| Readings and Assignments
(Note: Many are due outside of our meeting time) |
| Week of Jan 12 |
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Blackboard Survey DUE by Noon
Wednesday Jan14th
Reading for first class: Will Frankenfood Save the Planet? by J.
Rauch
The Atlantic Monthly, October 2003 http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2003/10/rauch.htm |
In Class: 1) Introduction to Course and Blackboard
uses
2)What is a GMO? Discuss Rauch paper and Background on Breeding
vs Transgenics
3) Intro to 'GM people' Biography assignment--
4)Develop Webpage evaluation standard scale. You will
use scale we developed to critique one student webpage from
this site: http://bio.davidson.edu/people/midorcas/animalphysiology/hottopics.htm
Before leaving sign up for webpage you will
critique |
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| Week of Jan 19 |
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| Webpage critique DUE 10pm Monday Jan
19th : email word document to me |
Assignment for class Thursday Jan22:
1) Begin looking for resources for GM people
assignment |
In Class: MEET IN LITTLE
LIBRARY 1-2pm
1) In Little: Search engines and resources (with Frank Molinek,
Science librarian)
2) In Wat247: Revise webpage evaluation scale, if necessary
3) Web workshop in Watson 247 |
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| Week of Jan 26 |
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| 'GM people' Web Page Posted by 10pm
Monday Jan 26th |
| Assignment for class Thursday Jan29:
1)Present your biography to class (approx 5min, oral, no computer)
2) 'GMO events' Identify a list of
three controversial events as possible project topics: scientific
developments, activist actions (on pro or con side), government
actions.
List turned in at beginning of class
3) Reading:
Genetically Modified Crops Webpage: P. Lowry and L Powell: http://bio.davidson.edu/people/kabernd/seminar/2002/tech/Index.htm
Read Intro page, methods page(+three methods links within this
page), Biotech breeding page
Plant Breeding Webpage: Megan Estes
http://bio.davidson.edu/people/kabernd/seminar/2002/method/meghan/me.htm
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In Class:
1) What is a GMO? Comparison of Traditional and Genetic engineering
approaches.
2) GM biography presentations
3) Sign up for GM events topic: you
will create a small website that introduces and covers different
angles of this topic. (3-4 pages of content plus an additional
page for the bibliography) |
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| Week of Feb 2 |
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| Three source annotated bibliography on your
GM event: DUE midnight Monday Feb2nd: email word
document to me. |
| Assignment for class Thurs Feb 5:
1) Prepare a list of two possible topics for larger project: These
should be relatively broad topics that could have at least three
different areas to study within them.
Hand in list at beginning of class
2) Readings:
--How to make Transgenic Plants: UNL Department of Agronomy http://www.colostate.edu/programs/lifesciences/TransgenicCrops/animation.html
Click on each step to view six different animations covering the
process
-- Getting Started in Plant Tissue Culture by Michael H. Renfroe:
http://www.jmu.edu/biology/pctc/tcstart.htm
--Cloning Plants by tissue culture by Michael H. Renfroe http://www.jmu.edu/biology/biofac/facfro/cloning/cloning.htm
Read all three parts
--How do we develop transgenic plants: Saskatchewan Agricultural
Biotechnology Information Centre
http://www.agwest.sk.ca/sabic_index_tp.shtml
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In Class:
1) How do you genetically modify a plant? Transgenics and molecular
techniques
2) Adding Agriculturally favorable traits: What traits do farmers
want, what are traditional and GM ways of achieving them?
3) Establish groups for projects.
Note: Each group of three will be responsible for presenting background
information on that topic, for picking two articles and leading
class discussion of them and for preparing a group website on
the topic. Each person will then prepare a final paper that covers
one aspect of the topic more deeply. Think of your topics with
this in mind.
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| Week of Feb 9 |
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| GM event website Posted by midnight
Wednesday Feb 11th |
| No class Thursday Feb 12th |
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| Week of Feb 16 |
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| Three Annotated references on project topic
(from each person) DUE 10pm Monday Feb 16th email
document to me. |
Assignments for class Thurs Feb 19:
Readings on Blackboard:
A.M. Shelton et al. 2002. Economic, ecological, food safety and
social consequences of the deployment of Bt transgenic plants. Annu.
Rev. Entomol 47: 845-81
Zhao, J-Z. et al. 2003 Transgenic plants expressing two Bacillus
thuringiensis toxins delay insect resistance evolution. Nature
Biotechnology 21: 12 1493-1497. |
In class:
1) Pesticide resistance through Bt: Discussion of articles
2) Introduction to 'escaping organisms' |
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| Week of Feb 23 |
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| Three Annotated references
on project topic (from each person) DUE 10pm Monday Feb
23th add to previous list and email document to me. |
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Assignments for class Thurs Feb 26:
1) Readings on Blackboard:
N. V. Federoff. 2003. Prehistoric GM Corn. Science 302: 1158-1159.
Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology. Aug. 2003. Have transgenes
will travel.
1-15.
C.N. Stewart Jr., et al. 2003. Transgene introgression from genetically
modified crops to their wild relatives. Nature Reviews Genetics
4: 806-817
2) Each group brings hard copy of
three possible articles for discussion.
3) Each person brings a paragraph
describing possibilities for final paper topic |
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In class:
1) Is lateral gene transfer something new? something to worry
about? should we have a blanket policy or case by case review?
Discussion of articles
2) Meet with me to discuss final paper topic
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| Week of Mar 1 |
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SPRING BREAK |
| Week of Mar 8 |
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| Members of Groups 2,3 and 4: Three Annotated
references (per person) DUE 10pm Tuesday
Mar 9 add to previous list
and email document to me. |
Assignments for class Thurs Mar 11:
1) Readings on Blackboard:
H. Daniell. 2002. Molecular stategies for containment in transgenic
crops. Nature Biotechnology 20: 581-586
Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology Dec 2002. Future Fish:
Issues in science and regulation of transgenic fish.11-28 and 57-58 |
In class:
If GM can make them pest resistant/ bigger/ etc can GM contain them?
What about organisms that can move?-- GM fish |
Group 1 Powerpoint presentation of background
information on Medicinal Uses of GMOs
J. Antoon. D.Cheuy, and W. Wood
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| Week of Mar 15 |
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| Members of Groups 3 and 4: Three Annotated references
(per person) DUE 10pm Monday Mar 15
add to previous list and email document
to me. |
Assignments for class Thurs Mar 18:
1) Reading: Group 1's papers
Cohen, E. 2001. Genetically modified monkey could be key to curing
some diseases. www.cnn.com/2001/Health/01/11/green.monkey.02/index.html
Gott, M. 2002. Ethical Issues relating to transgenic animal production.
ANZCCART News 15:1-4.
Larrick, JW, and Thomas, DW. 2001. Producing proteins in transgenic
plants and animals. Curr Opin Biotech. 12: 411-418
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In Class:
1) Discuss Group 1's papers
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Group 2 Powerpoint presentation of background
information on Using GM to Increase Crop's Nutritional Value
A. Cain, W. Greendyke and L. Hoskins |
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| Week of Mar 22 |
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| Members of Groups 1 and 4: Three Annotated references
(per person) DUE 10pm Monday Mar 22
add to previous list and email document
to me. |
Assignments for class Thurs Mar 25:
1) Reading: Group 2's papers
Kishore, G. and Shewmaker, C. 1999. Biotechnology: Improving human
nutrition in developing and developed worlds. PNAS 96: 5968-5972.
Chong, M. 2003. Acceptance of Golden Rice in the Phillipine 'Rice
Bowl'. Nature Biotech. 21: 971-972
Ania, T. et al. 2003. Improvement of rice (Oryza sativa
L.) seed oil quality through introduction of a soybean microsomal
omega-3 fatty acid desaturase gene. Plant Cell Rep 21: 988-992 |
| In Class:1) Discuss Group 2's papers |
Group 3 Powerpoint presentation of background
information on GM Organisms and Their Effect on the Environment
H. Nguyen, K. Saunders, and C.Wrobleski |
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| Week of Mar 29 |
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| Members of Groups 1 and 2: Three Annotated references
(per person) DUE 10pm Monday Mar 29
add to previous list and email document
to me. |
Assignments for class Thurs Apr1:
1) Reading: Group 3's papers
Martello, Angela.1991 Bioremediation: Cleaning up with Biology and
Technology. The Scientist 5[1]:0
Hong-Xia Zhang; Joanna N. Hodson; John P. Williams; Eduardo Blumwald
(2001) Engineering Salt-Tolerant Brassica Plants: Characterization
of Yield and Seed Oil Quality in Transgenic Plants with Increased
Vacuolar Sodium Accumulation. PNAS 98:12832-12836. |
In Class:
1) Discuss Group 3's papers |
Group 4 Powerpoint presentation of background
information on Using GM to Increase Crop Viability: A Farmer's Dream?
N. Hesson, M. Talbert, and S. Parker |
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| Week of Apr 5 |
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| Members of Groups 1,2 and 3: Three Annotated
references (per person) DUE 10pm Tuesday
Apr 6 add to previous list
and email document to me. |
Assignments for class Thurs Apr 8:
1) Reading: Group 4's papers
C.U. Engineers New Rice Strain by Phillip Lane, Cornell Daily Sun,
November 26, 2002
Crisis in the Cupboard: Big Threats to the World's Crops. Africa
News Service, November 12, 2003 |
In Class:
1) Discuss Group 4's papers
2) Web workshop for Group website projects. |
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| Week of Apr 12 |
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| Group Website Posted by Midnight Wednesday
Apr 14 |
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In Class:
1) Website Introductions: Each group
give a tour of your work.
2) Each person present overview of the of
the focus of your final paper and what you have developed thus
far.
3) Webwork (explained
that day)
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| Week of Apr 19 |
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| Hard copy of rough draft or detailed outline
of final paper, DUE at beginning of class |
| Final Discussion and Wrap up |
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| Week of Apr 26 |
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FINAL PAPER Posted by Midnight Thursday
Apr 29 (link from website)
Be sure it is in traditional term paper format (not a 'bulletted'
'subheadinged' webpage) |
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