苏大附中“中加班”
冷泉港亚洲基因学习中心实验学习
第5次走入世界级生命科学殿堂
5月10日，苏附中加班走入了冷泉港亚洲基因学习中心的生命科学课堂。
近距离感受世界级生命科学摇篮的魅力、接触专业实验课堂、面对生命科学届大咖……
这已经是苏附中加班第5次走入这座学界大咖的诞生地。
On May 10th, students of Sino-Canada Program came to the Life Science Class at the Cold Springs Asian DNA Learning Center.
The grade 12 students experienced a world-class science lab setting, as if they were professional scientists working alongside life science masters.
This is the fifth time in the eleven years of the program that Sino-Canada Program students have visited this setting where so many academic masters have worked and made scientific advancements in their field.
冷泉港亚洲DNA学习中心
美国冷泉港实验室创立于1890年，位于美国纽约长岛，被誉为世界生命科学的圣地与分子生物学的摇篮，曾走出8位诺贝尔奖得主。
冷泉港亚洲DNA学习中心坐落于中国苏州，由苏州工业园区管委会与美国冷泉港实验室合作成立于2015年7月。为目前亚太最大、国内首家专注于基因科学教育及知识分享的机构。中心的筹办和建立得到了DNA双螺旋结构发现者之一，诺奖得主詹姆斯•沃森博士自始至终的大力支持和亲自关怀。
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is a scientific research and educational institution found in 1890 on the north shore of Long Island, New York. Home to eight Nobel laureates, CSHL has long been known as the birthplace of molecular biology.
Cold Spring Harbor Asia DNA Learning Center was established in 2015. Our facility, located in BioBay of SIP, is the first hands-on teaching institution of its kind in China.
学习专业实验技能、见证国际化的实验水准、在学习中思考和发现更多……
对于苏附中加的同学们来说，这是一次极为宝贵的体验机会。
In this highly advanced setting students learn professional experimental skills, witness an international level of experimentation.
This helps students think, discover and dream of the places they can go if they continue to focus seriously on their studies.
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走入生命科学课堂
进入高尔基体实验室后，同学们在冷泉港亚洲DNA学习中心指导老师的教导下，开始进行DNA限制性酶切分析的课程学习。
这是一项基于DNA限制性内切酶的基因工程技术，其基本原理是利用限制性内切酶对DNA上特定序列的识别，来确定切割位点并实现切割，从而获得所需的特定序列。
After entering the Golgi Laboratory, the students began the course of DNA restriction enzyme analysis under the guidance of the instructor of the Cold Spring Harbor Asian DNA Learning Center.
This is a genetic engineering technique based on DNA restriction enzymes. The basic principle is to use restriction enzyme to recognize specific sequences on DNA to determine the cleavage site and complete cleavage to obtain the specific sequence required.
这一类基因工程技术实验，往往要到大学的生物类课程上才能接触到。
而对于即将要申请世界级名校的苏大附中同学们来说，这是一次极为宝贵的课程体验机会。
This type of genetic engineering technology experiment is often accessible to the university's biological curriculum.
For the students who are about to apply for a world-class university abroad, this is an extremely valuable way to connect what they are currently studying to what types of research experiments are being conducted around the world.
使用移液枪进行操作、离心、观察……对于每位苏附中加的参与同学们来说，这些都是新奇有趣的实验操作内容。
而对于冷泉港亚洲DNA学习中心来说，为同学们提供这样参与严谨的科学实验的机会，也提前为他们打开了通往生命科学世界的大门。
The students are actually doing real life procedures and interesting experimental operations; using a transfer liquid gun for operation, centrifugation, and making observations.
在动手完成实验的过程中，每位同学都格外专注；实验中心的老师也及时指点，每组的实验都有条不紊地进行着。
In the process of completing the experiment, each student was specially focused; the teachers in The Cold Spring Harbor Asian DNA Learning Center provided timely guidance, answered their questions and the experiments in each group were carried out in an orderly manner.
看似普通的实验背后其实也蕴含着不可测的市场应用前景：
DNA序列分析、基因组的功能图谱绘制、DNA的无性繁殖、基因文库的构建等工作中，建立限制性内切酶图谱都是不可缺少的环节。
Behind the seemingly ordinary experiment, there are also unpredictable note worthy market application prospects:
The establishment of restriction enzymes maps is an indispensable link in DNA sequence analysis, functional mapping of genomes, asexual reproduction of DNA, and construction of gene libraries.
所以本次实验，也为同学们提供了更具有世界级影响力的实验机会和高端、精锐的实验仪器。
不仅锻炼了苏附中加班同学们的动手能力和综合思考能力，也涉及英语合作沟通和学习方法等方方面面的技能。
Therefore, these experiments and procedures also provided students with more world-class experimental opportunities and high-end, elite use of the newest experimental instruments.
It not only trains the hands-on ability and comprehensive thinking ability of the students, but also involves all aspects of English communication and required safety procedures to work in this advanced scientific setting.
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以国际水准提升自己
对于苏附中加班的同学们来说，将来摆在面前的是面向世界的机会，很多人开始提前考量：
“进入世界一流大学需要什么能力？”
For the students in Sino-Canada Program, this may empower them to consider in advance:
“What abilities they need to enter a world-class university to study science?”
“爱思考探索、会提问探究的学生。”
美国冷泉港实验室DNA学习中心总监Dave Micklos这样作答。
“Did they like the thinking, exploring and actively of being a part of the work in an experimental lab.”
Dave Micklos, Director of the DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in the United States, believes these opportunities are important for students.
即将面临出国修学的苏附中加班同学们，已经比同龄人更具国际化的视野，苏附中加班也致力于以更国际化的教育方式来培养学生。
考虑到同学们对生物的兴趣，为使大家跳出书本知识范畴，感受亲手实验的过程，苏附中加班连续3年与冷泉港亚洲DNA学习中心合作，使学生们能近距离感受生命科学之美。
Students of our program who are about to study abroad now have an idea of the workings of an international world class lab, a vision few of their peers will have had.
Our program is committed to providing an education for students that includes reaching out to the community and businesses leader to gain valuable knowledge and enrich their skills.
The program teachers also had an opportunity to observe international teaching ideas, advanced experimentation routines and to exchange ideas with the staff of the center to enhance their teaching practice.
在提供国际化教学思路的同时，实验与合作交流也为同学们带来了更多技能和举一反三的思维能力。
相信在苏附中加班和冷泉港亚洲DNA学习中心的通力支持下，同学们将有更多机会深入了解生命科学之美！
Our program has cooperated with the Cold Spring Harbor Asian DNA Learning Center for three consecutive years; a partnership we hope to continue to build as we enter our next decade of preparing students to take their place as leaders in this global world who appreciate the beauty and wonder of science up close!
