Virtual Lab and Web site, educators should call (800) 219-7874, send an e-mail to granthl@hq.hhmi.org, or visit http://www.hhmi.org/lectures/hiband/neat/start.htm Reporters only should contact HHMI's David Jarmul at jarmuld@hq.hhmi.org (301) 215-8857 We have also created colorful icons and text snippets for Web links, complete with instructions at http://drwebby.com/hhmi/how2link.html For help with the links, contact Steffanie Lynch at link2hhmi@drwebby.com (804) 739-0165 .