Project description:Purpose: To understand the effects of two different chemical forms of iron fertilizer on cadmium accumulation Methods:Cultivation and treatment for three weeks of dwarf Polish wheat seedlings by hydroponics, in triplicate, qRT–PCR validation was performed using TaqMan and SYBR Green assays Results: Iron fertilizer can effectively reduce cadmium concentration in plants Conclusions: Our study represents the different chemical forms of iron fertilizer have different mitigation effects on cadmium. The transcriptome gata showed that iron fertilizer have changed the cadimium metabolism
Project description:Bio-electrospray, the direct jet-based cell handling apporach, is able to handle a wide range of cells. Studies at the genomic, genetic, and the physiological level have shown that, post-treatment, cellular integrity is unperturbed and a high percentage (>70%, compared to control) of cells remain viable. Although, these results are impressive, it may be argued that cell based systems are oversimplistic. This study utilizing a well characterised multicellular model organism, the non-parasitic nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Nematodes were subjected to bio-electrosprays to demonstrate that bio-electrosprays can be safely applied to nematodes.