Presentation: Innovations in Biology and Technology

Summary of Instructions:

presentation on innovations in biology and technology.

This assignment addresses course outcomes 1-4:

• recognize and explain how the scientific method is used to solve problems.
• make observations and discriminate between scientific and pseudoscientific explanations.
• weigh evidence and make decisions based on strengths and limitations of scientific knowledge and the scientific method.
• use knowledge of biological principles, the scientific method, and appropriate technologies to ask relevant questions, develop hypotheses, design and conduct experiments, interpret results, and draw conclusions.

Select one of the following 5 topics for your assignment:

a) Vaccines. a friend is worried about the many vaccines that his newborn son is scheduled to receive and asks you for advice since you are taking a biology course. Start with an explanation of how vaccines work. Briefly contrast the traditional methods used to create vaccines with more recently used biotechnology techniques, including theCOVID 19 mRNA vaccines.Explain how the mRNA vaccines work based on your knowledge of the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology.What are some of the diseases thatinfantsand children in the US are routinely vaccinated against? How have vaccinationsimpactedthe frequency of these diseases over the past 100 years? Why are some people worried about giving their children vaccines?Why do some people believe that the MRR vaccine can causeautism?Is there scientific evidence to support these concerns? Conclude with advice in regard togetting the recommended vaccines based on reliable information sources.

Find at least five articles related to one of the topics chosen from above.

1. include the following sections in the presentation: Purpose, Background, Discussion (in which you answer the questions of your research topic) and Conclusion. List all references on the last slide of the presentation.
2. Include a title slide
3. Presentation information slides - suggested eight to fifteen slides (it is more important to remain within the time range of the presentation - between four to seven minutes). Do not overload the slides, it is always best to identify the important points. Ideally, a slide should have six to seven bullets (maximum) and six to eight words per bullet. Avoid full sentences.
4. Presentation font: can use a larger font size for the titles and smaller for the content and ten for references.
5. Add images. Add the URL to the website where an image is found.