Genetic modification sounds like something that would be very complicated and difficult to do but the reality is that couldn't be further from the truth. With the right tools and techniques it's something that can be done on your kitchen table if you really wanted. In this video we explore how bacteria can easily be modified to produce a range of fluorescent proteins and even bioluminesce.

More resources:

Building an incubator/heatblock -    • From Beer Cooler to a DIY Incubator  
DNA Extraction -    • Extracting Spider/Bacteria DNA Using ...  
Running a Gel -    • Gel Electrophoresis: How It Works and...  
Building a Gel Doc -    • Building a Gel Doc - The secret to pe...  
DNA transcription and translation -    • DNA, Hot Pockets, & The Longest Word ...  
Spider silk project overview -    • Spider Beer - Making Yeast Produce Sp...  

Sebastians pages:
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Bionomica labs - https://binomicalabs.org/

David:
Channel -    / @davidishee  

Stores to buy reagents:
http://bio-world.com/
https://www.phytotechlab.com/
https://www.goldbio.com/
https://www.carolina.com/
http://amino.bio/
https://www.addgene.org/
http://neb.com/

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