title: Spitting for Science: Danish High School Students Commit to a Large-Scale Self-Reported Genetic Study.
abstract: Scientific outreach delivers science to the people. But it can also deliver people to the science. In this work, we report our experience from a large-scale public engagement project promoting genomic literacy among Danish high school students with the additional benefit of collecting data for studying the genetic makeup of the Danish population. Not only did we confirm that students have a great interest in their genetic past, but we were also gratified to see that, with the right motivation, adolescents can provide high-quality data for genetic studies.
authors: Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark.|Centre for Biocultural History, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors: Georgios
authors: G
authors: Athanasiadis
authors: Tørring Gymnasium, 7160, Tørring, Denmark.
authors: Frank G
authors: FG
authors: Jørgensen
authors: Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors: Jade Y
authors: JY
authors: Cheng
authors: Centre for Biocultural History, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark.|Department of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark.|The Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, 1471, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors: Peter C
authors: PC
authors: Kjærgaard
authors: Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark.|Centre for Biocultural History, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark.|Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors: Mikkel H
authors: MH
authors: Schierup
authors: Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark.|Centre for Biocultural History, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Mailund
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D023281:Genomics / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012586:Science / Q000193:education*; D057566:Self Report; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult