All NewsSnapshotsStudents, Faculty Host DNA Workshop for Area Children Olivia DrakeMarch 14, 20142minWesleyan students and faculty participated in a Minds in Motion event at Snow Elementary School on March 8. Ishita Mukerji (not pictured), dean of the Natural Sciences and mathematics Division, professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, hosted a DNA workshop with nine middle school students. Students built a DNA model made from DNA from their own cheek cells. They also participated in a mock crime scene investigation, performing procedures to compare “Crime Scene DNA” with “suspect DNA.” Molecular biology and biochemistry graduate student Li Yan and Laura Nocka ’14 helped teach the workshop. Class of 2014graduate studentsMolecular Biology and BiochemistryMukerji Related Articles All NewsIn the Media April 17, 2024 Mike Mavredakis Wesleyan in the News: April 2024 All NewsAlumniArts & HumanitiesFaculty April 17, 2024 Mike Mavredakis Wesleyan Faculty, Alumnus Awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in Choreography, Theatre All NewsArts & HumanitiesCampus News & Events April 16, 2024 Jeff Harder Democracy Demands Passionate Defense, Says Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker