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GROWN

TO GLOW
A Hanging Garden INC. Operation

Logo Credit: Morgan Boothe


The Goal
Solve the energy crisis
- Current solutions are finding
alternative energy
- We want to reduce energy
consumption
- Glowing plants
The SCIENCE
Modified pGLO for plant
❏ “Plasmidify”
Luciferase
❏ Use agrobacterium
rather than E. Coli
❏ Agrobacterium as
transport
Possible Techniques
Gene Gun: Electroporation: Xylem Transport:
❏ Coating a ❏ Opening up ❏ Plant absorbs
small metal plant pores solution
pellet with with (water and
DNA and electricity and glowing
firing it into implement medium)
the target DNA with through
seed transport xylem
Glowing Plant
⊷ Reaction does not release
heat, so it is highly efficient.
⊷ Will give off soft glowing light
⊶ Multiple colors will be
provided
Our Product
● Our end result will be
useful because it will
provide alternate light
sources

● This won’t replace the


light sources we have
because we need
various sources in order
to sustain ourselves
Three Main Uses
Novelty Gifts Energy Saving Disaster Relief
Anniversaries, Lights that have to Send fast growing
birthdays, stay on for long seeds to places
black light dances, periods of time like devastated by
weddings, nightlights, garden natural disasters
valentines day, lights, and street (like hurricanes).
and more! lamps can be
replaced by
glowing plants. Also can be used
in power outages
Specific Products
Nightlights Garden Lighting Disaster Relief
Our first product. A way to line garden A cheap and easy to
Small and easy to paths, without using transport version that
test. electric or solar lights can be used in areas
Plants: Starry for night time use. without electricity like
succulents and Plants: Radiant rock hurricane devastated
fluorescent flowers cacti, bushes, shining places.
saplings, ect.

Holiday lights Streetlights


Lanterns A large, unrealistic
Environmentally
A possible disaster friendly and safer. goal that shows the
relief option. Quick Instead of christmas eventual
and easy to care for. lights on your tree put opportunities that
vines and flowers! glowing plants
Pumpkins that can provide.
glow without a candle Plants: Large trees
“ “This way to produce light
is much better if it can be
made brighter”
- Thomas Lobl, PhD
Packaging

Insert picture of packaging


Funding
We would get the money needed to do
this by petitioning for government grants
and crowdfunding pages such as Go
Fund Me.
Sources
⊷ https://www.quora.com/Which-particular-plant-has-the-highest-rate-of-photosynthesis
⊷ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15215583
⊷ https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/527-how-to-add-foreign-dna-to-bacteria
⊷ https://news.mongabay.com/2013/06/why-bioluminescent-fungi-glow-in-the-dark/
⊷ https://www.amazon.com/Grow-Your-Own-Cactus-Seeds/dp/B004D0TD2E
⊷ http://photobiology.info/LeeBasicBiolum.html
⊷ http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/color-changing-carnations-224656
⊷ https://www.quora.com/Which-particular-plant-has-the-highest-rate-of-photosynthesis
⊷ http://homeguides.sfgate.com/fastest-growing-flower-seeds-47873.html

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Sources
⊷ “pGlo Transformation.” BABEC: Bay Area Bioscience Education Community,
babec.org/gfp-transformation/.
⊷ https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/527-how-to-add-foreign-dna-to-bacteria
⊷ https://makezine.com/2013/05/16/diy-synthetic-biology-making-your-own-glowing-plants/
⊷ http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0015461
⊷ https://www.thelightbulb.co.uk/resources/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/led-lumens-to-watts-con
version-chart.png
⊷ http://news.mit.edu/2017/engineers-create-nanobionic-plants-that-glow-1213
⊷ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2980496/
⊷ https://www.noao.edu/education/QLTkit/ACTIVITY_Documents/Safety/LightLevels_outdoor+indo
or.pdf
Sources
⊷ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxfire
⊷ https://www.amazon.com/Glow-Dark-Mushroom-Growing-Habitat/dp/B01KMA6NJE
⊷ Krichevsky, Alexander, et al. “Autoluminescent Plants.” PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science,
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0015461.
⊷ http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0015461
⊷ “DIY Synthetic Biology: Making Your Own Glowing Plants | Make:” Make: DIY Projects and Ideas
for Makers, Make: Projects, 17 May 2013,
makezine.com/2013/05/16/diy-synthetic-biology-making-your-own-glowing-plants/.
⊷ https://makezine.com/2013/05/16/diy-synthetic-biology-making-your-own-glowing-plants/

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