Hermes Biomaterials founder Connor Thorpe runs a gene gun for genome editing on onion epidermis at Hermes Biomaterials Lab in Ames on Aug. 15. The gun delivers DNA to the samples using a gold plated ...
Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest resistance and other valuable traits. That technology, which loads genetic ...
Iowa State engineers, left to right, Connor Thorpe and Shan Jiang helped invent the "Flow Guiding Barrel," which improves gene gun performance for the genetic modification of plants. Jiang is holding ...