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		<title>Girls in Science and Engineering Summer Camp</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Backyard brains was pleased to participate in the Health and Biomedical Sciences Summer Camp put on by UofM&#8217;s Women in Science and Engineering organization. The H&#38;BS camp was a week-long set of activities with the goal of giving high school students hands-on experience in different health science related fields, and to broaden their perspectives about [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Backyard brains was pleased to participate in the Health and Biomedical Sciences Summer Camp put on by UofM&#8217;s  <a href="http://www.wise.umich.edu/">Women in Science and Engineering</a> organization. The H&amp;BS camp was a week-long set of activities with the goal of giving high school students hands-on experience in different health science related fields, and to broaden their perspectives about what health careers include (beyond/in addition to med school).</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="The 2009 Class was roughly 20 girls from high schools all over the Detroit area." rel="lightbox[GISE09]" href="http://backyardbrains.com/images/Gise09/WISECamp-01.png"><img src="http://backyardbrains.com/images/Gise09/WISECamp-01_sm.png" alt="" /></a><a title="Demoing the Spikerbox" rel="lightbox[GISE09]" href="http://backyardbrains.com/images/Gise09/WISECamp-06.png"><img src="http://backyardbrains.com/images/Gise09/WISECamp-06_sm.png" alt="" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="All the tools required for surgery.  The cockroach has been anesthetized by placing him in ice for a while." rel="lightbox[GISE09]" href="http://backyardbrains.com/images/Gise09/WISECamp-09.png"><img src="http://backyardbrains.com/images/Gise09/WISECamp-09_sm.png" alt="" /></a><a title="Showing off a cockroach leg." rel="lightbox[GISE09]" href="http://backyardbrains.com/images/Gise09/WISECamp-11.png"><img src="http://backyardbrains.com/images/Gise09/WISECamp-11_sm.png" alt="" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="Recording the leg with the help of students." rel="lightbox[GISE09]" href="http://backyardbrains.com/images/Gise09/WISECamp-12.png"><img src="http://backyardbrains.com/images/Gise09/WISECamp-12_sm.png" alt="" /></a><a title="Demonstrating rate coding." rel="lightbox[GISE09]" href="http://backyardbrains.com/images/Gise09/WISECamp-13.png"><img src="http://backyardbrains.com/images/Gise09/WISECamp-13_sm.png" alt="" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">We received excellent feedback from the students, and we look forward to teaching more classes in the future. Stay tuned.</p>

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