Example videos (Read the course description below):

MBBE4,  Prof.  M. Selvanayagam, Ethics of Biotechnology https://youtu.be/29SjqILZwE0

MBBE5, Prof. Bang-Ook Jun , Eradicating mosquitoes? The promise and peril of gene drive technology  https://youtu.be/m4CBcdKKtk8

MBBE6, Prof. Marlon Lofredo, Gene Editing: Defining boundaries and the limitation of the unknown https://www.youtu.be/coZXPis_6Q

MBBE7, Prof. Soraj Hongladarom, Ethical Considerations of  Gene Editing https://youtu.be/oZXVpWzZoOA

MBBE8, Prof. Deborah Kala Perkins, The ART of Birthing Life in Integrity: From Bioethics to Politics with Assisted Reproductive Technologies;

MBBE8, Prof. Tamar Gidron,Legal concerns in gene editing: compliance with religious, cultural and social norms and values; does the law has any chance at all in a world of overflowing new technologies?  https://youtu.be/cczgVCz1NUE

MBBE9, Prof. John Weckert, Playing God with human lives https://youtu.be/oF-PhHeZFRw

MBBE10, Prof. Chutatip Umavijani, Buddhist Perspectives upon Disease and Human Gene Editing https://youtu.be/-bARf1emNow

MBBE11, Prof. Darryl Macer, International Approaches to Regulation of Human Genetic Modification https://youtu.be/UxvK1mPlOwU

This is one example of a course at one of our member institutions: American University of Sovereign Nations (AUSN). Enrolled Students of AUSN receive the AUSN Video lecture Archive and Attendance Sheet to record which videos they have watched.

AUSN as an intellectual forum for intercultural dialogue upholds the value of academic freedom for all professors and students, and the views expressed in the videos are not those of AUSN.

The above videos are a selection of the total video archive of AUSN that supplements the contact hours provided by in-person lectures, group skype sessions, and other supervised contact at AUSN.

Anyone can request to try out a live AUSN class for free by writing to Dr. Darryl Macer, Provost, AUSN; Email: provost@ausn.info

For countries that do not have youtube access, a original file can be shared with enrolled AUSN students.

Competencies:

1. Recommend appropriate application of recombinant DNA technology to solve environment, health and food problems

2. Integrate knowledge, principles and argumentation in rational discussion

3. Engage in quality thinking, reflective processes and creative thinking

4. Build hypotheses to answer a specific scientific question, design an experiment using an appropriate technique/assay to answer the question, and predict results of their experiment.

5. Understand ELSI issues of Genetics and Molecular Biology 

Course Objectives: This course aims to introduce the basics of molecular biology and discuss the ethical, legal and social (ELSI) issues. 

Course Purpose: This course introduces the basics of molecular and cell biology, so that students will be able to consider the realistic implications of these techniques in biotechnology. It then will consider the associated ethical, legal and regulatory issues. 

Topics that are covered:

1. Cell structure and function; Cell interaction and communication; Molecular regulation of cell cycle; Basics of Molecular Biology

2.Recombinant DNA technology; Regulation of nucleic acid and protein synthesis

3.  Application of recombinant DNA technology to solve environmental problems.

4. Application of recombinant DNA technology to solve medical problems

5. Application of recombinant DNA technology to solve food problems

6. The benefits and risks of recombinant DNA technology

7. Bioethics and DNA recombinant applications;  Legal regulation of cell and molecular biology technologies

8. The Impact of GMOs and Environmental Assessment

9. Emerging Biotechnologies

10. Stem cell therapies

11. Molecular Entomology