Honors Collegium 70A
Genetic Engineering in Medicine, Law, & Agriculture
Winter 2011


Professor Bob Goldberg

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Videos and Audios of Lectures

This year UCLA Office of Instructional Development webcasts lectures. Lectures will normally be available for viewing on the next weekday following the class. Click the title to view the lecture videos, which require Microsoft Silverlight plugin for web browsers. or click MP3 to hear the lecture audio, which requires a podcast client which can be downloaded from Apple iTunes. If you are having trouble with these on-line presentations, please vist the Frequently Asked Questions page. You can download files from this page or go to HC70A Webcast page.

Lecture

Date

Title

Lecture #1

01-04-11

The Age of DNA: What is Genetic Engineering (Part One)

       

Film

01-06-11

Race for The Double Helix

       

Lecture #2

01-11-11

The Age of DNA: What is Genetic Engineering (Part Two)

       

Guest Speaker: Dr. Robert Wayne

01-13-11

Hunting for Canine Ancestors and Engineering Modern-Day Dogs
       

Lecture #3

01-18-11

What Are Genes & How Do They Work: (Part One)

       

Guest Speaker: Dr. Richard Hamilton

01-20-11

Engineering Plants for Biofuels
       
Lecture #4
01-25-11
 What Are Genes & How Do They Work: (Part Two)
       

Guest Speaker: Dr. Channapatna Prakash

01-27-11

Engineering Crops for the Developing World
       
Lecture #5
02-01-11
 The Nuts and Bolts of Genetic Engineering--The Factor VIII Story
       
Guest Speaker: Harry Klann
02-03-11
 DNA Forensics and The Law
       
All-Class Oral Midterm Exam
02-08-11
 All-Class Mid-Term Exam
       
Lecture #6
02-10-11
 Your Personal Genome and Tracing Your Ancestry
       
Lecture #7
02-15-11
 Your Personal Genome and Tracing Your Ancestry - Part II
       
Guest Speaker: Pei Yun Lee
02-17-11
 Stem Cells: Hype vs. Reality
       
Lecture #8: Dr. John Harada: Human Genetic Engineering and Gene Therapy
02-22-11
 Human Genetic Engineering and Gene Therapy
       
Guest Speaker: Michele Evans
02-24-11
 Infertility, In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), and Genetic Testing
       
Lecture #9
03-01-11
 Science and the Constitution: Regulating Science and Genetic Engineering
       
Movie: Extraordinary Measures
03-03-11
 Short lecture by Dr. Goldberg and Movie shown in class
       
Lecture #10
03-08-11
 Science and the Constitution: Who Owns Your Genes?
       
Final Exam
03-10-11
 Final All-Class Oral Exam