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The Science of Our Lives
Biology
"the study of life"
Biology 120
Brenda Pillari, Ph.D.
FDA – CDER – OGD
[email protected]
Microbiology
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Environmental Science
Public Policy
Administrative Information
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Sign-in Sheet
Syllabus
Course Material
Class Schedule
Lecture format
Grading
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Biology
Sixth Edition
Neil A. Campbell
(c) Benjamin/Cummings
Publishing Co.
Computers
E-mail
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Class notes
Practice Quizzes
Essential Study Partner
CD-ROM
Class Schedule
Introduction, Science and Basic Chemistry
– Chapter 1-5
Cell Theory, Organelles, Metabolism
– Chapter 6-9
Cell Division, Reproduction, Development
– Chapter 10-16
Genetics, Evolution, Diversity of Life
– Chapter 17-end
Lecture Format
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Lecture without Visual Aids
Lecture with Black Board
Lecture with Overhead Projector
Lecture with Computer Aided Graphics
No Lecture at all (just tests)
Grading
Unit Exam #1
Unit Exam #2
Unit Exam #3
Final Exam
Paper
Lab
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Biology Laboratory Manual,
th
6 Edition
Vodopich & Moore, 2002
What do I
care about
Biology?
Biology is a broad field
• Multidisciplinary
• Chemical machines
inside our cells
• Ecosystems and
Global Climate
Change.
Career Genetics
Human Genome
• DNA sequences
• Deoxyribonucleic
Acid, in native
form is a double
stranded helix
Model of DNA
Career Molecular Biology
Stem Cell Research
• President Bush appears at his
ranch in Crawford, Texas,
after announcing he supports
funding for limited stem cell
research, Thursday, Aug. 9,
2001. Bush decided on a
compromise and will limit
federal funding for embryonic
stem cell research. The
decision had been one of the
toughest for Bush since he
took office.
Research Stem Cell
Aging and Human
Cells
• Biologists study
intimate details of
the human body
Aging Mechanism
Will you be a
scientist?
Health risks
from infectious disease
• Aids/HIV, Hepatitis
• Food Contamination:
Chinese, Mexican,
hamburgers, etc.
• Biological Warfare
Disease Drug Abuse
Disease HIV teen Sex
Bacterial Germ Spreading
Bacterial Genetic Engineering and BioWarfare
Bacterial Toxins and Anthrax
Biotechnology
• Microgravity Protein
Crystal Growth
Metabolism-adjusting drugs
• Weight Loss
• Body building
• Sports
Cancer Breast Politics
Cancer Smoking Skin Collagin
Can a Biology Book
give you the
answers to these
questions?
Herbal remedies
• Ease arthritis pain
• Improve memory
• Improve our moods
ECLSS
Environmental Control and Life Support
Space Colonies O’ Neil
Astrobiology
In what may be their most
significant discovery yet, Mars
scientists say high-resolution
pictures from MGS showing
layers of sedimentary rock paint
a portrait of an ancient Mars
that long ago may have featured
numerous lakes and shallow
seas. This was hinted at by old
Viking images, but the new
MGS images are pretty
compelling.
Origin of Life Oxygen
Origin of Life Fossils
NASA’s Terrestrial Planet Finder:
The Search for (Habitable) Planets
Biology
What is Life?
DETAILS, Details, details …
Descriptions and Mechanisms
What is Life?
Ingestion, metabolism and excretion
Departure from thermodynamic
equilibrium
Nucleic acids, proteins and other
macromolecules
Reproduction, mutation and
reproduction of it's mutations
(Carl Sagan (1934-1996) Scientific
American 10/94, p94)
Creating Life in a Computer
Artificial Life Researchers...
"define life not by it's substance but by its
organization, which can include the patterns
of information in a computer. They believe
that life in all it's forms has a mechanism for
processing energy and information that
emerge from some fundamental order in the
universe, a new natural law that shapes those
forms out of chaos."
Byte 1/95 p45