Penn GSE is a pioneer in innovation and entrepreneurship in education. We are passionate about developing new approaches to address pressing problems in education and to shape the future of education across preK–12, higher education, and learning for working professionals.
Penn GSE's Yasmin Kafai is bringing the new field of synthetic biology into Philadelphia high schools. Kafai is collaborating with PennDesign's Orkan Telhan to develop affordable, safe, and user-friendly synthetic biology wetlab kits for high school students. Students use the kits to build genetic circuits, which they insert into microorganisms to manipulate the color, smell, and shape of the organisms.
This is a tremendous opportunity for Penn GSE to design educational spaces from the ground up, based upon cutting-edge knowledge of how to support active learning."
Kat Stein
Executive Director of Penn GSE Communications
(215) 898-9642
katstein@gse.upenn.edu
Jeff Frantz
Senior Associate Director of Penn GSE Communications
(215) 898-3269
frantzj@gse.upenn.edu