Facility

The Plant Transformation Research Center provides key techniques and resources for investigating genetics, molecular biology, functional genomics, and crop improvement.

At our facility, researchers can identify and isolate potentially useful genes, as well as investigate transgenic approaches for improving a variety of crop species.

Available Resources:

• Office
• Laboratory
• Computer controlled Arabidopsis growth facility
• Two greenhouses for controlled environment growth
• One CCD camera for luciferase detection in transgenic plants
• Laminar flow transfer cabinets
• Particle delivery system
• Epifluoresence optical microscope equipped for GFP analysis of cells and tissues, with a magnification range of 9-300X utilizing high numerical aperture compound 10X objective
• A range of plant transformation and molecular biology equipment and techniques
• Tissue culture lines for instruction and experimentation
• A collection of plasmid DNAs and bacterial strains useful in plant transformation
• Expert personnel

Funding Sources:

College of Natural and Agriculture Sciences and the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences.