Dr. Tepler, biology guest speaker

NCCS parent, Dr. Izzy Tepler, volunteered to speak to 9th grade biology students on the topic of genetics in cancer research. Dr. Tepler is a medical oncologist at the Bennett Cancer Center of the Stamford Hospital. His sub-specialties are breast cancer and cancer genetics. His lecture focused on recent research that has led to the identification of a specific gene linked to familial breast-ovarian syndromes. His talk served as an excellent culmination to the 9th grade biology unit on genetics and patterns of inheritance.

saving salmon

NCCS is part of a four state effort to reestablish a population of Atlantic Salmon in the Connecticut River. The Connecticut River Salmon Association runs the Salmon-in-Schools program where eggs are hatched in classrooms from over 74 Connecticut schools. Once the alevin mature into fry they are released into a tributary of the Connecticut River. Our project is funded by the Jeniam Foundation.

top: A fourth grade student monitoring water temperature for Atlantic Salmon alevin (larval hatched fish).

bottom: salmon eggs