The ElectroPen

Inspired by a household barbeque lighter, we developed a 23-cent electroporator or ElectroPen, to deliver DNA into E coli cells.

This work was published with by high school student, Gaurav Byagathvalli, as the lead author and his teacher, Janet Standeven, as a co-author. Using this low-cost electroporator (ElectroPen), we brought the power of synthetic biology to budget-conscious laboratories like high schools.

See links below to learn more and build your own ElectroPen:
(Insert link to PLOS Bio paper Lambert WIKI and Scientific American article)
https://2018.igem.org/Team:Lambert_GA
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000589
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/diy-tool-lets-high-schoolers-practice-gene-editing