Cold Spring Harbor, NY — David A. Micklos, the founder and executive director of the (DNALC) at 黑料吃瓜资源 (CSHL), has been named the recipient of the 2012 Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education by the Genetics Society of America (GSA).
Micklos was honored for his innovations in science education, including his establishment of the DNALC in 1987 as the nation鈥檚 first science center solely devoted to public education in genetics. 鈥淭hrough this center, Mr. Micklos has brought the excitement of DNA science into the educational curriculum for thousands of students, high school teachers, and undergraduate faculty,鈥� the GSA noted.
Under Micklos鈥� direction, the DNALC聽has in fact provided education in genetics to over 400,000 students since its founding.聽Annually, the staff supervises hands-on laboratory experiences for over 30,000 middle- and high-school students and separately train teachers in K-12 educational systems to enhance their biological science curricula.
Bruce Stillman, Ph.D., the President of CSHL, said that 鈥淎ll at 黑料吃瓜资源 are very proud of David Micklos, who is very appropriately recognized for his outstanding achievements in the education of molecular biology and genetics. For more than two decades he and his team have performed the great service of increasing understanding of science among members of the rising generation, their teachers and parents.鈥�
In December, Micklos and the DNALC were awarded the Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE) for their creation of an online science education portal that attracts more than 7 million online visitors annually.聽 on their achievement penned by Micklos and two DNALC colleagues appeared in Science on December 23, 2011.
Launched in 1996 to educate students and teachers about the theory and practice of DNA science, the DNALC鈥檚 website mushroomed into 18 different sites over the next 15 years. The sites serve either as virtual, multimedia-rich 鈥渢extbooks鈥� on core concepts in genetics and biotechnology or as platforms for online lab notebooks, and bioinformatics tools and workflows. The sites feature video interviews, 2D animations, and interactive learning activities, and some even include 鈥渞eal-time鈥� of cellular processes ranging from DNA replication to signal transduction.
Micklos is also the lead author of a highly successful textbook, , written for secondary and post-secondary students and now in its second edition.聽In 1990, Micklos received the Charles A. Dana Award for Pioneering Achievement in Education.
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