Lecture and Recitation Schedule & Presentations
(Lecture presentations will generally not be available until after lectures are completed)
| Wk | Date | Topic | Instructor |
| 1 | Mar 29 | Class organization, rationale, goals. GMO and TOX issues | Strauss/Stone |
| Mar 29 | Strauss | ||
| Mar 31 | Plant genetic engineering methods (SHORT INTRO ESSAY DUE) |
Strauss | |
| 2 | Apr 5 | History of domestication and breeding; green revolution | Hayes |
| Apr 5 | Strauss/Stone | ||
| Apr 7 | Intellectual property in crop breeding and biotechnology | Myers | |
| 3 | Apr 12 | Breeding and genomics concepts, application to animals (READINGS QUIZ 1) |
Harry |
| Apr 12 | Strauss/Stone | ||
| Apr 14 | Animal biotechnology, cloning, rBST for milk production | Harry | |
| 4 | Apr 19 | GMO crops and sustainability | Lambrinos |
| Apr 19 | Stone/Strauss | ||
| Apr 21 | Gene flow and adventitious presence (READINGS QUIZ 2) |
Mallory-Smith | |
| 5 | Apr 26 | Toxicology Basics | Stone |
| Apr 26 | Strauss/Stone | ||
| Apr 28 | Natural toxins in food and environment (SECOND ESSAY DUE) |
Stone | |
| 6 | May 3 | MIDTERM - in class (includes entire text book) | Strauss/Stone |
| May 3 | Azarenko | ||
| May 5 | Risk assessment of chemicals | Stone | |
| 7 | May 10 | Regulating GMOs, chemicals and pesticides | Strauss/Stone |
| May 10 | Strauss/Stone | ||
| May 12 | Forest Biotechnology | Strauss | |
| 8 | May 17 | Developmental toxicology | Tanguay |
| May 17 | Strauss/Stone | ||
| May 19 | Bt corn and the StarLink saga (THIRD ESSAY DUE) |
Sudakin | |
| 9 | May 24 | Bioreactor crops | Strauss |
| May 24 | Zhu/Strauss/Stone | ||
| May 26 | Nanotechnology and toxicology | Harper | |
| 10 | May 31 | Discussion panel 1: BPA ban/perchlorate regulation | Stone/Strauss |
| May 31 | Stone/Strauss | ||
| June 2 | Discussion panel 2: Ban or label? GE salmon/Amylase corn (WIKIPEDIA ENTRY FOR GRAD-HONORS STUDENTS DUE) |
Stone/Strauss | |
| 11 | June 8 (noon, Pvy 108) |
FINAL EXAM | Strauss/Stone |