![Lab bench prepped for Open Lab](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0011.jpg)
Lab bench prepped for Open Lab
The Open Lab experience involved extracting DNA from strawberries, and using paints to illustrate the experience.
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![Bright pink test-tube holder](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0013.jpg)
Bright pink test-tube holder
Professor Hinton's choice of lab materials adds cheer for biologists of all ages.
![Open Lab orientation](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0030.jpg)
Open Lab orientation
Open Lab participants first met in the conference room for orientation
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![New faces for Open Lab](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0034.jpg)
New faces for Open Lab
At the start students were quiet in the new setting
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![Open Lab orientation cont.](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0056.jpg)
Open Lab orientation cont.
Dr. Hinton worked to relax the students, and their parents.
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![Liz Allison welcomes Open Lab](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0040.jpg)
Liz Allison welcomes Open Lab
W&M Biology Department Chair Dr. Liz Allison spoke briefly to the Open Lab group
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![W&M biologists establish a fun tone](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0037.jpg)
W&M biologists establish a fun tone
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![Open Lab orientation cont.](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0060.jpg)
Open Lab orientation cont.
W&M students and children begin to make friends
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![Open Lab orientation cont.](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0077.jpg)
Open Lab orientation cont.
Students learn why DNA matters to them
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![Open Lab orientation cont.](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0079.jpg)
Open Lab orientation cont.
![Introducing DNA at Open Lab](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0085.jpg)
Introducing DNA at Open Lab
Questions were encouraged and students quickly embraced the topic.
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![DNA in a strawberry](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0088.jpg)
DNA in a strawberry
Students were introduced to nucleotides using the strawberry as a model
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![Preparing for the laboratory](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0095.jpg)
Preparing for the laboratory
Lab coats were supplied as an introduction to lab protocol and safety.
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![Preparing for the laboratory, cont.](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0105.jpg)
Preparing for the laboratory, cont.
Enough lab coats for everyone!
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![Walking to the lab, cont.](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0121.jpg)
Walking to the lab, cont.
At first some students appeared apprehensive traveling the halls of the science building
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![Walking to the lab, cont.](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0132.jpg)
Walking to the lab, cont.
Open Lab's goal was to introduce parents to the process as well as the students
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![In the laboratory](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0141.jpg)
In the laboratory
Young students are introduced to the lab environment while undergraduate assistants look on.
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![In the laboratory, cont.](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0148.jpg)
In the laboratory, cont.
Dr. Hinton's multi-colored choice in lab materials enliven the workbench.
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![In the laboratory, cont.](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0161.jpg)
In the laboratory, cont.
Soon apprenhension gave way to engagement in the lab.
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![Looking through the florescent microscope](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0163.jpg)
Looking through the florescent microscope
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![Open Lab petri dish illuminated](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0167.jpg)
Open Lab petri dish illuminated
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![Student looking through microscope](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0171.jpg)
Student looking through microscope
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![Open Lab, cont.](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0175.jpg)
Open Lab, cont.
Students wear safety glasses in keeping with good lab protocol.
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![Parent looking through microscope](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0182.jpg)
Parent looking through microscope
Open Lab introduces both students and parents to the subject and environment of science research
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![William and Mary undergraduates](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0189.jpg)
William and Mary undergraduates
Open Lab provided teaching experience for current undergraduate students
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![Open Lab, cont.](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0190.jpg)
Open Lab, cont.
Building relationships between young and mature students
![DNA from strawberries!](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0226.jpg)
DNA from strawberries!
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![Open Lab, cont.](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0229.jpg)
Open Lab, cont.
Student begins the process to extract DNA from a strawberry
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![Open Lab, cont.](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0249.jpg)
Open Lab, cont.
Strawberries undergoing DNA extraction
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![Open Lab, cont.](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0269.jpg)
Open Lab, cont.
DNA extraction
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![Hampton University student helps at Open Lab](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0286.jpg)
Hampton University student helps at Open Lab
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![Open Lab, cont.](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0341.jpg)
Open Lab, cont.
After DNA extraction, students report by painting about their experience
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![Open Lab report medium](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0350.jpg)
Open Lab report medium
Lab reports were made with colorful paints
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![Clean up needed in the DNA Lab](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0361.jpg)
Clean up needed in the DNA Lab
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![Making ice cream with science](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0483.jpg)
Making ice cream with science
After lab, refreshments included home-made ice cream using liquid nitrogen.
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![Ice Cream Preparation](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0518.jpg)
Ice Cream Preparation
An Open Lab student, attired in safety gear, makes ice cream using liquid nitrogen.
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![Dr. Shanta Hinton](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0542_1.jpg)
Dr. Shanta Hinton
Dr. Shanta Hinton oversees a student making ice cream with liquid nitrogen
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![Open Lab refreshments](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0580.jpg)
Open Lab refreshments
Strawberry and peach ice cream home-made at the Open Lab
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![Open Lab refreshments](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0592.jpg)
Open Lab refreshments
Extreme safety gear for the important work of stirring ice cream
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![Open Lab refreshments](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0624.jpg)
Open Lab refreshments
A parent talks to Biology Dept. chair Liz Allison, next to Shanta Hinton, Open Lab director.
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![Open Lab participants](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0649.jpg)
Open Lab participants
Group photo of some students (from pre-school to graduate), parents, and faculty partipating in Open Lab
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![Goodbyes](/as/biology/images/photosets/Hinton_Open_Lab/IMG_0679_2.jpg)
Goodbyes
At the end of Open Lab, new friends say goodbye.
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