Biology 4 (2000W) class pictures - click to see larger image

Biology 4: Genes and Society

2000 Winter Term

Prof. Robert Gross

Friday, January 17, 2003

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Welcome to the Bio 4 web site. This site contains lecture notes and links to related sites. You can email Prof. Gross directly from here. Bio 4 notes are also available for 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.

• Course Description -- description of course philosophy, text books, office hours, exams, etc.
• Lecture Schedule -- schedule of lectures and links to lecture notes (as they become availalbe)
• Movies (you need a QuickTime Plugin to view these)-- mitosis, meiosis, protein synthesis, lac operon
• Term Project -- information about term projects for this year
• Exams
  • Bio 4 Grading Policy
  • Exam 1: Answer Key, Grade Distribution
  • Exam 2: Answer Key, Grade Distribution
• Final Exam for those NOT doing a term project
• Guidelines for paper formatting should be followed
• selected term project student essays can be viewed for 1997, 1998, 1999
• Also note that writing help is available from the Dartmouth Composition Center
• Final Exams from 1997, 1998, 1999

Some hot news of the day from the world of science.

Class Discussions/Chats on the Web: Is knowledge a burden? based on the video shown in class Jan 18

Term Projects and Final Papers - for your comments: Nomi Stone: Eliminating Tay-Sachs Disease Karen Mengers-O'Brien: The Debate Over the Icelandic Health Sector Database Ioannis Retsos-Valencia: The Science and Ethical Issues of Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis

Other Sites of Interest:

Chime Resources - you need to install the Chime plug-in for your browser to view these resources. This is VERY worthwhile.

Amino Acid Structures	DNA and RNA Structure
tRNA structure tour	DNA Tutorial
Protein Structure	WWW Chime Biomolecule Sources

• Cell and Molecular Biology Online - includes teaching of Molecular and Cell Biology
• Bioethics at Univ. Pennsylvania - Biomedical Genetics and Ethics
• The Gene Letter - A newsletter on scientific and societal issues in genetics
• Ethics & Genetics - Discussion through Univ.of Pennsylvania Bioethics Institute
• Center for Biological And Biomedical Computing at Dartmouth
• The Institute for Genome Research - a collection of databases and information
• MendelWeb - contains Mendel's original papers and data
• Cell & Genetics Glossary - contains definitions for many common terms
• Primer on Molecular Genetics
• Online Mendelian Inheritance in Human - human genetic disorders
• BioSciences Dictionary - features an ever-growing online bioscience dictionary, staff-written educational articles about various topics in genetics, and annotated links to a wide range of relevant resources around the Internet.
• Biology teaching & Learning - A national educational program sponsored by the biotechnology industry pioneer, Genentech, Inc., that puts high school biology teachers in touch with their colleagues, scientists and critical sources of new scientific information through an online network. It contains interviews, experiments and other kinds of resources and connections.
• Human Genome Project site - contains all kinds of information related to this project.
• Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues involving the Human Genome Project are discussed at this site.
• Human Genome Project Patenting Indigenous People – The authors explore from both an ethical and an anthropological perspective, the role of indigenous people in the Human Genome Project. They argue that because of their historical position as marginalised people and their exploitation by political and corporate interests, the role of indigenous people in the Project is highly problematic. In their reflections on the Human Genome Project, the authors look further into the ethical and political issues, which include \Qinformed prior consent', protection of indigenous resources and knowledge, and cultural and moral attitudes toward the patenting of life forms.