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Overview:
- Provides science and non-science majors an opportunity to learn about current issues in biotechnology that play a role in our society
- Fulfills a Natural Sciences GEP requirement
- Engages students in lecture and lab planning, designing, and executing molecular biotechnology experiments
Lecture Topics:
- Introduction to biotechnology, fermentation and “tasty” biotechnology, introduction to molecular and cell biology
- Proteins, enzymes, polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencing
- The Human Genome Project, bioremediation, biofuels
- Genetically modified foods, stem cells, gene therapy
- Pharmaceuticals, transgenic animals, cloning
Labs:
- Oil Spill Disaster: Exploring Bioremediation
- What’s Living in the Human Belly Button?: Determining the Genetic Diversity of Microbes
- Is Your Favorite Food Genetically Modified?: Investigating Genetic Engineering
- Silencing Genes on Command: Using RNA Interference to Alter Stem Cell Function
- Zombie Apocalypse: Examining Disease Transmission Using Biotechnology