Biochemistry 118

Genomics, Bioinformatics & Medicine

Potential Topics of Discussion

Doug Brutlag


Genomics
The human genome project

Sequencing bacterial genomes

Bioinformatics

Structure of genes

Structure of proteins

Analyzing genomic Sequences

Analyzing protein Sequences

Novel Molecular Diagnostics

Regulation of gene expression

Gene expression profile analysis

Diagnosis using molecular methods

Novel Therapies

Discovering drug targets

Discovering and designing new drugs

Drug development

Genetic therapy

Social and Ethical Issues Relating to Genomic Information

Privacy of and responsibility for genetic information

Ethics and utility of screening for disease

Ethics of developing novel diagnostics & novel therapies

Cloning of organisms and tissues

Patenting DNA sequences

Genetics and forensics