Plant Genetic Engineering Workshop 🧬 (Take-home Kit included!)
Welcome to the Plant Genetic Engineering Workshop! Join us at BioPunk 8th Floor (Frontier Tower 995 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103) for a hands-on experience in inserting genes into plants! This is an introductory workshop - attendees of all backgrounds are welcome, non-bio folks especially.
Learn about fundamental DNA tools, understand how agrobacterium is used as a vehicle for delivering genes into plants, gain wet-lab experience with sterile microbial culture, and insert a gene encoding for production of beetroot pigment into tobacco, all in one day. Participants will also take home a plant genetic engineering kit! After successful transformation, plant leaves will turn red in a matter of days.
Kit components (provided by the instructor):
Nicotiana tabacum plant with pot and soil
Agrobacterium with RUBY Plasmid
Petri dish with LB agar
Inoculation loops
Infiltration buffer
Blunt syringes
Pipettes
Nitrile gloves
Bleach
The workshop fee is $250. This covers instruction, the materials and equipment used in the class, and the take-home genetic engineering kit.
Required lab attire for safety: Long pants and closed-toed shoes.
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About the Instructor
Anthony Neil Tan is a UC Berkeley trained bioengineer whose projects center on enhancing high-value plants through genetic engineering. His past work ranges from designing a plant growth chamber that won a national NASA contest to developing new plant genetic engineering tools at the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint BioEnergy Institute.