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:Tuesday & Thursday 3:30-6:00  La Kretz 120 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:Wednesday: 11:00AM-2:00PM  Life Sciences 2832 Phone: ; Go Over Tests, Grading, etc.

Office Hours bobg: 11-2 Wednesday 2832 Life Sciences Building Mike: Friday Gloria: 12-2 Friday 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

Discussion Read Articles Carefully Prior to Discussion Read Relevant Parts of Text That Relate to Concepts Covered in Articles Come PREPARED!!!!! What’s the Question, the Approach, the Results, the Conclusions? Study Each Figure/Experiment/Legends-Ask The Same Questions! 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 Seeds of Concern & Green Gene Revolution Cloning For Medicine Edible Vaccines Download COLOR COPIES From HC70A W06 Websites Read Text Chapters 2 & 3 For Background Information PREPARE FOR A DEBATE!

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

Age of Genetic Engineering Last Thursday What is Genetic Engineering? Genetic Engineering -Anything New? What Do the Genetic Engineering Experiments Tell Us About the Function of Genes? Domestication of Crops and Livestock - Acting on Genetic Variability - Alleles & Mutation Early Human Genetics-Eugenics What are Mutations & How Do They Demonstrate That There Are Genes?

Today Review Genetic Engineering-Anything New? Age of Genomics - Raw Material Age of Mammalian Reproduction - Unlimited Possibilities Eugenics? What Are Genes - Evidence For DNA as the Genetic Material! Classical vs. Molecular Genetic Engineering