You can apply for these workshops using our online form . Or, the application form is available for download here . The ELSI Training Workshop is conducted at sites nationwide and is scheduled to run on three consecutive days, typically Thursday to Saturday.
Students have the option of permanently entering their own genotypes into the database.
The database includes data from a number of isolated populations from around the world. Feature Seminars presented by local scientists and ELSI experts provide firsthand insight into the uses and issues of human DNA polymorphisms in human genome research. A Discussion Session involves participants in brainstorming how the ELSI Training Workshop can articulate with existing biology curricula, state performance criteria, and the national science standards. Their short, repeated structure makes VNTRs more difficult to amplify, and the numerous alleles confound simple statistics. However, the highly polymorphic nature of VNTRs insure many different genotypes in a single class - best illustrating forensic DNA fingerprintng.