The Science of Our Lives Biology "the study of life"

Biology 120 Brenda Pillari, Ph.D. FDA – CDER – OGD Microbiology Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Environmental Science Public Policy

Administrative Information 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 Web sites 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 Genetics, Evolution, Diversity of Life –Chapter 17-end

Lecture Format 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 #120% Unit Exam #220% Unit Exam #320% Final Exam20% Paper20% Lab 25%

Biology Laboratory Manual, 6 th 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, 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 ( ) 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