February 7th, 2020

Chat with us!

Have questions about our 2020 contest? Want to run your idea past a professional? Genes in Space Chats are online office hours where you can get your questions answered by a member of our team.

Submit a question ahead of time to have it answered during the next chat. Head to our Facebook page to join us live or watch the video afterwards.



2020 Genes in Space Chat Schedule:

February 3, 8:00pm EST:
Chat with mentor and Harvard scientist Bess Miller
Topic: What is PCR? (Watch the recording on Facebook)


February 11, 8:00pm EST: 
Chat with mentor and Harvard scientist Kiana Mohajeri
Topic: What DNA analyses can you do after PCR? (Watch the recording on Facebook)

February 19, 8:00pm EST: 
Contest tips from 2019 Finalists Claire, Tori and Jessica (Watch the recording on Facebook)

February 26, 8:00pm EST:
Chat with mentor and Harvard scientist Matt Smith
Topic: What model system is best for your experiment? (Watch the recording on Facebook)

March 5, 8:00pm EST:
Chat with mentor and MIT scientist Deniz Atabay
Topic: Hot topics in space biology (Watch the recording on Facebook)

March 10, 8:00pm EDT:
Contest tips from 2019 winners Finsam Samson and Yujie Wang (Watch the recording on Facebook)

March 25, 8:00pm EDT:
Chat with mentor and MIT scientist Holly Christensen (Watch the recording on Facebook)
Topic: Variations on PCR

March 31, 1:00pm EDT:
Chat with 2019 Finalist Abi Parthasarathy

April 7, 8:00pm EDT:
Meet the 2020 Mentors! Part 1

April 15, 3:00pm EDT:
Meet the 2020 Mentors! Part 2