Week of October 26th
Agenda:

• Activity 2.1.1: Chronicles of a genetic counselor

• Practice pipetting
• Video on genetic counseling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZP45-WRLpo

Activity 2.1.1 Resources: 
Types of genetic inheritance: http://www.brusselsgenetics.be/p_397.htm

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy:

MDA Organization: https://www.mda.org/disease/duchenne-muscular-dystrophy/overview
New Treatment for DMD: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151022141722.htm

Cystic Fibrosis: 
Utah Genetics: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/disorders/singlegene/cf/


Huntington's Disease:
HDSA Organization: http://hdsa.org/what-is-hd/

Down Syndrome: 
http://www.ndss.org/Down-Syndrome/

Alzheimer's Disease: 
http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_what_is_alzheimers.asp

Leber Hereditary optic neuropathy: 
http://lhon.org/lhon/LHON_101.html

Wednesday October 14th, 2015

Agenda:

• Activity 1.3.2: Cochlear Implant Debate

• Socratic Seminar

• Good things happening at Galludet University

Activity 1.3.2 Links:  **Must Read, *Strongly Suggested

• Must Read: Why some parents are against CI in their children

• **Article #1: For some who lost their implant help- nytimes  (more pro)

• **Article #2 Galludet reflects changes in deaf culture (mixed pro/con) 

• *Article #3: cochlear controversy dramatized in sound (mixed pro/con)

• *Article #4: Turmoil at college for deaf sparks broader debate -nytimes (mixed pro/con)

Videos on Cochlear Implants:

• How Cochlear Implants Work: 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojx9M2vpcAU 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDuhtB26e7A

• Adult CI activation I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMiThxiYH6U

• Adult CI activation II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTKMJ-El0sA

• Sound and Fury: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvvDf4RUtc8

Week of October 5, 2015

Agenda:

• Unit 1 Meets/Exceeds Prep

• How much antibiotics is in your meat video

• Is The Future Of Antibiotics At The Bottom Of The Ocean?

• The rise of superbugs

Unit 1 Meets Resources:

1. Antibiotics
Great overall Antibiotic link:
http://image.slidesharecdn.com/chapter6-antimicrobialdrugs
(make sure to include the details by looking at the links below).

Penicillin Links: 

• https://study.com/academy/Penicillin (might work)
• http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/216798.php
• http://i.ytimg.com/vi/7UNmhvuvv2I/hqdefault.jpg (great Picture)

Tetracyclines:

• http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/tetracycline/antimicr.htm
• http://image.slidesharecdn.com/tetracycline-141117123807-conversion-gate01/95/tetracycline-6-638.jpg?cb=1416227925

Flouroquinolones:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLs_2-zikV4 (great video)
• http://www.factive.com/images/healthcare/Mechanism_01.gif  (Great Picture on Mechanism of action)

Sulfa antibiotics:

• http://www.nih.gov/researchmatters/march2012/03122012sulfa.htm

2. Anatomy of a Bacteria: 

• http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/bactcell.htm
• https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/ (great picture!)

3. Reading Audiograms

• http://www.firstyears.org/lib/howtoread.htm (good overview!)
• http://www.betterhearing.org/hearingpedia/types-hearing-loss
• http://www.paediatricentservices.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hearing-loss-charts.gif
• Please look in your packet too. 

4. ELISA Links:

• ThermoFisher Link: https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/life-science/protein-biology/  (good for direct versus indirect)

• Bio-rad Link: http://www.bio-rad.com/LifeScience/jobs/2004/04-0522/04-0522_ELISA.html (great and straightforward link)

Exceeds Links:

Question 1:  

• Gram+/-: http://www.diffen.com/difference/Gram-negative_Bacteria_vs_Gram-positive_Bacteria

• Bacterial Meningitis: http://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/bacterial.html 

Question 2: 

Sound Transduction: 

http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/soundtransduction.html