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Let’s start off the new year with some successful transformation experiments! Here are the answers to our most frequently asked questions regarding transformations. Q: After the incubation period, my source plates have grown more of a lawn of bacteria and…
One of the most impactful experiments in the Biotechnology Laboratory is Kit #223, Transformation of E. coli with Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP). We love this experiment for many reasons: green, glowing bacteria, a visual link between genotype and phenotype, and…
It's the end of 2021, and our video resources continue to be very popular for our educators, not only for aiding their pre-lab preparation, but also for preparing their students before performing the experiment! So, without further ado, here are…
In nature, bacteria pass small pieces of DNA back and forth in two unique ways, which we call transformation and conjugation. In transformation, a bacterium takes up free DNA from the surrounding environment. Some bacteria, like H. influenzae, do this…
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