Bacterial Transformation with E. coli.
Biotechnology is the use and alteration of biological materials to make food, drugs, and other goods. Genetic engineering encompasses many different techniques for moving DNA between different organisms.
From Jellyfish to Glowing Bacteria
Students will be making bacterial cells glow in the dark! In this lab the students will transform bacterial cells to express the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) from a bioluminescent jellyfish. The students will then write a formal lab report and present their findings to the class.
The Art of Bacterial Transformation
The use of transformation has been a fundamental tool in biotechnology harnessing the natural ability of bacteria to take up foreign DNA which can then express proteins used for human purposes.