Drew faculty member completes STEM fellowship with Genentech

Science teacher Jen Solomon spent the summer as a fellow with Genentech through Ignited, a Silicon Valley nonprofit that connects business leaders and scientists with teachers to transform STEM education. Solomon, who will bring elements of her work into the classroom this school year, was one of five winners chosen by the program for her research poster.

"Through my Ignited fellowship at Genentech, I was trained on ELISAs (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays)," says Solomon. "I completed a robustness study for an ELISA assay that is used to detect the impurity Protein A."

"As part of the fellowship I also have to design and complete and Education Transfer Plan (ETP)," continues Solomon, "that brings what I learned to my classroom. This year Drew's Anatomy & Physiology Honors students will do an ELISA lab to diagnose who has a fictitious infectious disease and then dive into a case study that uses ELISAs and other biotechnology applications to understand the 2014 Ebola outbreak."