Case: An inventor and his Gene Machine

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An inventor and his Gene Machine

Inventor and entrepreneur Dr. Jonathan Rothberg plans a future in which self-testing for COVID-19 will become one just more morning ritual between brushing our teeth and putting on a pot of coffee.

Rothberg is known (in the small, gossipy world of superyacht owners) as “the mad scientist with his state-of-the-art lab.” It’s well known that Rothberg does his best thinking on the ship, where his mind is clear and free of distractions.”

Check this article of RobbReport.

Check this article of SuperyachtNews.

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Assignments for students

1.1 What details do you remember most about the video & article?

1.2 Describe Dr. Rothbergs career

1.3 What is Dr. Rothbergs’ motivation?

1.4 Describe the Gene Machine

1.5 What is Dr. Rothberg working on while quarantining on his yacht?

1.6 What are some of the machines that were delivered on board?

1.7 How does Captain Gow feel about Dr. Rothberg?

1.8 Who else is on board the Gene Machine? What are their roles?

1.9 How did Dr. Rothberg earn enough money to buy a yacht?

1.10 What entrepreneurial characteristics has Dr. Rothberg demonstrated?

1.11 Why Dr. Rothberg apologize to his kids?

2.1 What do you think it means to ‘democratise medicine”?

2.2 What is telemedicine? (film)

2.3 How does it make you feel to know that entrepreneurs like Dr. Rothberg are working to control COVID-19?

2.4 Do you trust these articles to be objective and factual? Why or why not?

2.5 What resources could you use to research alternatives to Dr Rothbergs’ response to COVID-19?

2.6 Why is it fitting that Rothberg’s motoryacht is called ‘the Gene Machine”?

3.1 What does it mean to receive FDA approval? Why is this necessary?

3.2 What do you think quarantine on a yacht would be like?

3.3 There are scientist all over the world trying to develop legitimate COVID-19 tests, research a few and compare them to Dr. Rothberg.

3.4 Dr. Rothberg is a scientist and he’s responding to COVID-19 with science. How are you responding to COVID-19?

3.5 Devise a way to thwart the spread of COVID-19.

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