GMU:DIY Biolab “Driver’s License”/Sinan Chen

October 25th

Learned about slime molds. Extracted slim molds on the agar medium in two plastic culture dishes, one fed by oats in a cube shape and another in circle shape. And I intended to find out if they can grow in the way I expected.

November 1st

Checked the growing of the slime molds after one week. Out of expectation, they grew in different directions and didn't form a specific shape. On the cube dish, slime molds grew around 2 of the oats; on the circle dish, they grew around 4 of the oats with different amounts. However, something interesting is that they both grew on the walls of the dishes and seemed like trees.

November 29th－IDEA

Growing slime molds on a face-like pattern. According to the situations they grow, it can be imagined as different hair styles or beard and so on. Also, it can be imagined people will be in different emotions (happiness, sadness ,confusing...)according to the all kinds of hair styles.

December 13th

Extracted the slime molds in three different dishes on the agar medium. One is the tube with oats randomly to imagine the faces or other figures on the wall of the tube. The second one is the dish with a cutting face and put the oats on the head, also slime molds were put on three of them. The last one is the dish with 5 oats in a line without being restricted by the face.

December 14th

Observed the change of the growing at 12pm and 21:30pm.