Bio 101 Lab October 28
You will be organized into 3 or 4 teams by your discussion or lab
instructor during lab October 14. Each group will research one
of the "organisms" listed below.
- Antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria
- HIV
- Mad Cow Disease
Bring your information to lab class October 30 and be
prepared to work with your groupmates to prepare a brief presentation
including the following information:
- Structure and reproduction of the "organism"
- Epidemiology - spread & prevention/treatment of the
disease
- History - origin, identification, and reservoir (where the
"organism" hangs out in nature)
- Mode of action of the organism - how does its DNA or RNA and/or
proteins interact with the victim's cells and/or medicines used to
treat
the disease?
This last category will require you to dig into the disease and
investigate it on a moleculer level, so look for resources that provide
the needed detail. The basic CNN news story will probably not provide
what you need.
You should find information related to the DNA, gene expression,
and
protein synthesis topics we have discussed in class.
Here are some starting points that you might find useful:
- Try
http://www.sciam.com
(Scientific American) and
"search for" your topic in all sections.
- Health Topics A to Z
from Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
- Google searches often
produce
good results. Use Google to search the "web" and "Images".
Here are some appropriate key words and phrases
- For Antibiotic Resistance: antibiotic resistance, antibiotic
resistant bacteria, antibiotic
resistance evolution, antibiotic resistance mutation
- For HIV: HIV, AIDS, retrovirus, reverse transcriptase, AZT,
protease inhibiters
- For Mad Cow Disease: mad cow disease, prion diseases,
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
(variant CJD)
