Slideshow: DNA Bus Rolls Into Gulf Coast

Schoolchildren robbed of science equipment by Hurricane Katrina board J. Craig Venter's bus laboratory for a lesson in high-tech DNA analysis. Michael D. O'Neill reports from New Orleans.
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Drewcilla Steib (left) and Sarah Lewis conduct an experiment on the DNA bus.Photo: Michael O'Neill

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Bus driver and instructor Darryl Bronson and instructor Crystal Snowden are part of the J. Craig Venter Institute team that takes science to the streets.

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The J. Craig Venter Institute's DNA bus takes science for a ride.

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LaPlace Elementary School Assistant Principal Tangela King (left) and math teacher Patti Catoire pose with their students aboard the DNA bus.

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