Danforth Plant and Science Center/Bridges Park Field Trip

 The St. Louis Community College at Bridges Park is a facility that gives students at the college a chance to work directly with Biotechnology companies.

Danforth BRDG-park

The field trip began with a tour of the Danforth Plant and Science Center. The tour guide showed the students a high powered electron microscope that can see very small objects such as viruses. 

 Using the 3-D glasses students can see the photographs from the electron microscope.

The photos seem to jump off the wall. Students tried to touch the virus particles as they came to life.

Students watch as the Lab workers collect and measure plants that will be tested for the possible use of jet fuel. 

 The tour of the green house gave the students a chance to see how Biotechnology is using plants to help create better plants for third world countries. Students enjoyed the type of work that biotechnology careers offered at the Danforth Plant and Science Center. 

Patrick looks at different plants in the greenhouse.





 

The tour guide explanded how the plants were geneticly changed to withstand drough conditions that would be problens in some of the third world countries.

Laboratory and Pharmacy Major students at the
Danforth Plant and Science Center

The Lab and Pharmacy students learn how to isolate DNA for a plant leaf.  

After isolating DNA from a plant leaf the students learn how to add the reagent to the E-Gel using micropipets.

                  

On the left are the results of the samples taken from a plant. The students will use this gel to interpret results by measuring the different size bands in the gel.

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Danforth Plant and Science Center