BTEC Assignment Brief-Genetics and Genetic Engineering Lab Experiment Preparation Guide-2023

As a trainee lab technician working for a medical research company, you must be able to extract, amplify and separate samples of DNA. Your company offers work placements for sixth form students. You have been asked Vocational Scenario or Context to help work placement students understand how to carry out practicals to extract, amplify and separate DNA, and understand how and why these technologies are used in different industries, and the potential use for them in the future, by producing a laboratory book and illustrative report. Task 1 Produce a laboratory book that records how you competently carried out three separate experiments to extract, amplify and separate DNA. You must carry out: • DNA extraction (chromosomes or plasmids) from biological samples • Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify the DNA samples • Gel electrophoresis to separate the amplified DNA Your tutor/assessor will complete an observation record to validate your competency in carrying out the practical work. It will clearly detail how you methodically prepared and carried out the practicals and prevented contamination. You are required to evaluate possible future uses of genetic engineering technologies once you have analysed and explained the uses of genetic engineering technologies in industry and medicine. In order to do this, you must: • Explain and analyse, in an illustrated report, the current uses and relevance of genetic engineering technologies (DNA extraction, DNA amplification, gel 1 Checklist of evidence required • a laboratory book with practical write ups of each practical carried out to extract, amplify and separate DNA • an observation record to validate your competency in the practical work • an illustrated report, analysing and explaining genetic engineering technologies and evaluating possible future uses. Criteria covered by this task: Unit/Criteria reference To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to: D.D4 Evaluate possible future uses of genetic engineering technologies. D.M6 Analyse the uses of genetic engineering technologies in industry and medicine. D.P6 Extract, separate and amplify DNA. D.P7 Explain the use of genetic engineering technologies in industry and medicine. Sources of information to support you with this Assignment Above are some examples of websites. Further useful resources may be found at: 2 Other assessment materials attached to this Assignment Brief