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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:
- Biotechnology Boot Camp: cloning and expression of green fluorescent protein
- Are you a night owl or an early bird?: examining genotypes and phenotypes
- Who Dunnit?: a crime scene analysis
- Oil Spill Disaster: exploring bioremediation
- Is your favorite food altered?: investigating genetically modified foods
- Silencing genes on command: using RNA interference in tobacco plants