Who Wants to be a Genetic Engineer? This interactive animation invites the viewer to decide and place in order, the steps they would need to take to develop two genetically engineered plants.
Lateral Flow Strip Test This animation illustrates the concepts of protein detection using the lateral flow strip method. This method is simliar to ELISA and is utilized in detecting GMOs, among other applications.
Herbicide Uptake by Leaves and Cells This animation describes how herbicides are taken up by leaves and illustrates how physico-chemical characteristics alter their movement across cuticles. Passive and active mechanisms of herbicide absorption across plant membranes into cells are shown as well.
Herbicide Uptake by Roots This animation shows how herbicides are taken up by roots and illustrates the path the herbicide takes across the root to reach the vascular system of the plant.
Transpiration This animation details how water moves through plants and how various factors affect this movement.
Water movement through roots This animation follows the movement of a water molecule from the soil into a root where it encounters several paths of transport until it reaches the xylem.
Enzyme Action This animation shows the role of EPSP synthase in binding shikimate-3-phosphate and PEP.
Plant Breeding Activity This interactive activity goes through the basic process used in a traditional breeding program. Crossing, genetic variation, selection and elements of DNA technology are discussed within this activity. The material is aimed towards high school or introductory life science undergraduate students.
Backcross Breeding How the conventional breeding method of backcross breeding is done.
This is the seventh of a series of seven animations that detail the
process of crop genetic engineering.
Bacteria Transformation Illustrates the beginning stages of gene cloning. This animation shows how plasmids become recombinant and are inserted into bacteria cells. This is the second of four animations detailing the gene cloning process.
Corn Crossing An interactive animation first demonstrating how controlled crosses are made in corn then asking the learner to click and drag objects to make a controlled cross of their own.
Corn Rootworm Lifecycle This animation shows the lifecycle of the corn rootworm, as well as showing what happens when corn rootworm larvae consume roots containing Bt.
DNA and DNA Extraction The DNA Structure and how it makes up genes and chromosomes in the cell. This is the second of a series of seven animations that detail the process of crop genetic engineering.
DNA Extraction for Plants This animation shows details on DNA extraction methods for plant material.
ECB and Bt This animation shows how Bt causes death in the European corn borer (ECB).
ECB Generation map The generation map shows the different regions of the United States and how many European corn borer generations occur in each.
ECB Lifecycle This animation goes through the life cycle of the European corn borer and how Bt affects the insect.
ECB Movement map The animation shows how the European corn borer moved across the United States from east to west.
Gene Cloning A basic depiction of the steps in the gene cloning. This is the third of a series of seven animations that detail the process of crop genetic engineering.
Gene Gun How the gene gun works to transform cells with new DNA. This is the
sixth of a series of seven animations that detail the process of crop
genetic engineering.
Gene Modification This animations shows how a gene is constructed to eventually produce a protein in a Bt corn plant. This is the fifth of a series of seven animations that detail the process of crop genetic engineering.
Herbicide Affects on the Chlorophyll Pathway This animation illustrates how herbicides affect the chlorophyll pathway and ultimately cause lipid peroxidation.
Herbicide Competition This animation shows how herbicides competes with PEP to alter the function of an enzyme.
Herbicide Metabolism: Conjugation General and specific examples of major Phase II reactions showing conjugation of herbicides with glutathione, sugars, or amino acids are illustrated in this animation.
Herbicide Metabolism: Hydrolysis General and specific examples of major hydrolytic Phase I reactions are shown in this animation.
Herbicide Metabolism: Overall This animation follows the metabolism of a herbicide in a plant cell as its structure is changed through Phase I, II, and III reactions.
Herbicide Metabolism: Oxidation General and specific examples of major oxidative Phase I reactions are shown in this animation.
Herbicide Metabolism: Reduction General and specific examples of major reductive Phase I reactions are shown in this animation.
Herbicide Metabolism: Secondary Conjugation General and specific examples of Phase III reactions showing secondary conjugation of sugar conjugates with malonic acid.
Herbicide Metabolism: Vacuolar Sequestration and Insoluble Residues General and specific examples of Phase III reactions involving herbicide metabolite transport into vacuoles or incorporation into cell walls.
Herbicide Resistance Illustrates how selection for herbicide resistance occurs.
Marker Assisted Selection Animation showing how plant breeding has changed over time, including the use of molecular markers.
Overview of Crop Genetic Engineering A general look at the process of crop genetic engineering.
This is the first of a series of seven animations that detail the process of crop genetic engineering.
Overview of Electron Transfer Between Photosystems This animation shows how a chlorophyll molecule captures light energy and excites an electron to begin photosynthesis.
Population Dynamics of Palmer Amaranth This animation examines several states of a weed species during the growing season and studies the transitions that occur between each state.
Protein Synthesis - A general overview This animation shows the transcription process of RNA within the plant cell. Single stranded RNA moves out of the cell where it is translated into proteins. This is the first in a series of three animations on protein synthesis.
Refuge Designs with YieldGard Rootworm Corn This animation discusses the importance of Insect Resistance Management (IRM) and illustrates different field refuge designs.
Relationship Between Herbicide Effectiveness and Resistance Development Discusses the relationship between herbicide effectiveness and resistance development.
Spindle Fiber Inhibition This animation shows how herbicides interfere with mitosis by inhibiting spindle fiber development.
Sub-Soil Contact This animation shows how plants uptake herbicides from the soil.
Target Site Resistance Illustrates both susceptibility and resistance for single and multiple target sites in herbicides.
Transgene Design This is an interactive animation that asks the viewer to design a gene by selecting the promoter and coding region that will produce a plant with the desired traits.
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