Fall 2016 Biotechnology and Society
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NSC 110H Fall 2016
Unique #47384
Monday 4–5 PM
PAI 5.42
Professor: Barrick
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Course Outline
# | Date | Topic |
---|---|---|
Intro | Aug 29 | Recombinant DNA Technology |
Sept 5 | Labor Day: No Class | |
1 | Sept 12 | Dual-Use Research |
Sept 19 | Class Cancelled | |
2 | Sept 26 | Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Biology versus Bioterrorism |
3 | Oct 3 | Lab-Made versus GM Food |
4 | Oct 10 | Probiotics versus Microbiome Engineering |
5 | Oct 17 | Biofuels versus Fossil Fuels |
6 | Oct 24 | Personalized Medicine: Precision versus Privacy |
7 | Oct 31 | Cloning versus Artificial Organs |
8 | Nov 7 | Gene Therapy versus Human Genome Editing |
9 | Nov 14 | Gene Drives: Mosquito Extinction versus Tropical Diseases |
10 | Nov 21 | Conventional Drug Development versus Self-Experimentation |
12 | Nov 28 | Conservation Biology versus De-extinction |
12 | Dec 5 | The Origin of Life: Recreating it in the Lab |
Previous version of this course: NSC110H Biotechnology and Society - Dean's Scholars Seminar (Fall 2013)