GMU:DIY BioLab

Marienstraße 7b, Room 202, 99423 Weimar

Contact:
Mindaugas Gapševičius, mindaugas.gapsevicius [at] uni-weimar.de,
Alessandro Volpato, alessandro.volpato [at] uni-weimar.de

Hygieneconcept

ENGLISH File:Hygieneconcept-DIY-Biolab-(16.11.20)_ENGLISH.pdf
GERMAN File:Hygienekonzept-DIY-Biolab-(16.11.20)_DEUTSCH.pdf

The procedure in short

Coordination of booking on this Wiki-page (see above)
Keys for the Biolab are handed out in the secretary's office against signature, or can be borrowed from the room managers for the time of use
Recording of the attendance times of students via the occupancy list
Registration of contact data via the available form
The room must be adequately ventilated before leaving.

Short introduction to our DIY Bio-Lab

Welcome to our DIY Bio-Lab at Bauhaus University Weimar

Before you start using our microscopes, the laminar hood or chemicals, please take a couple of hours to prepare beforehand:

book an introduction to the microscopes and understand how to use them
watch two videos and learn how to use microliter pipettes
get some basic vocabulary about lab- equipment
read about your organism, before you start growing it
research some recipes for the medium your organism needs

Microscope

das saubere Mikroskop
The Bresser Microscope (the big one) Manual

these kind of pictures are possible with the Bresser microscope. Full rez SomeniceBacteria.JPG
another one of common mold spore heads. Full rez Moldondictyostelium.JPG

microliter pipettes

vocabulary

Medium

What kind of medium you want to prepare and what your organism needs you have to find out yourself.

See available /chemicals in the lab.

Current Organisms

If you want to work with one of these organisms, please present a short concept to GMU Staff during opening hours. If you want to work with another organism please contact us.

Animal Store in Weimar

This store has living Artemia, Daphnia, Nematocera (Chironomus & Chaoborus) and Enchytraeen ( Enchytraeus albidus). They sell them in small bags and it costs less than a coffee. Each Tuesday they will have a new delivery of these fresh organisms. It is possible for them to get other 'fish food' as well.