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Honors Collegium 70A
Genetic Engineering in Medicine, Law, & Agriculture
Winter 2011
Professor Bob Goldberg
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Course Documents
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| Units: | 5.0 | ||||||
| Lectures: | Tues & Thurs : 3:30 - 6:00 PM | ||||||
| Discussions: | Wed : 1:00 - 2:50 PM Elaine Chiu (La Kretz 100) Wed : 3:00 - 4:50 PM Lulu Pantin (La Kretz 100) Wed : 5:00 - 6:50 PM Eden Maloney (La Kretz 100) |
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| Location: | La Kretz 120 | ||||||
| Class Video | Class Syllabus | ||||||
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Class Handouts and Powerpoint Presentation |
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Week 1 |
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01/04/11 - Lecture-1 Handout(ppt): The Age of DNA: What is Genetic Engineering? 01/06/11 - Film: Race for the Double Helix |
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Week 2 |
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01/11/11 - Lecture-2 Handout(ppt): The Age of DNA: What is Genetic Engineering: Part Two |
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Week 3 |
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01/18/11 - Lecture-3 Handout(ppt): What Are Genes & How Do They Work: Part One |
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01/20/11 - Guest Speaker Handout(ppt) by Richard Hamilton: Engineering Plants For Biofuels | ||||||
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Week 4 |
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01/25/11 - Lecture-4 Handout(ppt): What Are Genes & How Do They Work: Part Two |
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Week 5 |
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02/03/11 - Guest Speaker Handout(ppt) by Harry Klann: An Introduction to DNA Forensic Analysis |
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Week 6 |
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02/10/11 - Lecture-6 Handout(ppt): The Age of Genomics: Your Personal Genome & Tracing Your Ancestry |
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Week 7 |
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02/17/11 - Guest Speaker Handout (ppt) by Pei Yun Lee: Stem Cells - Hype vs. Reality |
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Week 8 |
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02/22/11 - Lecture-8 Handout(ppt): Human Genetic Engineering and Gene Therapy |
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Week 9 |
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Week 10 |
03/8/11 - Lecture 10 Handout(ppt): Science and the Constitution: Who Owns Your Genes? |
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| Guest Speakers (Click on the name for information about the speaker) | |||||||
| Dr. Robert Wayne, Ph.D. UCLA Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Title: Hunting for Canine Ancestors and Engineering Modern-Day Dogs |
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| Dr. Richard Hamilton, Ph.D. President and CEO, Ceres, Inc. Thousand Oaks, CA Title: Engineering Plants For BioFuels |
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| Dr. Channapatna Prakash, Ph.D. Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics, Tuskegee University Title: Engineering Crops for the Developing World |
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| Harry Klann Supervising Criminalist, LAPD Title: DNA Forensics and the Law |
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| Dr. Pei Yun Lee, Ph.D. UCLA Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Title: Stem Cells--Promise, Reality, and Conflict |
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| Dr. Michele Evans, M.D., FACOG Reproductive Specialist, Huntington Reproductive Center Title: In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), and Genetic Testing |
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| Dr. John Novembre, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA Title: Tracking Human Ancestry |
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| Articles For Discussion | |||||||
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Discussion One: The Basics of Genetic Engineering
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Stanley N. Cohen |
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Berg et al.
Potential Biohazards of Recombinant DNA Molecules. Science, New Series, Vol. 185, No. 4148 (Jul. 26, 1974), 303. |
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Discussion Two: Using Genetic Engineering to Make Drugs in Bacteria
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Walter Gilbert and Lydia Villa-Komaroff
Useful Proteins From Recombinant Bacteria. Scientific American, April, 1980, 242 (4), 74-94. |
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William A. Haseltine
Discovering Genes For New Medicine. Scientific American, March, 1997, 276 (3), 92-97. |
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Discussion Three: Using Genetic Engineering to Make Better Crops.
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Charles S. Gasser and Robert T. Fraley
Transgenic Crops. Scientific American, June, 1992, 266 (6), 62-69. |
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Terri Raney and Prabhu Pingali
Sowing a Gene Revolution. Scientific American, September, 2007, 297 (3), 104-111. |
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Discussion Four: Identifying and Testing for Human Disease Genes |
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Ray White and Jean-Marc Lalouel
Chromosome Mapping with DNA Markers. Scientific American , February, 1988, 258 (2), 40-48. |
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Mark A. Rothstein
Keeping Your Genes Private. Scientific American , September, 2008, 299 (3), 64-69. |
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Discussion Five: DNA Testing in the Courtroom |
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Peter J. Neufeld and Neville Colman When Science Takes the Witness Stand. Scientific American, May 1990, 262 (5), 46-53. |
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Discussion Six: Genetic Engineering Farm Animals to Make Drugs |
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William H. Velander, Henryk Lubon, and William N. Drohan
Transgenic Livestock as Drug Factories. Scientic American, January, 1997, 276 (1), 70-74. |
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Richard M. Lawn and Gordon A. Vehar The Molecular Genetics of Hemophilia Scientific American, March 1986, 254 (3), 48-54. |
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Nuffield Council on Bioethics The Forensic Use of Bioinformation: Ethical Issues www.nuffieldbioethics.org/bioinformation. |
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Discussion Seven: Embryonic Stem Cell and Cloning for Medicine |
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Clive Cookson et al.,
The Future of Stem Cells.. Scientific American Special Report, July 2005, A6-A21. |
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Jose B. Cibelli, Robert P. Lanza, Michael West, and Carol Ezzell
The First Human Cloned Embryo. Scientific American, January 2002, 286 (1), 44-51. |
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Discussion Eight: Human Genetic Engineering and Gene Therapy |
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Theodore Friedman
Overcoming the Obstacles to Gene Therapy. Scientific American, June, 1997, 276 (6), 96-101. |
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Steve Mirsky and John Rennie What Cloning Means for Gene Therapy? Scientific American, June, 1997, 276 (6), 122-123. |
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Discussion Nine: Science and the Constitution: Regulating Science and GMOs |
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Discussion Ten: Science and the Constitution: Who Owns Your Genes? |
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Webster K. Cavenee and Raymond L. White
The Genetic Basis of Cancer.. Scientific American, March 1995, 273 (3), 72-79. |
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Francis S. Collins and Anna D. Barker Mapping the Cancer Genome. Scientific American, October, 2007, 296 (3), 50-57. |
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