Our guest speaker came to us from the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle. Atherosclerosis was the focus of his talk, with a special emphasis on dietary influences on the good cholesterol (HDL) and bad cholesterol (LDL). Dr. Robinson may post comments, so check below to see if he has chimed in about his talk! On Friday Dr. Robinson will return to use the atherosclerosis model to more specifically describe how one gene involved in the pathway to disease (and health!) is regulated.
Tonight's homework is on the topic of epigenetics. You will be reading an article from NewScientist and then responding to the questions below. The title of the article is Rewriting Darwin: The new non-genetic inheritance. I will also email the document to you. As you are reading:
1. Be ready to discuss the difference between the genome and the epigenome.
2. Describe at least three examples of characteristics or diseases that are influenced by the epigenome. (in humans or other organisms)
3. How does the study of the epigenome influence the "nature vs. nurture" debate?
4. How might this study spark new treatments?
5. Select THREE sentences in the text that you feel share the most important concepts of the reading.
sounds great we had a guest speaker from the wetlands project .... students were very interested in his presentation
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