Fluorescent Yeast Genetic Engineering Kit

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Fluorescent Yeast Genetic Engineering Kit

Name: Fluorescent Yeast Genetic Engineering Kit
Brand: The Open Discovery Institute
SKU: GENETICYEAST
Price: 179.00 USD
Availability: InStock

In this kit, you'll introduce a GFP plasmid into yeast using the lithium acetate transformation method, grow colonies on selective agar, and observe fluorescent expression under blue light. The techniques you practice here map directly to what happens in advanced eukaryotic and mammalian cell work.

$179.00 USD

Width: 30.48 (cm)
Height: 25.40 (cm)
Depth: 15.24 (cm)

Fluorescent Yeast Genetic Engineering Kit

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Product Details

Engineer yeast - the organism behind bread, beer, and the world's first recombinant insulin - to produce glowing proteins. Your first step into eukaryotic genetic engineering.

Bacteria are a great starting point for genetic engineering. But yeast is where things get more interesting. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a eukaryote - its cells are organized more like human cells than bacterial cells are. That's why scientists used it to pioneer recombinant insulin in the 1980s, and why it's now central to research on aging, cancer biology, and next-generation therapeutics.

Who Is It For

A next step after bacterial engineering if you want to work with a eukaryotic organism and learn a different transformation workflow.

It is ideal for biotech students covering eukaryotic cell biology, as well as anyone curious about how organisms like yeast are engineered to produce useful compounds at an industrial scale.

Next step after bacteria kits

Biotech students

Eukaryotic cell biology

Yeast genetic engineering

Advanced hands-on learning

What's Included

Lab Supplies

Agar preparation bottle

Adjustable micropipette (10–100 µL)

Pipette tips

Sterile inoculation loops

Petri plates

Tube rack

50mL test tube for measuring

Microcentrifuge tubes

Nitrile gloves

Orange UV filter sheet + Blue LED light

Biological Materials

Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast strain

Preengineered strain of yeast containing GFP plasmid, freeze dried

Yeast GFP expression plasmid (100ng/uL)

Media & Reagents

YPD agar

Selective YPD agar (G418)

Transformation buffer (0% PEG 8000, 200mM LiAc, 0.1mg/mL salmon sperm DNA)

YPD broth

Sterile water

Shipping & Storage

Some items require refrigeration and freezer storage upon arrival.

Includes yeast transformation protocol, guide to yeast genetics, calibrated micropipette, and 14 petri plates.

What You Will Do

Prepare yeast cells for transformation using the lithium acetate method

Introduce a GFP expression plasmid into live yeast cells

Plate on selective agar and grow transformed colonies

Visualize fluorescence using the included blue light and UV filter

What You Will Learn

These are the same fundamental skills that show up throughout molecular biology and biotechnology labs.

Eukaryotic Complexity

Why eukaryotic genetic engineering is more complex than bacterial work - and why that complexity matters.

Eukaryotic Gene Expression

How gene expression and protein production differ between eukaryotes and bacteria.

Yeast Transformation

Yeast transformation techniques used in academic and industrial labs.

Yeast Applications

Why yeast is the workhorse organism for pharmaceutical production and aging research.

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Step-by-Step Protocols

Every kit includes clear, easy-to-follow protocols that guide you through each experiment from start to finish.

Follow the steps at your own pace, and use the notes along the way to check your progress and troubleshoot.

Fluorescent Yeast Genetic Engineering Kit Guide

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I’d be very appreciative if Odin started selling crispr kits for insects! I love the yeast and bacteria kits I’ve gotten so far, feel free to contact me if insect kits ever happen