GMU:DIY BioLab

Marienstraße 7b, Room 202, 99423 Weimar

Contact:
Mindaugas Gapševičius, mindaugas.gapsevicius [at] uni-weimar.de,
Julian Chollet, julian [at] mikrobiomik.org

Booking

To reserve a workspace, please write your name and the Nr. of the workspace next to the timeslot. 2 Students can work in the lab at the same time. For example: Julian (#1); Miga (#2). Depending on the availability, you can also book the Biolab for 2 or more hours. If you need an introduction to the hardware - please specify it in brackets. When one of the supervisors is present, the lab can be used by more than 2 people. Please read the Hygiene concept (below) for more information.

Workspace #1 includes the Lab-Workbenches and the Binocular-Microscope ("the small one")
Workspace #2 includes the the two small tables, a computer and the Bresser-Microscope ("the big one")

Timeslots

10.12.2020 (supervised by miga)

10:30 - 11:30 – Sascha Mirtschin / Mon Sisu Satrawaha
11:30 - 12:30 – Sascha Mirtschin / Denise Nicolau
12:30 - 13:30 – Denise Nicolau / (put your name here)
13:30 - 14:30 – (put your name here) / (put your name here)
14:30 - 15:30 – (put your name here) / Liz – Can we meet at 15:00? It will be 8:00 in Iowa. :)

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

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  these kind of pictures are possible with the Bresser microscope. Full rez SomeniceBacteria.JPG

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  another one of common mold spore heads. Full rez Moldondictyostelium.JPG

• The Masterflex microscope ("the small one")
• The laminar hood

microliter pipettes

• Micropipetting
• School Pipetting 101 Common Errors

vocabulary

• Laboratory equipment
• Lab Equipment Quiz
• pH

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

• Physarum Polycephalum
• Euglena
• Amoeba proteus
• Armillaria gallica
• Hydra_Vulgaris
• Haematococcus pluvialis

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.

Protocols

• Euglena
• Amoeba
• Physarum Polycephalum
• Disctyostelium

Further Information

Research projects

• PhyChip
• Biogames

Current Courses and Activities around Biolab

• Experimental Microbiology
• Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things
• Genes&Clones

Latest Courses

• Experimental Microbiology
• BioArt
• Bioart_Introduction
• BioGames

Latest workshops

• MediaArt and Biotechnology
• Workshop on BioGames
• BioMedia Science 2 Arts- Molecular Biology entering the public space

Links

• Diysect Webseries about BioArt

Photos

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