It is reported that the special feature of this ELISA kit project is to make plants continue to emit light through bioluminescence technology. The research and development team of the technology said that the goal of the research is to use sustainable light-emitting plants as street lighting in the future, and even use small bonsai as a reading lamp. It sounds cool, let's take a look at how the glowing plant is realized.
Experimental carrier: Arabidopsis
According to reports, this creative experimental team consists of synthetic biologists and botanists at Stanford University in California. The scientists said that they are currently transplanting the luciferase gene into a plant called Arabidopsis thaliana, which is commonly found on fireflies and some glowing fungi. "Inspired by fireflies, our team members are well-trained Dr. Stanford, and we use ready-made methods in biological laboratories to create real glowing plants." The scientific research ELISA kit team said on its website.
Researchers transplanted this luciferase gene into a fungus that can embed its own genes into other plants. After cultivating the light-emitting fungus, the researchers put this fungus and Arabidopsis seeds together in a culture medium so that the fungus can embed its own genes into Arabidopsis seeds and continue to observe the plant's genetic structure. Variety.
At present, researchers have cultivated the seeds of Arabidopsis that emit light, and have compiled the gene sequence. Next, scientists will "print" this gene sequence and eventually transplant it onto other plants. "My prediction is that this project will have faintly visible glowing plants in a dark room." Project leader Anthony Evans said.
Funds raised: $ 260,000
The enthusiasm of the outside world for the project exceeded the imagination of the experimental team. They released a fund-raising plan on the popular creative fund-raising platform. The initial goal was to raise only 65,000 US dollars, but it has attracted nearly 4,700 investors and raised more than 26 Ten thousand dollars of funds. The experimental team promised that for investors who donated more than $ 150, they will send the first batch of cultivated light-emitting Arabidopsis seeds.
George, a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, is one of the sponsors of this project. He believes that this biotechnology will bring more inspiration to "continuous lighting". "Biology is very energy-efficient. Plants do not need to consume extra energy, are easy to handle, and are environmentally friendly in themselves. Luminescence is more dense than battery energy packs. Even weakly luminous flowers will be a great sign." Professor George said.
Potential risk: biological variation
The next step of the ELISA kit experiment team hopes to make roses glow, so that this technology can be more commercially valuable, and apply this technology to other commercial areas, such as planting, flower gardening. It is reported that if the technology is sponsored by enterprises, it will have huge market development potential. However, the risks of this technology cannot be assessed at present. The plants that may be cultivated will appear to be under-lit, and scientists are worried that plants containing this gene will undergo biological variation.
In fact, the issue of "making animals and plants glow" is not new in the scientific community. The key is how to reject this technology to be more practical and convenient for commercial promotion. In 2008, scientists at the University of California used luciferase to create a glowing tobacco plant; in 2010, researchers at the University of Cambridge also made bacteria glow.
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