This document outlines the activities and requirements for a course on biotechnology. It includes lectures, presentations, exams, lab activities and field trips. There will be three exams covering introduction to techniques, applications of biotechnology, and international laws and guidelines. Students will work in groups to present on developing a GMO and create an exhibit for BioWeek. The course will also include virtual laboratory activities covering DNA extraction, PCR, gel electrophoresis, and microarrays. The last meeting will discuss isolating genes from plants and animals as well as human cloning and stem cell research.
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1. ACTIVITIES
DATE ACTIVITY
JULY 5 LAST PPT LECTURE
JULY 9 VIRUTAL LABORATORY ACTIVITY
JULY 12 FIRST EXAMINATION
JULY 16 FREE DAY: LIBRARY WORK ON HOW TO DEVELOP
YOUR GMO
JULY 19-23 GROUP PRESENTATION (PPT)
-What to Develop
-Why Develop
-How will you Develop
-Dangers or Issues to Expect
JULY 26 APPLICATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY LECTURE
SERIES
2. REQUIREMENTS
• GMO DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATION
• BIOWEEK EXHIBIT
• FIELD TRIP PORTFOLIO
• Expectations Before the Trip
• Learnings During the Trip
• Advocacy: Spreading knowledge of
Biotechnology to Others
3. exams
• Examination 1: INTRODUCTION TO TECHNIQUES IN
BIOTECHNOLOGY
• Examination 2: APPLICATIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
• Examination 3: LAWS AND INTERNATIONAL
GUIDELINES CONCERNING BIOTECHNOLOGY
• Take-home (online)
4. LAST MEETING:
HOW WERE YOUR GENES ISOLATED?
• Golden Rice
• BT Corn
• Edible Vaccine in Potato
• GMO Soya
• Recombinant Hepatitis B
vaccine
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16. Cloning overview
• Organismal cloning produces one
or more organisms genetically
identical to the parent that
donated the single cell
• may lead to production of stem
cells for research and other
applications
• CLONE: genetically identical
individuals produced from one
parent
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17. Cloning plants
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• A totipotent cell is one that can generate a complete new
organism
• Plant cloning is used extensively in agriculture
18. Cloning animals
• Nuclear Transfer (e.g. BRANDY (2004) the cow
and DOLLY (1997) the sheep)
• the nucleus of an unfertilized egg cell or zygote
is replaced with the nucleus of a differentiated
cell
• Embryo Splitting (production of high value
herds and livestock breeds)
26. READING ASSIGNMENT: Success
stories and fail stories using
stem cell therapy
Be sure to Identify the points of success and points of failure
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29. WE WILL NEED AN
I-NET CONNECTION
• http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/labs/
extraction/
• http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/labs/pcr/
• http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/labs/gel/
• http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/labs/
microarray/
• http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/tech/cloning/
clickandclone/
30. FOR DISCUSSION
• What is the significance of DNA isolation?
• When is a PCR useful?
• Why do bands appear in an electrophoresis?
• How can a microarray data reveal gene expression?
• When do you think cloning is not indicated?