Hacking Plants
Edit a gene for red pigment into a plant!
Join us for a hands-on experience in plant genetic engineering! 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 us):
- 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
Unable to attend? Interested in other classes like plant tissue culture and bioluminescent algae? Join our mailing list to hear about upcoming Bay Area workshops!
Anthony Neil Tan is a UC Berkeley trained bioengineer whose projects center on enhancing high-value plants through genetic engineering. He is the current President of Counter Culture Labs, Oakland’s community biology laboratory founded in 2012. Feel free to shoot me an email at anthony@counterculturelabs.org to connect!”
