Lecture and Recitation Schedule & Presentations
(Lecture presentations will generally not be available until after lectures are completed)
| Week | Date | Topic | Instructor |
| 1 | Mar 31 | Class organization, rationale, goals. GMO status, regulations, and gene science basics. | Strauss/Stone |
| Apr 2 | Plant genetic engineering methods (1 page single-spaced ESSAY due: learning goals for class) |
Strauss | |
| 2 | Apr 7 | Animal breeding and genomics Please fill out survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=3VF46wCE3qpL6bg5YwckKQ_3d_3d |
Harry |
| Apr 9 | Animal biotechnology, cloning, rBST for milk production | Harry | |
| 3 | Apr 14 | Origins of agriculture, plant domestication | Peterson |
| Apr 16 | Patents and IP protection for plants | Myers | |
| 4 | Apr 21 | Toxicology basics | Stone |
| Apr 23 | Natural toxins in food and environment (Second ESSAY due) |
Stone | |
| 5 | April 28 | Regulation of GMO crops and pesticides - Stone Regulation of GMO crops and pesticides - Strauss |
Stone/Strauss |
| April 30 | Food allergens, mycotoxins, and the saga of Star-Link corn | Sudakin | |
| 6 | May 5 | Playing God? GMOs, miracles, and monsters | R. Herring, Cornell |
| May 7 | Risk assessment of chemicals | Jenkins | |
| 7 | May 12 | MIDTERM - in class | Strauss/Stone |
| May 14 | Sustainable agriculture | Lambrinos | |
| 8 | May 19 | Organically certified agriculture | A. Stone |
| May 21 | Gene flow and adventitious presence (Third ESSAY due, grad and honors students only) |
M.-Smith | |
| 9 | May 26 | Bioreactor crops | Strauss |
| May 28 | Ethical evaluations - Stone Ethical evaluations - Strauss |
Strauss/Stone | |
| 10 | June 2 | Nanotechnology and toxicology | Harper |
| June 4 | Panels: Should food from GE crops or cloned animals be labeled? (Final PAPER due, which will be your remarks for the labeling panel as described under "panel discussion" on web site) |
Strauss/Stone | |
| 11 | June 11 | Final exam - 12:00 - 1:30 PM | Strauss/Stone |
| Week | Date | Topic | Instructor |
| 1 | Mar 31 | Gene and genome basics | Strauss |
| 2 | Apr 7 | Anti-GMO views: What and why | Strauss |
| 3 | Apr 14 | Forest trees and GMO issues: A case study | Strauss |
| 4 | Apr 21 | Biomonitoring of environmental chemicals | Stone |
| 5 | April 28 | Bisphenol A and Scientific Uncertainty | Stone |
| 6 | May 5 | Videos!: Send URLs to Strauss via email no later than 5 PM May 4th See instructions under grading. | Strauss |
| 7 | May 12 | Risk perception | Strauss |
| 8 | May 19 | Pesticides and amphibians | Blaustein |
| 9 | May 26 | Golden rice and humanitarian/developing world issues | Strauss |
| 10 | June 2 | Q and A and review session for final exam | Strauss/Stone |