Discussion Questions: Recombinant DNA Lab in the Classroom and in Real-World Research
- What do you think the Harvard researcher means by “protein misfolding diseases”?
- What skills and traits are needed to work in a real-world biomedical lab? Do you think the students in the classroom lab demonstrate these skills and traits?
- How can students determine whether bacteria have taken up the plasmid?
- Dr. Ikkanda says, “Because these labs are based on real science...things don’t always work out the way they’re supposed to work out.” How is this exhibited in the video? What do we learn when this happens?
