We also used Strawberries. Extracting DNA from strawberries works really well and the kids really get excited. The DNA is a little bit of white goo floating in the solution, but the reality of having DNA isolated seems to really interest people.
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is an interesting image, BTW, in part because of the incongruity of > bananas in a lab. > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Steven Desjardins <drd1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> lol. It's a solution with chromium ions used in an oscillating >> chemical reaction called the Belousov-Zabotinsky reaction. The >> bananas were being used in a demo on extracting DNA. Both experiments >> were part of a summer alumni event called "Family Adventures in >> Science". Their proximity was fortuitous. >> >> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Daniel J. Matyola >> <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Is that dye or urine in those flasks? >>> >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Steven Desjardins <drd1...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-wcdDK8T/0/L/yellow-L.jpg >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Steve Desjardins >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> Steve Desjardins >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
