HC70A Winter 2008 Genetic Engineering in Medicine, Agriculture, and Law Professor Bob Goldberg Class Announcements 2/7/08

HC70AL Lab Send Me An This Week With a Paragraph or Two on Why You Want to Participate Space is LIMITED!

HC70AL Students Have Knocked Out 70 Arabidopsis Transcription Factor Genes Known to be Active in Seed Development!

Take-Home Exam Due February 14 at 3:30 PM Follow Instructions Use Only the Space Provided Answer Questions in Outline Form Only -- Using Quiz Key as Example Answer Cannot Be Copied or Distributed - Must Hand In Own Exam If You Sign the Exam, it Means Its Your Own Work and You Can Answer the Concepts Orally in Class

Mid-Term Oral Exam February 14 at 3:30 PM 1.Covers TH Exam AND Quizzes 2.Class Divided Into Groups 3.Questions From TH Exam (Including Bonus) + ONE Quiz (9 Questions Total or Nine Groups of ~Four Each) 4.Given 10 Minutes To Prepare Group Answer - Everyone MUST Participate 5.Pick Groups at Random - 8 Minutes per Question 6.Challenge Questions to Any Member of the Group (or the Class as a Whole on Each Question) For Another 5 Minutes 7.Group Grade - 65% Answer + 35% Challenge Answers

Be Prepared For a Discussion Wednesday on Animal GMOs READ Articles Dealing With Transgenic Animals and Cloning READ Assigned Text Chapter For Background Pick Up Papers at End of Class NEXT WEEK’S DISCUSSION

Guest Speaker - Officer Harry Klann, LAPD Crime Lab Using DNA in Criminology Reception After Class and Dinner With Officer Klann