4.1: Overview and Purpose
Pre-lab homework- bring a food ingredient label or a picture of a food ingredient label to the lab.
Overview and Purpose
This lab is designed to provide a basic understanding of biotechnology concepts that students are likely to encounter and hear about in modern society. This includes biotechnological methods used in agriculture and medicine.
Learning Outcomes
- Explain the process of a DNA extraction procedure
- Define genetically modified organism
- Describe how biotechnology is used in agriculture and medicine
- Describe the process of CRISPR
- Explain what knowledge is gained through microarray analysis
- Perform a DNA extraction procedure
- Analyze a food label for possible genetically modified ingredients
- Use lateral flow test strips to detect genetically modified ingredients in foods
Vocabulary
Recombinant DNA technology
Gene therapy
Genetically Modified Organism
CRISPR/Cas9
Microarrays
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