Genetics Society of America Deck

2016 – (See Cards | Deck Info | Download Game | Download Rules | Purchase)…

This is a different set of game rules that incorporates a few special species cards (model organisms) and reworks them for use in a game that looks at the process of genetic research specifically, and process of science generally. Please feel free to download the cards and rules, and do leave comments using the “permalink” for specific cards. This is in collaboration with the Genetics Society of America, and the final deck was released during mid 2016.

For more information, please see this link.

Swap Projects!

Modifier Card
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You have the opportunity to exchange ideas and expertise with another scientist.

Play: Choose a player and take one of their projects and associated resources. Give them one of your projects and associated resources. 

May not be used on collaborative or mandatory projects. 

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Graphic by Maki Narowww.popsci.com/blog-network/boxplot
In contemporary business and science a project is a collaborative enterprise, involving research or design, that is carefully planned[by whom?] to achieve a particular aim.[1] One can also define a project as a set of interrelated tasks to be executed over a fixed period and within certain cost and other limitations.[2] Projects can be further […] read more

Lose Funding!

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Budget cuts create project setbacks. Noooo!


Play: Place on top of another player’s RESEARCH TECHNIQUE card. The card affected is immediately removed and placed in the burn pile along with this card.

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Graphic by Maki Naro www.popsci.com/blog-network/boxplot
Funding is the act of providing financial resources, usually in the form of money, or other values such as effort or time, to finance a need, program, and project, usually by an organisation or government. Generally, this word is used when a firm uses its internal reserves to satisfy its necessity for cash, while the […] read more

Unicellular Transposon Study

PROJECT CARD
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Project Card

Task : Identify the structure and location of transposable elements in the genome, as well as their possible role in epigenetic control.

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A transposable element (TE or transposon) is a DNA sequence that can change its position within a genome, sometimes creating or reversing mutations and altering the cell’s genome size. Transposition often results in duplication of the TE. Barbara McClintock‘s discovery of thesejumping genes earned her a Nobel Prize in 1983.[1] Transposable elements make up a […] read more

Invertebrate Gene Knockout

PROJECT CARD
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Project Card

Task : Study the biological effects of disrupting specific genes in a multicellular model organism.


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A gene knockout (abbreviation: KO) is a genetic technique in which one of an organism‘s genes is made inoperative (“knocked out” of the organism). Also known as knockout organisms or simply knockouts, they are used in learning about a gene that has been sequenced, but which has an unknown or incompletely known function. Researchers draw […] read more

Cancer Research

PROJECT CARD
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Project Card

Task: Study the genetics of human tumor development using a vertebrate model organisim.


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Cancer research is basic research into cancer to identify causes and develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure.[1] Cancer research ranges from epidemiology, molecular bioscience to the performance of clinical trials to evaluate and compare applications of the various cancer treatment. These applications include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, immunotherapy and combined treatment […] read more

Plant Transcriptomics

PROJECT CARD
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Project Card

Task: Study changes in gene expression that occur when plants defend themselves from pests and pathogens.

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The transcriptome is the set of all messenger RNA molecules in one cell or a population of cells. It differs from the exome in that it includes only those RNA molecules found in a specified cell population, and usually includes the amount or concentration of each RNA molecule in addition to the molecular identities. The […] read more