Biotechnology

Welcome to BEST, a post-secondary educational initiative established to increase the number of collegiate students participating in research to better prepare them for graduate education and success. Browse the website to gain a more in-depth analysis of the program. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Dr. Margaret Young (principal investigator).

mmyoung2@mail.ecsu.edu

Fig. 1. Biolistic transformation of tobacco leaves.

1. A student using the gene gun
2. GUS-positive spots (blue spots) on leaf explant of tobacco.

Fig. 2. Agroinoculation of fast plants.

1. Germinated seedlings on selection media;
2. Students taking notes on fast plants;
3. Putatively transgenic fast plants producing flowers and seed pods