I teach Biology 350 (Cell Biology) and seminars in special topics, such as Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs); Mind and Medicine; and Evolution, Crime, and Consciousness. I am especially interested in letting students, majors and non, experience the many amazing aspects of biology beyond the purely pre-med perspective. My specific scientific interests are in the genetics and molecular biology of life processes, especially the idea of how it is possible any two given cells in an organism have the same DNA, and yet can do two entirely different jobs. More generally, I am interested in teaching science as a thinking and fun discipline that does not exist in a vacuum, but is intimately connected to history, medicine, the development of thought, sociology, communication, psychology, and the environment. The new Science, Culture, and Society minor, starting in Spring 2005, will feature such interdisciplinary learning. I also teach the Values in Science Research Ethics course required of all NIH-funded graduate and post-doctoral fellows.