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HC70A Winter 2006 Genetic Engineering in Medicine, Agriculture, and Law Professor Bob Goldberg Class Announcements 1/19/06 Honors Collegium 70A Genetic Engineering In Medicine, Agriculture, & Law Dr. Bob Goldberg Winter 2006 SYLLABUS - USE IT!! Sponsored by the HHMI University Professors Program LECTURES & FILMS: Kretz 120 Tuesday & Thursday 3:30-6:00 La DISCUSSION SECTIONS: Wednesday: 2-4 & 4-6 La Kretz 101 REQUIRED TEXTS: Introduction to Biotechnology (W. J. Thieman & M. Goldberg HC70A Website or the Blackboard HC70A Website) using Acrobat Reader 6.0 or later) OFFICE HOURS: 2832 Wednesday: 11:00AM-2:00PM Life Sciences Phone: 825-9093; Email: [email protected] Go Over Tests, Grading, etc. Office Hours bobg: 11-2 Wednesday ([email protected]) 2832 Life Sciences Building Mike: 10-12 Friday ([email protected]) Gloria: 12-2 Friday ([email protected]) 2805 Life Sciences Building USE THEM!!! Dinners Tuesday & Thursday •Dinner is at the Faculty Center after Class. •Jessica will take you there. •Dress is informal •Please Check Schedule & RSVP ([email protected]) Discussion •Come PREPARED!!!!! •Read Articles Carefully Prior to Discussion •What’s the Question, the Approach, the Results, the Conclusions? •Study Each Figure/Experiment/Legends-Ask The Same Questions! •Read Relevant Parts of Text That Relate to Concepts Covered in Articles •Read Articles ACTIVELY -Look Up Unknown Words/Concepts - Ask Yourself Questions Along the Way - What Does This Mean?! Discussion Articles For Next Week •Transgenic Livestock As Drug Factories •Cloning For Medicine •Edible Vaccines •Seeds of Concern & Green Gene Revolution Download COLOR COPIES From HC70A W06 Websites PREPARE FOR A DEBATE! Read Text Chapters 2 & 3 For Background Information Quizzes • Questions? • Follow the Guidelines • Use Text and Reference Reading as Sources NOTE: YOU WILL GET IT!! Start to Read The Double Helix by J.D. Watson Last Thursday •Age of Genetic Engineering •What Do the Genetic Engineering Experiments Tell Us About the Function of Genes? •What is Genetic Engineering? •Genetic Engineering -Anything New? •Domestication of Crops and Livestock - Acting on Genetic Variability - Alleles & Mutation •What are Mutations & How Do They Demonstrate That There Are Genes? •Early Human Genetics-Eugenics Today • Review Genetic Engineering-Anything New? •Eugenics? •Classical vs. Molecular Genetic Engineering •Age of Genomics - Raw Material •Age of Mammalian Reproduction Unlimited Possibilities •What Are Genes - Evidence For DNA as the Genetic Material!