sharing the trail : inspiring your students through genomics and other social media

Genome AlbertaSharing the Trail

Here is what’s available from Genome Alberta!

• Curricular Support Genomics – A New Revolution in Science Inquiry into Mountain Pine Beetle Gee in Genome Kit Biotechnology module partnering/support

• Social Media Blogs GenOmics on Facebook Microblogging – Twitter Other online technology for teachers

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs)

• Major discovery of human genome project was single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs): points in genome where 2 or more alternative alleles are found in >1% of population

• 93% genes have SNPs• ~40% will alter an amino acid• SNPs may have important consequences for

health/disease

Genomics marked the beginning of a new age in biology and medicine

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Watson and Crick identify DNA(the double helix) as the Chemical basis of heredity

DNA markers used to map human disease genes to chromosomal regions

Human Genome Projects (HPG) begins-an international effort to map and sequence all the genes in the human genome

DNA markers used to map human disease genes to chromosomal regions

Gene map – working draft 2000: complete release 2005

Sanger and Gilbert derive methods of sequencing DNA

Huntington disease gene mapped to chromosome 4

Genetic and physical mapping

Working Draft of the human genome sequencing complete

Rediscovery of Mendel's laws helps establish the science of genetics

Source: Health Policy Research Bulletin, volume 1 issue2, September 2001

Mountain Pine Beetle

The Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic:

A Disease System of Three Genomes

HostPine Trees

Bark BeetleFungal PathogensSlide Courtesy Joerg BohlmannU BC

Genome Alberta

Forestry At the Molecular Level

Technology Society

Science

Pine BeetleEpidemic

Gee in Genome Suitcase

Gee in Genome

Wiki Mind Map

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