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An image from the GENIE training video, which instructs students on how to make and run an agarose gel for the analysis of fragments of DNA.

GENIE Wins International Gold Again

Training video wins international accolade

Issued on 8 July

For the second year running, a GENIE training video, produced to help teach laboratory techniques to biological sciences students, has received a Gold Award from the Health & Science Communications Association (HeSCA). The film on how to make and run an agarose gel for the analysis of fragments of DNA picked up the award at the recent HeSCA annual meeting in New Haven, Connecticut.

This award follows up on last year’s success at the HeSCA awards (click here to view the annoucement from last year ).

The video, which was the brainchild of Dr Raymond Dalgleish, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Genetics, is the second in a planned series of videos and was a joint production between the Department of Genetics’ GENIE Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) and the University’s Multimedia Services.

The video was produced and directed by Jon Shears and was filmed by Carl Vivian, from the University’s Multimedia Services. On the GENIE side, Dr Dalgleish was joined by Drs Nicola Suter-Giorgini and Cas Kramer who co-scripted the video and also appeared in it.

There are two versions of the video, one version for undergraduate teaching and an extended version for postgraduate teaching. Both versions can be viewed on-line form GENIE's Virtual Genetics Education Centre, under the GENIE resources page (click here to view ).

…and Multimedia Services also win Silver for Chemistry film

In addition to the Gold Award for the GENIE film, Multimedia Services won a Silver Award in the HeSCA Media Festival for ‘Hands Free and Hands On’, a film produced and directed by Carl Vivian for the Department of Chemistry. This five-minute film is featured on the Royal Society of Chemistry web site (click to view) . Aimed at school teachers and students, it promotes widening participation in Chemistry and the sciences.

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