Genetically Modified Fluorescent Christmas Ornaments

2019-12-27

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I love the holiday season but have never gotten to decorate a tree, so this year I thought I'd change that. I picked up a beautiful pine tree, and set about decorating it. First I genetically modified some E. coli to fluoresce under black light in a variety of colors. Then picked up some bioluminescent marine algae. In this video I go through how I used these different organisms to make some stunning decorations and decorate my tree. And while I decorate, I took some time to look back at some of my favorite projects from 2019 and talk a bit about all the exciting ones coming up in 2020!

Taste Emporium: https://www.youtube.com/c/thetasteemporium

Algae: https://pyrofarms.com/

Videos I mentioned:

Cloud chamber - /youtube/video/-Cu3wW8rNAs

Spider Silk Overview - /youtube/video/Fx8TcGrCOSI

Glowing yeast - /youtube/video/maWd_BemCMY

Eggs Benedict - /youtube/video/7cWke8jxQiI

Ultrasonic Alcohol - /youtube/video/YlQT4ptwLKs

They sent me water instead of DNA - /youtube/video/LOyBYEks550

Neuron - /youtube/video/V2YDApNRK3g

Meat berry - /youtube/video/FaVHTd9Ne_s

Cold Fire - /youtube/video/jRZkrrcDKb0