Wet-Lab Plant Genetic Engineering Workshop 🧬 (Take-home Kit included!)


Details
Welcome to the Plant Genetic Engineering Workshop! Join us at BioCurious (3108 Patrick Henry Dr, Santa Clara, CA 95054) 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. Venmo @ccl-plantbio. Last four digits phone # confirmation: 6986. Message the organizer on Meetup if you need an alternate payment method. This covers instruction, the materials and equipment used in the class, and the take-home genetic engineering kit.
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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.
All ticket sales are final. No refunds can be issued.

Wet-Lab Plant Genetic Engineering Workshop 🧬 (Take-home Kit included!)