Christine is head of the biology education team at the Freudenthal Institute (www.fisme.uu.nl), Utrecht University. Biologist, PhD in genetics education. I did a postdoctoral project on moral reasoning in genomics-related dilemmas with the use of fictional movie clips. Provided educational consultancy for teams involved in designing and performing the Dutch ‘DNA labs on the Road’. I teach in bachelor and master science courses for future STEM-teachers.
In SYNENERGENE we develop lesson modules on synthetic biology and informed opinion forming in socio-ethical dilemmas for secondary education, and develop the 'Synthetic Biology Learning PLatform'. Next to our educational role in the FP7 SYNENERGENE project I'm the coordinator of FP7 PARRISE project (www.parrise.eu)