Venue: Marienstraße 5, room 202/204
Lecturer(s): Alessandro Volpato
Day 1: 24.October 9.15 - 12.30 / 13.30 - 16.45
Day 2: 25.October 9.15 - 12.30
Introduction to the Do-It-Yourself biology lab:
- Examples of bioart, and how to produce art using biological agents
- Rules of the lab
- Description and introduction to lab equipment
- Brainstorming session to shape up ideas
The course serves as introduction to the DIY BioLab and its routine.
Activities:
- Lecture: how to work in a lab
- Practice: how to cultivate microbes (slime mold)
- Inputs: brainstorming session about design and experiment
Work: document the outcome of the brain storming session
Main topics will be:
- Safety in the BioLab
- Introduction to lab equipment
- Introduction to lab organisms, setting and taking care of cultures
- Drafting and conceiving projects involving biological agents
Admission and Contact:
- No previous experience in a laboratory is required
- Write a short E-Mail introducing yourself and the motivation that brought you to the course. If you have a project in mind, describe the idea in a couple of sentence.
- Alessandro Volpato
- E-Mail: alessandro.volpato@uni-weimar.de