Glow-in-the-Dark Bacteria Engineering Kit
$39.99
Engineer bacteria to glow using the famous jellyfish GFP gene.
In this experiment you will insert a fluorescent protein gene into harmless E. coli. Once expressed, the bacteria produce a bright green glow under blue light — a classic demonstration of genetic engineering.
What You'll Do
• Introduce a GFP plasmid into bacteria
• Perform a bacterial transformation
• Grow genetically engineered fluorescent colonies
What You'll Learn
• How fluorescent proteins work
• Gene expression in bacteria
• How scientists track genes using fluorescence
Perfect For: Students, classrooms, and first-time genetic engineering experiments.
What’s Included:
Biological Materials
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Non-pathogenic E. coli (DH5α strain) bacteria, freeze dried
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GFP plasmid containing jellyfish fluorescent gene (5 - 50uL of 20ng/uL)
Media & Reagents
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LB agar media
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LB selective agar (Kan 100 µg/ml)
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Transformation buffer (25mM CaCl2, 10% PEG 8000)
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LB recovery media
Lab Supplies
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7 Petri plates
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Transfer pipettes
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Microcentrifuge tubes
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Test tube for measuring 50 mL
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UV Filter Sheet
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Blue light
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Agar preparation bottle
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5 Sterile inoculation loops
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10 nitrile gloves
Documentation
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Step-by-step bacterial transformation protocol
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Guide to fluorescent proteins
**Perishables included in this kit have been Freeze Dried. They will be viable up to a month at Room temperature**
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Reviews
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Great product
Used it to much sucess for my 6th-grade science fair! Gave my whole class lots of wows.
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Muito bom
Adorei, atendeu todas minhas espectativas.
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Wonderful Product
This kit worked wonderfully for my students! The materials provided were perfectly suitable for completing the experiment without issue, and we had an incredible transformation efficiency without hundreds of fluorescent colonies detected. I will certainly be buying this from The ODIN again next year. So appreciative!
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GFP Kit
The kit's awesome! Special shoutout to the team for customizing the kit and providing additional support via email! Can't wait to try out the crispr kit.
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fantastic and eye-opening experiments for beginner
straightforward instructions (though it is recommended to read everything before getting started) . If doing these experiments during the cold season, have a space heater handy to speed up incubation times. One minor annoyance: not all packages are complete so good to check everything is there before getting started.
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Really fun and simple
This was a really fun and simple project I had a lot of fun doing it, it was really interesting to get to know how everything in it worked
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Really fun and simple activity
I had a lot of fun with this project and it was really interesting learning how everything worked. The user manual was simple and easy to read and very user friendly.
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Great for Novice Biohackers
Two teachers at our high school run the CHS Science Club and after watching Unnatural Selection my colleague and I decided to look into The ODIN to see what was available for our fledgling scientists/biohackers to work with. We decided to try the Genetic Design Starter Kit and the results were great. Since we usually only have 30-60 minutes once or twice a week with our group we were able to make things work. The students thoroughly enjoyed the process and learning about biohacking. After completing the procedure we did have successful transformation and saw some glowing colonies. It was great!
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Good fun
Clear instructions and well-packaged kit. Took a couple of tries, but eventually was successful! I think giving extra incubation time was what made my second try have better results (since I was incubating at room temperature).