Genomes and Society (BIOL 4301) - Syllabus

In Class Debate Topics and Resources

    Debate organization for this class

    Logical fallacies to avoid

    Readings (this is just a small selection to get you started thinking)

        Dilemmas of Genetic Information

        Whom to Trust with Genes on the Menu

        The Politics of Bioethics

        The Monster in the Public Imagination

Links from Unit 1 - Biological Concepts - slides
    Current Events:
        http://www.livescience.com/53570-bedbug-genome-decoded.html
        GATTACA
        My Sister's Keeper
        http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAreplication.html
        http://www.dnalc.org/resources/3d/04-mechanism-of-replication-advanced.html
        http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAtranscription.html
        http://www.dnalc.org/resources/3d/13-transcription-advanced.html
        http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAtranslation.html

Unit 2 - Genome Mapping & Assembly - slides

Unit 3 - Genome Analysis GWAS - slides

Unit 4 - Genome Analysis Ancestry and Identification - slides

Intellectual Property presentation by Cameron Smith

Unit 5 - skipped

Unit 6 - Genome Analysis, Non-human Applications - slides

Unit 7 - Genome Manipulation - slides
       CRISPR animation

Unit 8 - Genetically Modified Organisms - slides
       Science vs. GMOs 
       GMO mosquitos

Unit 9 - Genomic Medicine - slides
      RadioLab, Funky Hand Jive