1. WELCOME TO BIOTECH!
Now What is Biotech?

3. What is Biotechnology?

4. “Biotechnology” Definition
life
“ology” -
study of
“technos” -
tools (Greek)
Study of living organisms and their parts as tools.
NOTE: not just DNA
NOTE: its been around a really, really long time

5. Example #1 - Food Yogurt, Cheese, Bread, Wine, Beer
all made by using living organisms.

6. Food It’s not just for headwear anymore!!! CHEESE!!!
It’s not just for headwear anymore!!!
Living organism/part?
What IS an enzyme???

7. Food
Yogurt!!
Living organism/part?
Process?
Product?

8. Food
Beer, Wine, Bread!!!
Living organism/part?
Process?
Product?

9. Example #2 – Traditional Agriculture
All of today’s crops, livestock, and pets were initially produced by selective breeding

10. Example #3 – Modern Agriculture
Using selected genes from a wide variety of organisms, crops and livestock can be geneticically-modified for:
- Increased yield
- Increased nutrition
- Better taste
Decreased use of fertilizers
and pesticides

11. Example #4 – Cloning
Creating living, genetic copies of an organism

12. Example #5 – Genetic Testing
Determining your DNA sequence to predict genetic traits you might possess or pass to your children.
Adult
Birth
After conception

13. Example #6 – Gene Therapy
Changing your genes to eliminate a genetic disorder

14. Example #7 – Pharmacogenomics
Prescribing medication based on your DNA sequence

15. Example #8 – Drug production and discovery
Genetically-engineered bacteria to produce human insulin
Cancer medication from a fungus that lives in the Pacific Yew tree

16. Example #9 – Stem Cells
Cells that have not become a specific cell type; used for replacing cells and studying how the body develops

17. Example #10 – Bioremediation
Using living organisms to remove toxins from soil,
oil from oil-spills

19. Example #11 – Biofuel
Using living organisms to make ethanol from cellulose (plant sugar).

20. Example #12 – Feedstocks
Using living organisms instead of petroleum to create plastics and other chemicals.
= bio-derived chemicals