UNIT 1

LABORATORY ACTIVITY 1: BIORISK MANAGEMENT

Formative Assessment 1.1 (30 points)

Instructions: Test your knowledge by giving five (5) examples of valuable biological materials per category:

a. Pathogens c. Radiolabelled Compounds e. Toxins

b. Vaccines d. GMO

a. Pathogens
 Shigella flexneri
 Yersinia pestis
 Varicella-zoster virus (VZV)
 Ebola virus (EBOV)
 COVID-19

b. Vaccines
 Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
 Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)
 Pneumococcal (PCV)
 Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTaP)
 Varicella (VAR)

c. Radiolabelled Compounds
 carbon-14
 tritium (3H)
 iode-125
 sulfur-35
 phosphorus 32

d. GMO
 Golden rice
 Bacillus thuringienses (Bt) corn
 Transgenic or GMO tomato
 GMO salmon
 Genetically engineered mouse model (GEMM)

e. Toxins
 tetanus toxin A (from Clostridium tetani bacteria)
 diphtheria toxin (from Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacteria)
 muscarine (from Amanita muscaria mushroom)
 dioxin (manufactured)
 botulinum toxin A (from Clostridium botulinum bacteria)

Pharm 315L – Pharmacology 2 (Laboratory)Saint Louis University