Science Field Trip to Regeneron DNA Center
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sleepy Hollow Campus 1 Rockwood Road Sleepy Hollow, New York 10591
On Friday, March 7th, high school students taking AP Biology, Biology, AP Environmental Science, and Chemistry will head to the Regeneron DNA Center in Sleepy Hollow for a 2.5 hr lab. Students will depart campus by bus at 8:45 AM and return to campus by lunchtime. Below is a description of the lab:
"The bacterial transformation experiment illustrates the direct link between an organism's genetic complement (genotype) and its observable characteristics (phenotype). Two genes, for antibiotic resistance and lactose digestion, are introduced into the bacterium E. coli. Following overnight incubation, transformed bacteria are compared to non-transformed bacteria for their ability to survive in the presence of ampicillin and digest lactose, as indicated by a color change."
