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HC70A Winter 2006 Genetic Engineering in Medicine, Agriculture, and Law Professor Bob Goldberg Class Announcements 2/2/06.

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1 HC70A Winter 2006 Genetic Engineering in Medicine, Agriculture, and Law Professor Bob Goldberg Class Announcements 2/2/06

2 Take-Home Exam & Oral Mid-Term Exam Questions Out - 2/14 Questions Due - 2/28 Mid-Term Oral - 2/28

3 Tuesday Lecture & Reception For Officer Harry Klann “Using DNA To Catch Criminals and Exclude the Innocent” Reception On Patio After Class For Everyone Questions, Questions, Questions!!!! Dinner in Faculty Center For Those Scheduled With Me!!!! RSVP Dinner (jluke@mcdb.ucla.edu)

4 Lecture & Reception For Dr. Richard Hamilton “How To Make a Biotech Company” Reception On Patio After Class For Everyone Questions, Questions, Questions!!!! Dinner in Faculty Center For Those Scheduled With Me!!!! RSVP Dinner (jluke@mcdb.ucla.edu)

5 Who Is Richard Hamilton? CEO, Ceres, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA http://www.ceres-inc.com/ rhamilton@ceres-inc.com Chief Executive Officer – Dr. Richard Hamilton – Dr. Hamilton joined Ceres in 1998. He served as the Chief Financial Officer until September 2002, at which time he was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and subsequently elected to the Ceres Board of Directors. Dr. Hamilton is Vice Chairman of the Biotechnology Industry Organization and Chairman of their Food and Agriculture Governing Board. Earlier in his career Dr. Hamilton was a Principal at Oxford Bioscience Partners, one of the leading investors in the genomics field and a founder of Ceres. From 1990 to 1991 he was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Hamilton holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Vanderbilt University.

6 Relevant Reading For Discussion & Lecture Human Genome Project Information doegenomes.org Founder Mutations The Genographic Project nationalgeographic.com American Society of Law, Medicine, & Ethics DNA Forensics and Civil Liberties Workshop Summary The Land of Milk & Honey The Alternative Genome

7 Discussion 2/8/06 Review Films on DNA Testing & The Law


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