Biotechnology

to modify their food to feed the country. Scientists predict that biotechnology and GMO's will create a healthier world. Thus, expanding the human life span. GMO's in food are expanding life spans per more people who have eaten food with GMO's/Scientists believe that with GMO's people one day will live to be 100 and some years old. (source 2). The food with GMO is healthier and will help humans last longer. GMO and biotechnology will create better life spans for everyone, such as children,…

Technical course curriculum knowledge from my graduate and undergraduate programs came in handy for my professional internship, directed studies and my current Student Assistant job at A&M. First semester’s Molecular Biology course revised most of the cell biology concepts that I learned from my undergraduate studies and gave insights into advanced cell biology. To complement our understanding, we were assigned to read high impact scientific journal articles as a daily class assignments. Having…

Polyploidy in plants play a major role in evolutionary and genetic studies. Polyploidy is characterized by the presence of multiple sets of genomes in the same organism. It is one of the major causes of speciation; thus, is it plays a major evolutionary role in angiosperm development. Its genome undergoes remarkable changes in function and structure through genetic and epigenetic changes. Epigenetic changes are mediated by RNA and chromatic remodeling and occur vie regulatory pathways. Genetic…

Divergent, a series written by Veronica Roth, is about a girl who grows up in a futuristic society ran by leaders. The book is set in a rural part of Chicago where society is split into five different factions: Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), Erudite (the intelligent), Abnegation (the selfless), and Candor (the honest). The society is ran by Abnegation. When the children enter adulthood, they must choose one of the factions. The main character, Tris, strays from her Abnegation…

result of the rapid growth in the world’s population. One of these methods is the genetic modification of food that is being introduced to our diet, and is acutely controversial for several reasons. These aliments are created through the use of biotechnology and the modification of an organism’s genetic structure to yield particular traits or inhibit others. (3) Genetically modified (GM) foods have a socioeconomic, cultural, and global impact. However, they are received with mixed reviews by…

Though Chris is a Senior Program Manager, not a biological technician, he works alongside biological technicians every day at his biotechnology company. He explained that a biological technician can easily advance to a quality or documentation position, a member on a project design team, a project or program manager, and eventually the president or CEO of the company. Besides those positions…

Leeuwenhoek discovering micro-organisms in the 1670’s to the highly powerful atomic microscopes used today, microscopy has furthered scientific knowledge in many, many ways [1]. It has practical applications in very many areas of research such as biotechnology, materials science, microbiology, environmental science etc. Its wide array of uses is reflected by the many different types of microscope e.g. compound microscopes, electron microscopes, fluorescence microscopes etc. The field of…

Genetically Modified Organisms A genetically modified organism (GMO) is an organism whose genome has been altered by genetic engineering such that its DNA and/or genes have been modified to a point where it is different than naturally occurring. GMO’s have the ability to help alleviate world hunger because they can provide more abundance of food. For example, in Asia a portion of land providing rice can feed 27 people, however, that similar land utilizing GMO’s in 2050 will be able to feed 43…

6th, 2015 In the world of biotechnology there have been a large number of individuals and groups that have made significant discoveries, products, methods, companies, etc. Some date back all the way to ancient civilizations and others being a little closer to modern day. Biotechnology shaped, and continues to do so, our world, how we produce, how we cure and even how we eat. There are very little aspects in our day-to-day lives that are not touched by biotechnologies. That being said, the…

I. Introduction. Think back to the last meal you had; Imagine your family consuming what you think is made up of only the freshest ingredients, your refrigerator is completely stocked with everyday necessities to provide for you and your family. Suddenly the planet starts to run out of its natural resources, prices on food skyrocket, your kids fall ill, and the environment begins to crumble. Now imagine all of this occurring in just a few short years if our human population continues to double…