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SAE Opportunities
1. Exploratory. Visit a botanical garden, zoo, university,
or private corporation that has a facility which
micropropagates plants. Observe their protocol
for micropropagation and investigate what plant
materials they use for micropropagation.
2. Improvement. Create a tissue culture facility or clean
room at your school. Research what you can do to
successfully accomplish tissue culture without a
laminar fl ow hood.
3. Experimental. Use various media to prepare a plant via tissue culture.
4. Exploratory. Create a list of native plants in your state that are endangered. Discuss
how tissue culture and micropropagation could improve the chances for these plants
to survive in the future. Summarize this information in a video documentary, blog, or
virtual poster.
5. Placement. Find a job (paid or unpaid) at a laboratory facility that works with
micropropagation or tissue culture techniques.
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