Biology 325: Special Topics in Plant Molecular Biology
(Schläppi)
Topic: Genetic Engineering
Participants:
Anjali Gupta
Jasvinder Kaur
Xi Li
Tianyi Wu
Lihui Yin
Chao Zhang
Learning Outcome:
Students will be able to:
- select relevant topics and literature for public presentation
- understand the difference between journal club and seminar courses
- engage in peer-review-style discussions to critique each other's presentation
First meeting:
Order of business:
- Biofules
- Virus resistance
- Disease resistance
- Nutritional value (e.g. "golden rice")
- Public perception of plant genetic engineering
- Invertebrates (e.g. drosophila P-element)
- Vertebrates
- Ethical issues (e.g. stem cells, human cloning)
Schedule:
August 29 discussion
September 05 Tianyi: intro to biofuels
September 12 Tianyi: paper on biofuels
September 19 Lihui: intro to bio fortification
September 26 Lihui: paper on bio fortification
October 03 Anjali: introduction to edible vaccine
October 10 Anjali: paper on edible vaccine
October 17 Jasvinder: introduction to virus resistance
October 24 Jasvinder: paper on virus resistance (miRNA mediated)
October 31 Xi: introduction to disease resistance
November 07 Xi: paper on virus resistance (Bt)
November 14 Chao: introduction to animal cloning
November 21 Chao: paper on animal cloning