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== 05.11.22 == | == 05.11.22 10 am to 2 pm== | ||
Plan: Projectdraft | |||
Presentation of some organisms | |||
-> Brainstorming to one organism in groups of 3-4 people (what can we do with it? how can we present that idea?) and create 5 ideas | |||
Creatures: | |||
slime mold: one big cell that grows toeards the food. What experiments can be done with it? Idea: how would slime mold plan rail networks | |||
Euglena (Algae): can photosynthesize and reuse CO2 ; moves slowly towards the light | |||
Mycelium: Idea: modular bricks for building structures | |||
Glow in the dark mushrooms (pomellus stipticus): idea: exitlights/nightlights filled with mushrooms | |||
Combucha (yeast and bacteria living together) creating paperlike structure when dried | |||
One hour to make up 5 ideas | |||
-> Why? How? What? | |||
1. Exit signs from glowing mushrooms (brightness?lifetime?) | |||
why? no, electricity but importance of finding the exit | |||
how? Glowing mushroom jars | |||
What? Exit signs and emergency paths | |||
2. Animation with Euglena (filming them moving towards the light; making templates that partly block out the light to create pictures etc.) | |||
why? for entertainment | |||
how? templates, light, experimentation | |||
what? animations, music videos, stop motion animation etc. | |||
3. Lampshade from dried Combucha for interesting light effects | |||
why? warm light and interesting patterns | |||
how? dry the combucha, make patterns for the lampshades | |||
what? Lampshades; windowshades | |||
4. plates with slimemold layered to create interesting paintings | |||
why? new technique for artists; new medium | |||
how? slime mold grown on transparent plates, layered behind one another | |||
what? layered "paintings" | |||
5. Pens made from mycelium | |||
why? less plastic is used | |||
how? develop case for pens out of mycelium | |||
what? compostable pen cases; maybe Diy Kits for teens | |||
- 20 Minute break - | |||
Group session 2 | |||
-> Develop one of our ides further; chosen idea: glowing exit signs | |||
== Chosen Organism: Euglena == | == Chosen Organism: Euglena == | ||
Revision as of 16:29, 27 January 2023
Documenation of the main Workshop 04.11.22
Plan for today (04.11) and tomorrow (05.11): -> cultivate first organism (mushroom) -> lab safety (how to work safely in the lab) -> getting to know the lab equipment -> Redesign the lab experience for our own home (How to make our own Diy-Biolab) -> lab ethics and values
Materials and manual for growing first organisms:
Different organisms need different things to grow
examples: -> Algae can photosynthesize; they need light and salt -> slime mold (unicellar organisms that expand in search of food; they're neither fungi nor mushrooms) -> bacteria
- We had a break from 11:45 am to 01:30 pm -
Building a Diy-Lab at home
Resources :
Equipment:
local shopping
-> hardware store (tables with a glass or ceramic top)
-> bricolage market
-> artists shop
-> pharmacies
online shopping
-> amazon; new equipment
-> Ebay; used equipment
-> Aliexpress; quick and cheap
consumables (cottonswabs/gloves etc.)
-> amazon; for small fast delivery
-> aliexpress; for cheap batch delivery
-> alibaba
-> specialised onlineshops; more or less specialised producers and retailers
chemicals
-> Buying at local stores (check cross-application; check purity grade according to use)
-> online shopping (check if law allows private purchase)
-> maybe extract your chemicals from mixtures (know what you are doing and with whom)
Growing our own mushrooms
For the Mycofabrication session we used Reishi (Ganoderma Lucidum)
what do we need?
1. Mushroom/spores where can you find it:
online shops -> Pilzmännchen.de -> MycoGenetics the forest: -> on the ground -> on dead logs or living trees
2. Substrates (mushroom food):
buy at local stores or online -> Bricolage market (saw dust) -> Pet shop -> Carpenter
3. Knowledge
Books:
Mycelium running: how mushrooms can help save the world (2004)
Organic mushroom farming and mycoremediation (2014)
Radical Mycology: A Treatise on Seeing & working with Fungi (2016)
The fifth kingdom; An introduction to mycology Bryce Kendrick (2017)
Academical knowledge
first -> wikipedia and sources (gives good overview; sources; scientific papers)
second -> academic papers (google schola; unpaywall.org; if behind paywall: ask for copy; wikipedia.org/Sci-Hub: grey area of copy right)
"if you have a big goal break it up into small goals you can achieve"
Ethics and values in the lab
-> respect for our creatures
-> respect for lab partners
-> don't take criticism personally
-> only go to the lab when you are healthy and in the right mood (concentrated; healthy; good mindful mindstate)
-> respect time and projects of others (name everything; report when things run out or get broken)
How to respect our creatures and each other:
-> what is the specimen? (mushroom parts still thrive even if you take parts of it for example)
-> destroy things that aren't from here
-> nothing leaves the lab alive unless it comes from the natural habitat outside
-> we work to help understand more for everyone (goal: sustainability)
-> respect experts from other fields (everybody can provide value)
-> be inclusive; everybody is equal
05.11.22 10 am to 2 pm
Plan: Projectdraft
Presentation of some organisms
-> Brainstorming to one organism in groups of 3-4 people (what can we do with it? how can we present that idea?) and create 5 ideas
Creatures:
slime mold: one big cell that grows toeards the food. What experiments can be done with it? Idea: how would slime mold plan rail networks
Euglena (Algae): can photosynthesize and reuse CO2 ; moves slowly towards the light
Mycelium: Idea: modular bricks for building structures
Glow in the dark mushrooms (pomellus stipticus): idea: exitlights/nightlights filled with mushrooms
Combucha (yeast and bacteria living together) creating paperlike structure when dried
One hour to make up 5 ideas -> Why? How? What?
1. Exit signs from glowing mushrooms (brightness?lifetime?)
why? no, electricity but importance of finding the exit how? Glowing mushroom jars What? Exit signs and emergency paths
2. Animation with Euglena (filming them moving towards the light; making templates that partly block out the light to create pictures etc.)
why? for entertainment how? templates, light, experimentation what? animations, music videos, stop motion animation etc.
3. Lampshade from dried Combucha for interesting light effects
why? warm light and interesting patterns
how? dry the combucha, make patterns for the lampshades
what? Lampshades; windowshades
4. plates with slimemold layered to create interesting paintings
why? new technique for artists; new medium
how? slime mold grown on transparent plates, layered behind one another
what? layered "paintings"
5. Pens made from mycelium
why? less plastic is used how? develop case for pens out of mycelium what? compostable pen cases; maybe Diy Kits for teens
- 20 Minute break -
Group session 2
-> Develop one of our ides further; chosen idea: glowing exit signs
Chosen Organism: Euglena
To-Do's
- grow Euglena
- care for Euglena
- work out a creative Projekt using Euglena