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

2. Biology 120 Brenda Pillari, Ph.D. FDA – CDER – OGD b_pillari@yahoo.com Microbiology Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Environmental Science Public Policy

3. Administrative Information Sign-in Sheet Syllabus Course Material Class Schedule Lecture format Grading

4. Sign-in Sheet NameMajorPhoneEmail 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

9. Biology Sixth Edition Neil A. Campbell (c) Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Co.

10. Computers E-mail Web sites Class notes Practice Quizzes

11. Essential Study Partner CD-ROM

21. 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

22. 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)

23. Grading Unit Exam #120% Unit Exam #220% Unit Exam #320% Final Exam20% Paper20% Lab 25%

24. Biology Laboratory Manual, 6 th Edition Vodopich & Moore, 2002

25. What do I care about Biology?

26. Biology is a broad field Multidisciplinary Chemical machines inside our cells Ecosystems and Global Climate Change.

27. Career Genetics

28. Human Genome DNA sequences Deoxyribonucleic Acid, in native form is a double stranded helix Model of DNA

29. Career Molecular Biology

30. 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.

31. Research Stem Cell

33. Aging and Human Cells Biologists study intimate details of the human body

34. Aging Mechanism

35. Will you be a scientist?

36. Health risks from infectious disease Aids/HIV, Hepatitis Food Contamination: Chinese, Mexican, hamburgers, etc. Biological Warfare

37. Disease Drug Abuse

38. Disease HIV teen Sex

39. Bacterial Germ Spreading

40. Bacterial Genetic Engineering and BioWarfare

41. Bacterial Toxins and Anthrax

42. Biotechnology Microgravity Protein Crystal Growth

43. Metabolism-adjusting drugs Weight Loss Body building Sports

44. Cancer Breast Politics

45. Cancer Smoking Skin Collagin

46. Can a Biology Book give you the answers to these questions?

47. Herbal remedies Ease arthritis pain Improve memory Improve our moods

48. ECLSS Environmental Control and Life Support

49. Space Colonies O’ Neil

50. 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.

51. Origin of Life Oxygen

52. Origin of Life Fossils

53. NASA’s Terrestrial Planet Finder: The Search for (Habitable) Planets

54. Biology What is Life? DETAILS, Details, details … Descriptions and Mechanisms

55. 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)

56. 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