Biotech Research Paper
Sector Overview Report
This is an individual assignment in which you will research and write a review about an entire sector of biotechnology and genomics. The goal of the Report is to:
Provide a picture of the latest developments in a particular area of biotech and genomics. Highlight new and future opportunities in this area made possible by recent advances in biotech and genomics.
Discuss some of the challenges, pitfalls and issues surrounding the development of products and applications.
Be SPECIFIC. After a review of the overall concept, it is better to provide one or two specific examples in detail, rather than try to cover every possible application.
Choose ONE Technology listed in the table below and describe how it has and will be used to address ONE Application. Any combination is acceptable –it’s up to you, but the less conventional it is, the more interesting it will be to research, write and read. If can write about technologies and applications not listed here, but only after checking with the instructor.
Technology (Choose 1) |
Application (Choose 1) |
Nanotechnology |
Population Biology |
Live Imaging Technologies |
Food Safety, Quality and Nutrition |
Synthetic Biology |
Vaccine Development |
Interactomics |
Drug Discovery |
Bioinformatics |
Production of Biologic Drugs |
Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells |
Degenerative Diseases |
Cellular Targeting & Delivery of Molecules |
Behaviour and Mental Health |
DNA in nanotechnology |
Biochemical Synthesis |
Tissue Engineering |
Personalized Medicine |
Proteomics |
Crop Improvement for Drought Resistance etc. |
Expression of Recombinant Proteins |
Ecology |
Metagenomics |
Early Detection of Cancer and other Diseases |
Expression of Recombinant Proteins |
Biosensors |
High Throughput DNA Sequencing |
Evolutionary Studies |
Functional Genomics |
Cancer Treatment |
Single Cell Transcriptomics |
Neurobiology |
Epigenetics |
Infectious Diseases |
Computational DNA |
Population Biology |
DNA Barcoding |
Paleontology |
RNAi |
Data Storage |
Metabolic Engineering |
Metabolic Engineering |
Computational DNA |
Epidemiology |
What to Submit. The report should be ~2000 words long. (1 page of single-spaced text (Times Roman 12 pt is ~460 words). This excludes the bibliography, which you can make any length. You can include graphics but this will not affect the need to write a ~2000 word report. Submit your report using the Drop Box on Canvas
Grade breakdown and essay instructions
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