Education & Learning

We deliver educational programs in Bar Harbor, ME, Farmington, CT and across the globe.

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Education & Learning

We empower healthcare professionals to integrate genomics into their clinical practice, working with clinicians, hospitals, health systems, and training programs to develop education programs that address specific knowledge gaps or barriers.

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Education & Learning

JAX's programs for high school and undergraduate students and teachers predate the founding of the Jackson Laboratory by six years. Including our flagship Summer Student Program, JAX offers opportunities for academic year research, teacher professional development, and the Maine State Science Fair.

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Education & Learning

Exceptional opportunities for PhD and postdoctoral research and training in a unique scientific environment.

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Education & Learning

Our Webcasting and Online MiniCourses enable learners to participate in innovative JAX programming regardless of geography.

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We ignite the passion of future scientists, advance careers, and inform the general public about the unfolding promise of genetics and genomics. From high school summer programs to conferences that further the education of practicing scientists and professionals, we advance science and improve health through our commitment to education.

The Genomic Education team at The Jackson Laboratory is committed to creating diverse and inclusive educational programs where all students, employees and visitors feel valued and are empowered to participate in our mission to improve human health through genomics research, scientific resources and education. We believe human diversity is an essential ingredient for empowering the global biomedical community, and therefore our programs should reflect, embrace and celebrate the diversity of our world.

Covid-19 Schedule Changes
A full listing of event cancellations, postponements, and announcements regarding the impact of Covid-19 is now available.

JAX upholds an environment free of discrimination, including discrimination, harassment or violence on the basis of sex, as prohibited by Title IX and JAX policies. JAX’s Title IX compliance protects students, staff, faculty, and visitors involved in our educational programs. JAX community members with a question regarding JAX Title IX policy or who wish to review JAX Title IX resources or report an incident to JAX’s Title IX Coordinator, please click here.

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Statistics with R Study Group

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Signal Processing in Python

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Machine Learning in Python I-IV

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Software Carpentry

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Introduction to High Performance Computing

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Statistical Inference for Biology

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Introduction to Image Analysis with Fiji

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Maine State Science Fair

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COVID-19: Current pipeline and innovations for therapeutics and vaccines

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Stereotaxic Surgery in the Laboratory Mouse – Postponed to November

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Colony Management & Biomethods - Postponed to November

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Principles and Techniques for Improving Preclinical Translation in Alzheimer’s Disease – Postponed to Spring 2021 (Exact Dates TBD)

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Conference The Bar Harbor Club, Bar Harbor, ME

Biocuration 2020 Conference – Event Cancelled

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Making and Gentically Manipulating Mouse Embryos – Postponed to Spring 2021 (Exact Dates TBD)

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Science for the common good

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GENOMIC TUMOR TESTING, TARGETED TREATMENTS AND PATIENT CARE (Virtual Event)

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Long-Read Sequencing – Postponed Dates TBD

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Forum for Discovery

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Human and Mammalian Genetics and Genomics: The 61st McKusick Short Course (Virtual Event)

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iCARB: Immersion in Comparative Aging and Regenerative Biology 2020

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29th Annual Short Course on Experimental Models of Human Cancer (Virtual Event)

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Techniques in Modeling Human Cancer in Mice - Postponed (Dates TBA)

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Systems Immunology in Aging and Chronic Diseases of Aging (Virtual Event)

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Modeling Hearing and Balance Disorders in Mice: The HEar@JAX Workshop - Postponed (Dates TBD)

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Jaxtaposition Speaker Series: Healthy Aging and Alzheimer's Disease

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the Genetics of Addiction - Postponed

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19th Annual Workshop on the Pathology of Mouse Models for Human Disease - Canceled

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Surgical Techniques in the Laboratory Mouse

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JAX Healthcare Forum

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Virtual Event or Webinar JAX Genomic Medicine, Farmington, CT

Introduction to Microbial Community Analysis

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Virtual | Colony Management & Biomethods

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Stereotaxic Surgery in the Laboratory Mouse

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The Whole Scientist™

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Stereotaxic Surgery in the Laboratory Mouse (in Paris, France)

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Surgical Techniques in the Laboratory Mouse (in Paris, France)

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Surgical Techniques in the Laboratory Mouse (La Jolla, CA)

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Principles and Techniques for Improving Preclinical Translation in Alzheimer’s Disease

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Surgical Techniques in the Laboratory Mouse

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Human and Mammalian Genetics and Genomics: The 62nd McKusick Short Course

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30th Annual Short Course on Experimental Models of Human Cancer

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Modeling Hearing and Balance Disorders in Mice: The HEar@JAX Workshop

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