The CALS Plant Transformation Facility (PTF) is pleased to announce a new delivery! After a few months in the PTF NICU (Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit), the first transgenic B104 maize plants are ready for life outside their incubators. These plants were made to support the research of Plant Biology’s Michael Scanlon into the function of the maize shoot apical meristem. The release of the first transgenic maize follows recent PTF deliveries of its first transgenic Nipponbare rice in December 2016 and Kitaake rice in January 2017.
The PTF makes transgenic and gene edited plants to support the research of Cornell and external scientists. Beyond maize and rice, the facility will begin transforming wheat (Bobwhite) and apple (Gala) in spring 2017, and will hold a CRISPR/Cas9 workshop in April. Please contact PTF Director Matthew Willmann (mrw6@cornell.edu, 607-254-1466) if you have need of our services. For more information go to the CALS Plant Transformation Facility web site.
Read more:
- Cornell nets $7 million NSF grant for corn study (Cornell Chronicle study on Scanlon’s maize research)
- Scanlon research site