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GMU:Diy biolab drivers license SoSe26

2026-03-27T07:16:40Z

Alessandro Volpato: Added DIY BioLab Driver's licence description

''Venue:'' Marienstraße 5, room 202/204

''Lecturer(s):'' Alessandro Volpato

Friday 17.04.26 / 9.15 - 12.15

Friday 24.04.26 / 9.15 - 12.45

Friday 08.05.26 / 9.15 - 12.45

''Modules'':

Introduction to the Do-It-Yourself biology lab:

* Examples of bioart, and how to produce art using biological agents
* Rules of the lab
* Safety in the lab
* Description and introduction to lab equipment
* Brainstorming session to shape up ideasStructuring projects and work in a biology lab:

* Brainstorming session
* Sorting and refining ideas
* Translating the concepts into feasible and reasonable project plans
* How to execute a project in a biology labPhotography and videography with microscopes:

* Basic understanding of microscopy concepts
* Training in using a microscope and a stereoscope
* Taking pictures and video at the microscopes
* Sample preparation

The course serves as introduction to the DIY BioLab and its routine.

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

GMU:Start

2026-03-27T07:06:43Z

Alessandro Volpato: /* SS 2026 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses */

This is the wiki of the Media Environments chair. For the public website please refer to https://www.uni-weimar.de/gmu

==Featured Projects==
{|cellpadding="2px" cellspacing="2px" border="0" style="margin:10px 10px 10px 0; font-size:0.8em; line-height: 1;"
|width="300px"|[[File:Markt-und-Maus-2.jpg|300px|plug and pray|link=GMU:BFA MFA Finals#Stefan Pach: Markt und Maus]]

[[GMU:BFA MFA Finals#Stefan Pach: Markt und Maus |Markt und Maus]] (Market and Mouse) [[Stefan Pach |Stefan Pach]]

How can we make mice live by the rules of investment banking?

To improve the understanding of the dynamics of finance markets the "Market and Mouse"-System tries to simulate a part of the fiscal universe. The main analysis focuses on the aspect of investment banking. This is the field with the biggest possible profit. "Market and Mouse" investigates how mice decide if they have to choose between high risk but high value options and less lucrative possibilities.
 
 

|width="26px"|
|width="300px"|[[File:Brume1.jpg|300px|Brume|link=GMU:BFA MFA Finals#Sebastian Wolf .26 Michael Kugler: Brume]]

[http://einsdreidrei.com/Brume Brume] by [[Sebastian Wolf]] & Michael Kugler

In 'Brume', the artist duo Michael Kugler and Sebastian Wolf investigate immateriality by coaxing fog into a semi-geometrical, self-organizing form. The viewer becomes a catalyst for disturbance, generating turbulences that not only illustrate the carrying power of the air, but upset a perceived equilibrium, and reveal the spatial and temporal volatility of such a phenomenon. 'Brume' operates in the margins between ubiquity and the finite, symmetry and the amorphous, transience and permanence, and gesturing at the paradox of immateriality.
|-

|width="300px"|[[File:super-boxen front.jpg|Synbio|link=GMU:Synthetic Biology]]
|width="26px"|
|width="300px"|[[File:Plug and pray.png|300px|plug and pray|link=Mental Radio Arbeiten#Jörg Brinkmann: plug and pray]]

|-
|Super Cell is a fictional supermarket website offering speculative products related to Synthetic Biology and our project for iGEM 2010. [[GMU:Synthetic Biology|Super Cell]]
|
|„You shall not make for yourself an idol...“

...just google it.

plug & pray is an interactive artwork that allows believers to pray through their computer. plug & pray makes the search for God easier, with the help of the internet. plug & pray works as if you were praying. Believers use the pray device that activates a google image search for the word „God“ on the act of praying. plug & pray believers see the results of their prayers as spiritualized video, projected before their very eyes. [[Mental Radio Arbeiten#Jörg Brinkmann: plug and pray|Jörg Brinkmann: plug and pray]]
|}

Check out our archives with [[GMU:Works|student works]] and [[GMU:BFA MFA Finals|thesis works]] of BFA and MFA graduates.
 

== Research and Teaching Faculty ==
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Professor '''[[GMU:Ursula_Damm|Ursula Damm]]''' 
Marienstraße 5, Raum 304 
99423 Weimar 
Telefon:. +49 3643 / 58-3607 
E-Mail: ursula.damm [at] uni-weimar.de 
[http://www.ursuladamm.de ursuladamm.de] 
 
|

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Artistic Associate 
'''[[GMU:Mindaugas Gapševičius|Mindaugas Gapševičius]]''' 
Marienstraße 5, Raum 208 
99423 Weimar 
Telefon: +49 3643 /58-3871 
E-Mail: mindaugas.gapsevicius [at] uni-weimar.de 
[http://www.triple-double-u.com triple-double-u.com] 
 
|}

Artistic Associate 
'''[[GMU:Alexander König|Alexander König]]''' 
Marienstraße 5, Raum 208 
99423 Weimar 
E-Mail: alexander.koenig [at] uni-weimar.de
[http://www.media-art-theory.com www.media-art-theory.com] 
 

Artistic Associate 
'''[[GMU:Isabella Lee Arturo|Isabella Lee Arturo]]''' 
Marienstraße 5, Raum 305 
99423 Weimar 
Telefon: +49 3643 /58-3871 
E-Mail: isabella.lee.arturo@uni-weimar.de isabella Lee Arturo[at] uni-weimar.de 
 
===[[GMU:Personen|other staff]]===

==SS 2026 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses==
* [[GMU:Patterns|Patterns]] - Prof. Ursula Damm, Mindaugas Gapševičius
* [[GMU:Translating_the_Grid|Translating the Grid]] - Mindaugas Gapševičius, Felix Bonowski, Alessandro Volpato, partners from Lumina project
* [[Immersive Spaces (Part II): Art Installations with TouchDesigner]] - Isabella Lee Arturo
* [[Relational interactions|Relational interactions]] - Prof. Ursula Damm, Prof. Kerstin Ergenzinger, Mindaugas Gapševičius
* [[GMU:Diy biolab drivers license SoSe26|Diy biolab drivers license SoSe26]] - Alessandro Volpato

== WS 2025 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==
* [[GMU:Back-to-Ecosystems|Back to Ecosystems]] - Mindaugas Gapševičius, Isabella Lee Arturo, Bethan Hughes
* [[GMU:sensing-the-campus|Sensing the Campus]] - Christian Doeller
* [[GMU:Wetlands|Wetlands]] - Prof. Angeliki Poulou, Prof. Laura Beloff, Prof. Kerstin Ergenzinger, Prof. Ursula Damm, Dr. Mindaugas Gapševičius, Prof. Dimitris Charitos, Prof. Alexandros Kontogeorgakopoulos, Prof. Katerina Antonopoulou, Prof. Haris Rizopoulos, Felix Bonowski
* [[GMU:Relationship patterns in the environments|Relationship patterns in the environments]] (Beziehungsmuster in den Umwelten) - Dr. Klaus Herbst (Fritze)
* [[GMU:Diy biolab drivers license WiSe25|Diy biolab drivers license WiSe25]] - Alessandro Volpato
* [[GMU:Computer aided fabrication in the wilderness WiSe25|Computer aided fabrication in the wilderness]] - Felix Bonowski
* [[Immersive Spaces (Part I): Art Installations with TouchDesigner and more]] - Isabella Lee Arturo
* [[DataNatures]] - Verena Friedrich, Dr. Klaus Herbst (Fritze), Dr. Alexander König

== SS 2025 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==
* [[GMU:Technosolutionism + Silicone Nightmares|Technosolutionism + Silicone Nightmares]] - Bethan Hughes
* [[GMU:Hallucinating computers and dreaming non-machines|Hallucinating computers and dreaming non-machines]] - Prof. Ursula Damm, Isabella Lee Arturo, Dr. Mindaugas Gapševičius
* [[GMU:Re-enchanting the field|Re-enchanting the field]] - Prof. Ursula Damm, Prof. Kerstin Ergenzinger, Mindaugas Gapševičius
* [[Speech-to-text-to-Actions]] - Isabella Lee Arturo
* [[Aesthetics of Macroworlds - An interdisciplinary journey into microscopic worlds using Touchdesigner]] - Dr. Alexander König, Alessandro Volpato
* [[The dimensions of Language - The functioning of AI between theory, practice and criticism.]] - Dr. Alexander König
* [[Touchdesigner Basics]] - Dr. Alexander König, Belcim Yavuz
* [[GMU:postcompost-forest-reset|PostCompost – Forest Reset]] - Christian Doeller, Klaus Fritze/Herbst, Prof. Ursula Damm
* [[GMU:Computer-aided-fabrication-in-the-wilderness|Computer aided fabrication in the wilderness]] - Felix Bonowski

== WS 2024 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==

* [https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/GMU:Cybernetic_Subjects_-_Ursula_Damm_(Georg_Trogemann) GMU:Cybernetic Subjects - Ursula Damm (Georg Trogemann)]
* [[GMU:Performing for Machines (Body Work in Cybernetic Systems) - Isabella Lee Arturo]]
* [[GMU:Exhibitionist! (how to do Art Exhibitions) - Isabella Lee Arturo]]
* [https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/GMU:The_Plant_Plant GMU:The Plant Plant – Christian Doeller, Klaus Fritze]
* [[GMU:Life_in_an_aquatic_ecosystem|GMU:Life in an aquatic ecosystem]] - Mindaugas Gapševičius, Alessandro Volpato

== SS 2024 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==
*[[GMU:Data as Artistic Material]] - Juliane Götz, Sebastian Neitsch (Künstlerduo Quadrature)
*[[GMU:Winning natural habitats]] - Mindaugas Gapševičius & Klaus Herbst
*[[GMU:Diy biolab drivers licence SoSe24|GMU:DIY BioLab Driver's license]] - Alessandro Volpato
*[[GMU:Growing microorganisms for bioart projects SoSe24|GMU:Growing microorganisms for bioart projects]] - Alessandro Volpato
*[[GMU:Embodiment Toolkit|GMU:Embodiment Toolkit]] - Christian Doeller

== WS 2023 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==
*[[GMU:Beings and Machines]] - Prof. Ursula Damm
*[[GMU:Non-machines]] - Mindaugas Gapševičius
*[[GMU:Tired Machines Orchestra]] - Christian Doeller
*[[GMU:Making the Artist Present. Exploring Performative Practices]] - Martin Mueller (Bauhaus.Modul)
*[[GMU:Diy biolab drivers licence|GMU:DIY BioLab Driver's licence]] - Alessandro Volpato
*[[GMU:Design with Fungi]] - Alessandro Volpato
*GMU: LICHEN Workshop The Lichenlounge featuring Edible Lichen - Dr. Klaus Fritze
*GMU: LICHEN Expedition: Biodiversity in Thuringia Forest - Dr. Klaus Fritze and Dr. Jan Vondrak

== SS 2023 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==
*[[GMU: Maps, Territories and Possibility Spaces]] - Prof. Ursula Damm
*[[GMU:Photosynthesis and I]] - Mindaugas Gapsevicius

== WS 2022 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==
===Projektmodule===
*[[GMU:Construction - Destruction|Construction - Destruction]] - Prof. Ursula Damm

{{GMU:Lehrveranstaltungen/SS23}}

== WS 2022/23 – Vergangene Lehrveranstaltungen – Previous Courses ==
{{GMU:Lehrveranstaltungen/WS22}}

== Lehrveranstaltungen (Archiv) – Previous Courses ==
{{GMU:Previous Semesters}}

== Equipment ==
* [[GMU:Equipment|GMU Equipment]] – ''Equipment for Students of the Media Environments (GMU)''
* [[Equipment|Mediapoint]] – ''Equipment for all Students of Media Art + Design''

== Inside GMU ==
* [[GMU:Mailinglist|GMU Mailingliste]] – ''sign up using the [http://listserv.uni-weimar.de/mailman/listinfo/gmu web-interface]
* [[GMU:Links|GMU Linklist]]

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GMU:Diy biolab drivers license WiSe25

2025-10-21T13:28:07Z

Alessandro Volpato:

''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

GMU:Diy biolab drivers license WiSe25

2025-10-08T08:59:05Z

Alessandro Volpato:

''Venue:'' Marienstraße 5, room 202/204

''Lecturer(s):'' Alessandro Volpato

''First meeting:'' Apr. 15th 2024

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

GMU:Diy biolab drivers license WiSe25

2025-10-08T08:55:27Z

Alessandro Volpato: Added course description

GMU:Start

2025-10-08T08:38:18Z

Alessandro Volpato: Added course

This is the wiki of the Media Environments chair. For the public website please refer to https://www.uni-weimar.de/gmu

==Featured Projects==
{|cellpadding="2px" cellspacing="2px" border="0" style="margin:10px 10px 10px 0; font-size:0.8em; line-height: 1;"
|width="300px"|[[File:Markt-und-Maus-2.jpg|300px|plug and pray|link=GMU:BFA MFA Finals#Stefan Pach: Markt und Maus]]

[[GMU:BFA MFA Finals#Stefan Pach: Markt und Maus |Markt und Maus]] (Market and Mouse) [[Stefan Pach |Stefan Pach]]

How can we make mice live by the rules of investment banking?

To improve the understanding of the dynamics of finance markets the "Market and Mouse"-System tries to simulate a part of the fiscal universe. The main analysis focuses on the aspect of investment banking. This is the field with the biggest possible profit. "Market and Mouse" investigates how mice decide if they have to choose between high risk but high value options and less lucrative possibilities.
 
 

|width="26px"|
|width="300px"|[[File:Brume1.jpg|300px|Brume|link=GMU:BFA MFA Finals#Sebastian Wolf .26 Michael Kugler: Brume]]

[http://einsdreidrei.com/Brume Brume] by [[Sebastian Wolf]] & Michael Kugler

In 'Brume', the artist duo Michael Kugler and Sebastian Wolf investigate immateriality by coaxing fog into a semi-geometrical, self-organizing form. The viewer becomes a catalyst for disturbance, generating turbulences that not only illustrate the carrying power of the air, but upset a perceived equilibrium, and reveal the spatial and temporal volatility of such a phenomenon. 'Brume' operates in the margins between ubiquity and the finite, symmetry and the amorphous, transience and permanence, and gesturing at the paradox of immateriality.
|-

|width="300px"|[[File:super-boxen front.jpg|Synbio|link=GMU:Synthetic Biology]]
|width="26px"|
|width="300px"|[[File:Plug and pray.png|300px|plug and pray|link=Mental Radio Arbeiten#Jörg Brinkmann: plug and pray]]

|-
|Super Cell is a fictional supermarket website offering speculative products related to Synthetic Biology and our project for iGEM 2010. [[GMU:Synthetic Biology|Super Cell]]
|
|„You shall not make for yourself an idol...“

...just google it.

plug & pray is an interactive artwork that allows believers to pray through their computer. plug & pray makes the search for God easier, with the help of the internet. plug & pray works as if you were praying. Believers use the pray device that activates a google image search for the word „God“ on the act of praying. plug & pray believers see the results of their prayers as spiritualized video, projected before their very eyes. [[Mental Radio Arbeiten#Jörg Brinkmann: plug and pray|Jörg Brinkmann: plug and pray]]
|}

Check out our archives with [[GMU:Works|student works]] and [[GMU:BFA MFA Finals|thesis works]] of BFA and MFA graduates.
 

== Research and Teaching Faculty ==
{|cellpadding="5"
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Professor '''[[GMU:Ursula_Damm|Ursula Damm]]''' 
Marienstraße 5, Raum 304 
99423 Weimar 
Telefon:. +49 3643 / 58-3607 
E-Mail: ursula.damm [at] uni-weimar.de 
[http://www.ursuladamm.de ursuladamm.de] 
 
|

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Artistic Associate 
'''[[GMU:Mindaugas Gapševičius|Mindaugas Gapševičius]]''' 
Marienstraße 5, Raum 208 
99423 Weimar 
Telefon: +49 3643 /58-3871 
E-Mail: mindaugas.gapsevicius [at] uni-weimar.de 
[http://www.triple-double-u.com triple-double-u.com] 
 
|}

Artistic Associate 
'''[[GMU:Alexander König|Alexander König]]''' 
Marienstraße 5, Raum 208 
99423 Weimar 
E-Mail: alexander.koenig [at] uni-weimar.de
[http://www.media-art-theory.com www.media-art-theory.com] 
 

Artistic Associate 
'''[[GMU:Isabella Lee Arturo|Isabella Lee Arturo]]''' 
Marienstraße 5, Raum 305 
99423 Weimar 
Telefon: +49 3643 /58-3871 
E-Mail: isabella.lee.arturo@uni-weimar.de isabella Lee Arturo[at] uni-weimar.de 
 
===[[GMU:Personen|other staff]]===

== WS 2025 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==
* [[GMU:Back-to-Ecosystems|Back to Ecosystems]] - Mindaugas Gapševičius, Isabella Lee Arturo, Bethan Hughes
* [[GMU:sensing-the-campus|Sensing the Campus]] - Christian Doeller
* [[GMU:Wetlands|Wetlands]] - Prof. Angeliki Poulou, Prof. Laura Beloff, Prof. Kerstin Ergenzinger, Prof. Ursula Damm, Dr. Mindaugas Gapševičius, Prof. Dimitris Charitos, Prof. Alexandros Kontogeorgakopoulos, Prof. Katerina Antonopoulou, Prof. Haris Rizopoulos, Felix Bonowski
* [[Relationship patterns in the environments]] (Beziehungsmuster in den Umwelten) - Dr. Klaus Herbst (Fritze)
* [[GMU:Diy biolab drivers license WiSe25]] - Alessandro Volpato

== SS 2025 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==
* [[GMU:Technosolutionism + Silicone Nightmares|Technosolutionism + Silicone Nightmares]] - Bethan Hughes
* [[GMU:Hallucinating computers and dreaming non-machines|Hallucinating computers and dreaming non-machines]] - Prof. Ursula Damm, Isabella Lee Arturo, Dr. Mindaugas Gapševičius
* [[GMU:Re-enchanting the field|Re-enchanting the field]] - Prof. Ursula Damm, Prof. Kerstin Ergenzinger, Mindaugas Gapševičius
* [[Speech-to-text-to-Actions]] - Isabella Lee Arturo
* [[Aesthetics of Macroworlds - An interdisciplinary journey into microscopic worlds using Touchdesigner]] - Dr. Alexander König, Alessandro Volpato
* [[The dimensions of Language - The functioning of AI between theory, practice and criticism.]] - Dr. Alexander König
* [[Touchdesigner Basics]] - Dr. Alexander König, Belcim Yavuz
* [[GMU:postcompost-forest-reset|PostCompost – Forest Reset]] - Christian Doeller, Klaus Fritze/Herbst, Prof. Ursula Damm
* [[GMU:Computer-aided-fabrication-in-the-wilderness|Computer aided fabrication in the wilderness]] - Felix Bonowski

== WS 2024 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==

* [https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/GMU:Cybernetic_Subjects_-_Ursula_Damm_(Georg_Trogemann) GMU:Cybernetic Subjects - Ursula Damm (Georg Trogemann)]
* [[GMU:Performing for Machines (Body Work in Cybernetic Systems) - Isabella Lee Arturo]]
* [[GMU:Exhibitionist! (how to do Art Exhibitions) - Isabella Lee Arturo]]
* [https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/GMU:The_Plant_Plant GMU:The Plant Plant – Christian Doeller, Klaus Fritze]
* [[GMU:Life_in_an_aquatic_ecosystem|GMU:Life in an aquatic ecosystem]] - Mindaugas Gapševičius, Alessandro Volpato

== SS 2024 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==
*[[GMU:Data as Artistic Material]] - Juliane Götz, Sebastian Neitsch (Künstlerduo Quadrature)
*[[GMU:Winning natural habitats]] - Mindaugas Gapševičius & Klaus Herbst
*[[GMU:Diy biolab drivers licence SoSe24|GMU:DIY BioLab Driver's license]] - Alessandro Volpato
*[[GMU:Growing microorganisms for bioart projects SoSe24|GMU:Growing microorganisms for bioart projects]] - Alessandro Volpato
*[[GMU:Embodiment Toolkit|GMU:Embodiment Toolkit]] - Christian Doeller

== WS 2023 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==
*[[GMU:Beings and Machines]] - Prof. Ursula Damm
*[[GMU:Non-machines]] - Mindaugas Gapševičius
*[[GMU:Tired Machines Orchestra]] - Christian Doeller
*[[GMU:Making the Artist Present. Exploring Performative Practices]] - Martin Mueller (Bauhaus.Modul)
*[[GMU:Diy biolab drivers licence|GMU:DIY BioLab Driver's licence]] - Alessandro Volpato
*[[GMU:Design with Fungi]] - Alessandro Volpato
*GMU: LICHEN Workshop The Lichenlounge featuring Edible Lichen - Dr. Klaus Fritze
*GMU: LICHEN Expedition: Biodiversity in Thuringia Forest - Dr. Klaus Fritze and Dr. Jan Vondrak

== SS 2023 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==
*[[GMU: Maps, Territories and Possibility Spaces]] - Prof. Ursula Damm
*[[GMU:Photosynthesis and I]] - Mindaugas Gapsevicius

== WS 2022 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==
===Projektmodule===
*[[GMU:Construction - Destruction|Construction - Destruction]] - Prof. Ursula Damm

{{GMU:Lehrveranstaltungen/SS23}}

== WS 2022/23 – Vergangene Lehrveranstaltungen – Previous Courses ==
{{GMU:Lehrveranstaltungen/WS22}}

== Lehrveranstaltungen (Archiv) – Previous Courses ==
{{GMU:Previous Semesters}}

== Equipment ==
* [[GMU:Equipment|GMU Equipment]] – ''Equipment for Students of the Media Environments (GMU)''
* [[Equipment|Mediapoint]] – ''Equipment for all Students of Media Art + Design''

== Inside GMU ==
* [[GMU:Mailinglist|GMU Mailingliste]] – ''sign up using the [http://listserv.uni-weimar.de/mailman/listinfo/gmu web-interface]
* [[GMU:Links|GMU Linklist]]

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GMU:Life in an aquatic ecosystem

2025-01-13T16:27:08Z

Alessandro Volpato: added guidelines for documentation

''Lecturer(s):'' [[:Category:Mindaugas Gapševičius|Mindaugas Gapševičius]] & Alessandro Volpato

''Credits:'' 4 [[SWS]]

Date: Mondays, 15:30-18.30

''Venue:'' DIY Biolab @ [[Marienstraße 7b]], [[Marienstraße 7b/202|Room 202]]

''First meeting:'' 21.10.2024

[[Workshop on redesigning wetland]]: 18.10.2024, @ 13:30-18:30 (everyone is welcome)

Last semester, we started a rainwater pond in the campus garden. The onset of a tiny freshwater body created space for a small ecosystem to set on, and generated additional motivation to study the microbes colonizing the pond, from an artistic perspective.

The upcoming semester we will concentrate on its evolving ecosystem: Who lives there, which microbes colonized it first, what do their interactions look like and what are the effects of human intervention on the development of the ecosystem?

During the course we will observe how different species interact within this aquatic ecosystem, track the evolution of the outside natural pond and compare it with a laboratory artificial replica of it.

We have outlined several experiments that we will begin with:

1) Compare the microbiomes in different parts of the pond;

2) Hunt, domesticate, grow and release tardigrades into the pond and see how they adapt to it;

3) Study growth conditions of different photosynthetic organisms in presence or absence of fundamental nutrients;

The experiments are designed to teach students how methods used in the life sciences can be applied in arts and how their use can lead to a different quality in an artwork. The experiments will shed light on how, for example, lawn fertilizer or the change in pH of water affects the ecosystem. The result of the course is an artistic project documented in the wiki.

Please send your motivation (3-4 sentences) to mindaugas.gapsevicius@uni-weimar.de. Preference will be given to students who want to explore art-science methods and aquatic ecosystems.

'''The pond and its lifecycle (Cosmo)'''

'''The ecosystem of the pond in Ilm park as a reference (Negin)'''

'''What happened in our pond? - Diary (Jan)'''

'''Summarize our experience into a presentable format, poster or video? (Dahye)'''

'''What is the state of our pond now? -> (Dahye)'''

== Syllabus ==
*18.10.2024 [[/Preclass]] (Workshop on redesigning wetland) 13:30-18:30
*21.10.2024 [[/Intro]] (Experiments with algae/cyanobacteria)
*28.10.2024 [[/Tardigrades]] (Excursion to Ilm Park and presentations of first ideas)
*04.11.2024 [[/Rainwater garden]]
*11.11.2024 [[/Discussion on works of others]]
*18.11.2024 [[/Introduction of organisms into the wetland]]
*25.11.2024 [[/Progress]] (Inspecting the wetland after the introduction of the organisms)
*02.12.2024-06.12.2024 [[/Retreat at Schieferpark]]
*09.12.2024 [[/Empirical description of ecosystems]]
*16.12.2024 [[/Mid term presentations]]
*06.01.2025
*13.01.2025
*20.01.2025
*27.01.2025
*03.02.2025

== Student ==

*[[/Dahye Seo]]
*[[/Cosmo Schüppel]]
*[[/Jan Munske]]
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GMU:Life in an aquatic ecosystem/Empirical description of ecosystems

2024-12-12T08:46:13Z

Alessandro Volpato: Added pdf of the exercise

-- See for the ongoing descriptions from the Retreat at Schieferpark at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1edY5mhKggitU7b6hjy0TmoYKmYDFbZfRUHBcBmrUs8c/edit?tab=t.0

Describing ecosystems: exercise
[[File:Describing ecosystems.pdf|thumb|Class exercise]]

File:Describing ecosystems.pdf

2024-12-12T08:43:31Z

Alessandro Volpato:

Class exercise

GMU:Life in an aquatic ecosystem/Intro

2024-10-22T17:10:12Z

Alessandro Volpato:

==Inspiration for the course==
===Algae blooms===
Algae blooms in aquatic systems are primarily driven by nutrient pollution from agricultural runoff and wastewater, along with warm temperatures and stagnant water, which create ideal growth conditions. Increased light availability further promotes blooms, while the decomposition of dead algae can deplete dissolved oxygen, leading to hypoxic conditions harmful to aquatic life. Some blooms produce toxins, impacting food safety and water quality, while also disrupting ecosystems and reducing biodiversity.

[[File:Screenshot 2024-10-21 at 16.42.16.png|600px|Source: https://www.google.com/search?q=algae+blooms&udm=2]]

===Sci-fi film===
Amfibian Man by Vladimir Chebotaryov (1961), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp92l6eh2FA

A Soviet science fiction romance film Amphibian Man (Russian: Chelovek-amfibiya) (1962), directed by Vladimir Chebotaryov and Gennadi Kazansky. The film tells the story of Ichthyander, a young man surgically altered by his father to survive underwater. While the film may not evoke far-reaching visions for adults, for the PI, who saw it as a child, it sparked vivid fantasies of water as an additional realm to enrich and diversify one’s life.

<gallery>
File:Screenshot 2024-10-21 at 16.55.40.png
File:Screenshot 2024-10-21 at 16.56.20.png
</gallery>

== '''What is an acquatic ecosystem''' ==
Through the water cycle different types of freshwater bodies are formed, such as glaciers, rivers, lakes, ponds and many more. The different physical-chemical conditions determine which organism can thrive in that acquatic environment, and consequently change it through its biological activity.

We will concentrate on pond like ecosystems. Thereafeter we understood how these small still water bodies work from an ecological perspective.

Tihs lead us to reflect on how to evince informations from a system. So we put together a small experiment and check how biotic and abiotic factors interact.

==Experiment==
[[File:Phosphate experiment setup.jpg|thumb|232x232px]]
Primary producers are said to be affected by nutrients in form of salts available in their environmnet. Let's test this.

We took a Protista, ''Euglena viridis'' and a Cyanobacterium, ''Klebsormidium flaccidum'' and will check how do they react to phospate starvation.

We set 3 pairs of cultures for each organism. Each pair got either 0,5g/L, 0,1g/l and 0g/L of potassium phosphate.

The rest of the solution was kept standard

We will monitor how the cultures react to the different conditions and speculate how abiotic factors can impact natural ecosystems.

===Medium===
We will use a base for the standard Euglena medium, without phosphates, and add different amounts of Ammonium Phosphate, Dibasic (NH4)2HPO4

[[File:Euglena sheet.jpg|400px]]

== artistic projects==
===Under the Water by duo Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet (2019)===
*https://var-mar.info/under-the-water/

The work features a series of dye sublimation prints on aluminium showing images produced with a machine learning algorithm. Although this work explores machine-generated visuals from data sets of plastic in the ocean, it does neither question the danger of plastics nor data sets behind AI.

===Aurelia 1+Hz / Proto Viva Generator by Robertina Šebjanič (2014)===
*https://robertina.net/aurelia-1hz_proto-viva-generator/

The work features jellyfish trapped in an (animal unfriendly) simple robotic machine. By employing different sensor mechanisms and aesthetic outputs, the work addresses the possibilities of coexistence of humans, animals and machines. This work converts movements of jellyfish to sound, but does it for visual purposes only without allowing audiences to experience the actual coexistence nor does it listen to the animal.
====Fish Architecture – A framework to create Interspecies Spaces by Anja Wegner (2021)====
*https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14236/ewic/POM2021.24
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywnEyO9j9iY

One of the outcomes, a video piece, features an aquatic ecosystem in contact with human-built objects. As some objects are ignored by fish communities, this work suggests that different species have special needs and preferences that are not necessarily easily foreseen by humans. The researcher explores the optimized environments for the aquatic communities but does it with a limited technical tool, a video camera.

===a journey in a mm of water by Eirini Kokkinidou ===
*https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uUBT0WR32vaEZtcKouGdbsQyQ9PfdiOV

"The installation “A journey in a millimeter of water” is comprised of four
different mediums and aims to try and bridge the gap between a human
observer and a microorganism, which is 410,000 times smaller. This
exploration extends beyond empirical observation, serving as a metaphor
for an introspective quest for self-knowledge and existential
comprehension."

"The Video projection serves as a memoir of the exploration into the
wetlands of Thuringia, where one contemplated on the fantasy of how it
would feel to become the other. The traces of these states are shown in
the form of moving drawn lines. The Video transitions between different
scenes, creating a seamless narrative that traces the observant’s
physical and meditative journey in search of microbial life."

GMU:Life in an aquatic ecosystem/Intro

2024-10-22T16:52:41Z

Alessandro Volpato:

==Inspiration for the course==
===Algae blooms===
Algae blooms in aquatic systems are primarily driven by nutrient pollution from agricultural runoff and wastewater, along with warm temperatures and stagnant water, which create ideal growth conditions. Increased light availability further promotes blooms, while the decomposition of dead algae can deplete dissolved oxygen, leading to hypoxic conditions harmful to aquatic life. Some blooms produce toxins, impacting food safety and water quality, while also disrupting ecosystems and reducing biodiversity.

[[File:Screenshot 2024-10-21 at 16.42.16.png|600px|Source: https://www.google.com/search?q=algae+blooms&udm=2]]

===Sci-fi film===
Amfibian Man by Vladimir Chebotaryov (1961), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp92l6eh2FA

A Soviet science fiction romance film Amphibian Man (Russian: Chelovek-amfibiya) (1962), directed by Vladimir Chebotaryov and Gennadi Kazansky. The film tells the story of Ichthyander, a young man surgically altered by his father to survive underwater. While the film may not evoke far-reaching visions for adults, for the PI, who saw it as a child, it sparked vivid fantasies of water as an additional realm to enrich and diversify one’s life.

<gallery>
File:Screenshot 2024-10-21 at 16.55.40.png
File:Screenshot 2024-10-21 at 16.56.20.png
</gallery>

== '''What is an acquatic ecosystem''' ==
Through the water cycle different types of freshwater bodies are formed, such as glaciers, rivers, lakes, ponds and many more. The different physical-chemical conditions determine which organism can thrive in that acquatic environment, and consequently change it through its biological activity.

We will concentrate on pond like ecosystems. Thereafeter we understood how these small still water bodies work from an ecological perspective.

Tihs lead us to reflect on how to evince informations from a system. So we put together a small experiment and check how biotic and abiotic factors interact.

==Experiment==
[[File:Phosphate experiment setup.jpg|thumb|232x232px]]
Primary producers are said to be affected by nutrients in form of salts available in their environmnet. Let's test this.

We took a Protista, ''Euglena viridis'' and a Cyanobacterium, ''Klebsormidium flaccidum'' and will check how do they react to phospate starvation.

We set 3 pairs of cultures for each organism. Each pair got either 0,5g/L, 0,1g/l and 0g/L of potassium phosphate.

We will monitor how the cultures react to the different conditions and speculate how abiotic factors can impact natural ecosystems.

===Medium===
We will use a base for the standard Euglena medium, without phosphates, and add different amounts of Ammonium Phosphate, Dibasic (NH4)2HPO4

[[File:Euglena sheet.jpg|400px]]

== artistic projects==
===Under the Water by duo Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet (2019)===
*https://var-mar.info/under-the-water/

The work features a series of dye sublimation prints on aluminium showing images produced with a machine learning algorithm. Although this work explores machine-generated visuals from data sets of plastic in the ocean, it does neither question the danger of plastics nor data sets behind AI.

===Aurelia 1+Hz / Proto Viva Generator by Robertina Šebjanič (2014)===
*https://robertina.net/aurelia-1hz_proto-viva-generator/

The work features jellyfish trapped in an (animal unfriendly) simple robotic machine. By employing different sensor mechanisms and aesthetic outputs, the work addresses the possibilities of coexistence of humans, animals and machines. This work converts movements of jellyfish to sound, but does it for visual purposes only without allowing audiences to experience the actual coexistence nor does it listen to the animal.
====Fish Architecture – A framework to create Interspecies Spaces by Anja Wegner (2021)====
*https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14236/ewic/POM2021.24
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywnEyO9j9iY

One of the outcomes, a video piece, features an aquatic ecosystem in contact with human-built objects. As some objects are ignored by fish communities, this work suggests that different species have special needs and preferences that are not necessarily easily foreseen by humans. The researcher explores the optimized environments for the aquatic communities but does it with a limited technical tool, a video camera.

===a journey in a mm of water by Eirini Kokkinidou ===
*https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uUBT0WR32vaEZtcKouGdbsQyQ9PfdiOV

"The installation “A journey in a millimeter of water” is comprised of four
different mediums and aims to try and bridge the gap between a human
observer and a microorganism, which is 410,000 times smaller. This
exploration extends beyond empirical observation, serving as a metaphor
for an introspective quest for self-knowledge and existential
comprehension."

"The Video projection serves as a memoir of the exploration into the
wetlands of Thuringia, where one contemplated on the fantasy of how it
would feel to become the other. The traces of these states are shown in
the form of moving drawn lines. The Video transitions between different
scenes, creating a seamless narrative that traces the observant’s
physical and meditative journey in search of microbial life."

File:Phosphate experiment setup.jpg

2024-10-22T16:51:55Z

Alessandro Volpato:

Experiment 1

GMU:Life in an aquatic ecosystem/Intro

2024-10-22T16:51:03Z

Alessandro Volpato:

==Inspiration for the course==
===Algae blooms===
Algae blooms in aquatic systems are primarily driven by nutrient pollution from agricultural runoff and wastewater, along with warm temperatures and stagnant water, which create ideal growth conditions. Increased light availability further promotes blooms, while the decomposition of dead algae can deplete dissolved oxygen, leading to hypoxic conditions harmful to aquatic life. Some blooms produce toxins, impacting food safety and water quality, while also disrupting ecosystems and reducing biodiversity.

[[File:Screenshot 2024-10-21 at 16.42.16.png|600px|Source: https://www.google.com/search?q=algae+blooms&udm=2]]

===Sci-fi film===
Amfibian Man by Vladimir Chebotaryov (1961), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp92l6eh2FA

A Soviet science fiction romance film Amphibian Man (Russian: Chelovek-amfibiya) (1962), directed by Vladimir Chebotaryov and Gennadi Kazansky. The film tells the story of Ichthyander, a young man surgically altered by his father to survive underwater. While the film may not evoke far-reaching visions for adults, for the PI, who saw it as a child, it sparked vivid fantasies of water as an additional realm to enrich and diversify one’s life.

<gallery>
File:Screenshot 2024-10-21 at 16.55.40.png
File:Screenshot 2024-10-21 at 16.56.20.png
</gallery>

== '''What is an acquatic ecosystem''' ==
Through the water cycle different types of freshwater bodies are formed, such as glaciers, rivers, lakes, ponds and many more. The different physical-chemical conditions determine which organism can thrive in that acquatic environment, and consequently change it through its biological activity.

We will concentrate on pond like ecosystems. Thereafeter we understood how these small still water bodies work from an ecological perspective.

Tihs lead us to reflect on how to evince informations from a system. So we put together a small experiment and check how biotic and abiotic factors interact.

==Experiment==
Primary producers are said to be affected by nutrients in form of salts available in their environmnet. Let's test this.

We took a Protista, ''Euglena viridis'' and a Cyanobacterium, ''Klebsormidium flaccidum'' and will check how do they react to phospate starvation.

We set 3 pairs of cultures for each organism. Each pair got either 0,5g/L, 0,1g/l and 0g/L of potassium phosphate.

We will monitor how the cultures react to the different conditions and speculate how abiotic factors can impact natural ecosystems.

===Medium===
We will use a base for the standard Euglena medium, without phosphates, and add different amounts of Ammonium Phosphate, Dibasic (NH4)2HPO4

[[File:Euglena sheet.jpg|400px]]

== artistic projects==
===Under the Water by duo Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet (2019)===
*https://var-mar.info/under-the-water/

The work features a series of dye sublimation prints on aluminium showing images produced with a machine learning algorithm. Although this work explores machine-generated visuals from data sets of plastic in the ocean, it does neither question the danger of plastics nor data sets behind AI.

===Aurelia 1+Hz / Proto Viva Generator by Robertina Šebjanič (2014)===
*https://robertina.net/aurelia-1hz_proto-viva-generator/

The work features jellyfish trapped in an (animal unfriendly) simple robotic machine. By employing different sensor mechanisms and aesthetic outputs, the work addresses the possibilities of coexistence of humans, animals and machines. This work converts movements of jellyfish to sound, but does it for visual purposes only without allowing audiences to experience the actual coexistence nor does it listen to the animal.
====Fish Architecture – A framework to create Interspecies Spaces by Anja Wegner (2021)====
*https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14236/ewic/POM2021.24
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywnEyO9j9iY

One of the outcomes, a video piece, features an aquatic ecosystem in contact with human-built objects. As some objects are ignored by fish communities, this work suggests that different species have special needs and preferences that are not necessarily easily foreseen by humans. The researcher explores the optimized environments for the aquatic communities but does it with a limited technical tool, a video camera.

===a journey in a mm of water by Eirini Kokkinidou ===
*https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uUBT0WR32vaEZtcKouGdbsQyQ9PfdiOV

"The installation “A journey in a millimeter of water” is comprised of four
different mediums and aims to try and bridge the gap between a human
observer and a microorganism, which is 410,000 times smaller. This
exploration extends beyond empirical observation, serving as a metaphor
for an introspective quest for self-knowledge and existential
comprehension."

"The Video projection serves as a memoir of the exploration into the
wetlands of Thuringia, where one contemplated on the fantasy of how it
would feel to become the other. The traces of these states are shown in
the form of moving drawn lines. The Video transitions between different
scenes, creating a seamless narrative that traces the observant’s
physical and meditative journey in search of microbial life."

Tardigrade (water bear)

2024-09-16T08:30:59Z

Alessandro Volpato:

[[File:14528515709033 546x0.jpg|thumb]]
'''Tardigrades''' are invertebrate microscopic animals popularly known as '''water bears''' and notorious for their incredible ability to survive in extreme conditions. These organisms measure between 0.3 mm and 0.5 mm, although some can reach up to 1 mm. They are characterised by a cylindrical body, segmented into four pairs of legs with claws at the ends.

Their body is covered by an external cuticle, which they shed periodically. They are bilaterally symmetrical and have a complete digestive system, but lack a respiratory and circulatory system. Instead, they obtain oxygen by diffusion through their skin. They are aquatic animals and live in humid enviromets such as '''mosses''', lichens, wet soils and even in seawater and freshwater, where they feed on plant cells or small invertebrates.[[File:Istockphoto-1295483613-612x612.jpg|thumb]]They have become truly remarkable for their '''high resistance''' to extreme environments such as freezing at temperatures close to absolute zero, high temperatures up to 150°C, extreme dehydration, starvation for decades, high levels of radiation and space vacuum, extreme pressures, both high and low... This is made possible by their ability to shut down their organs and stop their metabolism when environmental conditions are not suitable (this is called '''cryptobiosis''') and come back to life when optimal conditions are restored.

One of the reasons these organisms are so resilient is because of a protein that only they produce. These abundant heat-soluble cytoplasmic proteins (CAHS) cause the inside of the cells to turn into a gel, which prevents the cell from collapsing. [[File:Tardigradee.png|thumb|tardigrades in the laboratory]]The '''reproduction''' is mainly sexual, although in some species asexual reproduction by parthenogenesis is observed. Females lay their eggs during cuticle shedding, and fertilisation occurs within the cuticle, or in the external environment in some species.

The study of tardigrades has attracted great interest due to their extraordinary resilience, which could have applications in '''biomedicine''', '''astrobiology''' and '''tissue preservation technologies'''. They are also used as '''biomarkers''' to study the impact of climate change and pollution in extremophile environments.

'''To grow them in the laboratory''', we needed to reproduce their living environment and feed them.

We cultivated the specie ''Hypsibius exemplaris'' in a 25ml plastic bottle.

We cultivated separately a culture of the alga "Chlorococcum" in a tube containing spring water (Volvic) and 0,01% of fertilizer (Algabloom). We kept in them in the tent for the algae, with 12h light exposure cycles.

Once a week, we fed the algae to the tardigrades as follows (each step needs a different sterile pipette tip):

- Remove from the tardigrade culture half of the water on the top, without moving the biomass on the bottom

- Replace the taken amount of water with the water coming from the Chlorococcus culture, aiming at taking the algae.

- Refill the Chlorococcus culture with sterile cultivation medium (spring water with 0,01% of fertilizer algabloom)

To observe them, with a sterile tip, take 200µl of water in the biomass at the bottom, put them on a slide and use the 10x magnification lens of the microscope to see them. [[File:In the lab.png|thumb|disolving the sample]]

Webgraphy_

[https://www.ngenespanol.com/animales/descubren-por-que-los-tardigrados-son-practicamente-indestructibles-y-sobreviven-a-condiciones-extremas/:~:text=Estos%20animales%20diminutos%20son%20capaces,falta%20de%20alimento%20y%20agua.&text=En%20escenarios%20hostiles%20o%20fatales,mostrado%20una%20resistencia%20casi%20indestructible. Fischer, A. (2022, 7 julio). ''Tardígrados: qué son, dónde viven y cómo caminan (osos de agua)''. National Geographic En Español. https://www.ngenespanol.com/animales/tardigrados-que-son-donde-viven-como-caminan-osos-de-agua/]

Montejo, E. (2022, 22 septiembre). ''Científicos revelan el secreto que hace inmortal a los tardígrados''. National Geographic En Español. <nowiki>https://www.ngenespanol.com/animales/descubren-por-que-los-tardigrados-son-practicamente-indestructibles-y-sobreviven-a-condiciones-extremas/</nowiki>

Wikipedia collaborators. (2024, 3 septiembre). ''Tardigrada''. Wikipedia, la Enciclopedia Libre. <nowiki>https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrada</nowiki>

Tardigrade (water bear)

2024-09-16T08:27:08Z

Alessandro Volpato: Tardigrades documentation edited

[[File:14528515709033 546x0.jpg|thumb]]
'''Tardigrades''' are invertebrate microscopic animals popularly known as '''water bears''' and notorious for their incredible ability to survive in extreme conditions. These organisms measure between 0.3 mm and 0.5 mm, although some can reach up to 1 mm. They are characterised by a cylindrical body, segmented into four pairs of legs with claws at the ends.

Their body is covered by an external cuticle, which they shed periodically. They are bilaterally symmetrical and have a complete digestive system, but lack a respiratory and circulatory system. Instead, they obtain oxygen by diffusion through their skin. They are aquatic animals and live in humid enviromets such as '''mosses''', lichens, wet soils and even in seawater and freshwater, where they feed on plant cells or small invertebrates.[[File:Istockphoto-1295483613-612x612.jpg|thumb]]They have become truly remarkable for their '''high resistance''' to extreme environments such as freezing at temperatures close to absolute zero, high temperatures up to 150°C, extreme dehydration, starvation for decades, high levels of radiation and space vacuum, extreme pressures, both high and low... This is made possible by their ability to shut down their organs and stop their metabolism when environmental conditions are not suitable (this is called '''cryptobiosis''') and come back to life when optimal conditions are restored.

One of the reasons these organisms are so resilient is because of a protein that only they produce. These abundant heat-soluble cytoplasmic proteins (CAHS) cause the inside of the cells to turn into a gel, which prevents the cell from collapsing. [[File:Tardigradee.png|thumb|tardigrades in the laboratory]]The '''reproduction''' is mainly sexual, although in some species asexual reproduction by parthenogenesis is observed. Females lay their eggs during cuticle shedding, and fertilisation occurs within the cuticle, or in the external environment in some species.

The study of tardigrades has attracted great interest due to their extraordinary resilience, which could have applications in '''biomedicine''', '''astrobiology''' and '''tissue preservation technologies'''. They are also used as '''biomarkers''' to study the impact of climate change and pollution in extremophile environments.

'''To grow them in the laboratory''', we needed to reproduce their living environment and feed them.

We cultivated separatel a culture of the alga "Chlorococcus" in a tube containing spring water (Volvic) and 0,01% of fertilizer (Algabloom). We kept in them in the tent for the algae, with 12h light exposure cycles.

Once a week, we fed the algae to the tardigrades as follows (each step needs a different sterile pipette tip):

- Remove from the tardigrade culture half of the water on the top, without moving the biomass on the bottom

- Replace the taken amount of water with the water coming from the Chlorococcus culture, aiming at taking the algae.

- Refill the Chlorococcus culture with sterile cultivation medium (spring water with 0,01% of fertilizer algabloom)

we could take care of some of them. First we disolve the initial sample which had a huge amount of tardigrades and as food they had algae. Then some of them were "sacrifice" as a contaminated sample so we could observe them through the microscope. [[File:In the lab.png|thumb|disolving the sample]]At the begining they where looking full of food but after a month in this sample we found most of the tardigrades went to sleep mode probably due to lack of food.

Alessandro's input:

We got clean tardigrade cultures of Hypsibius exemplaris and the algae on which they feed, Chloloroccum sp.

Each week we removed some water from the tardigrade flask, and add some water from the Chlorococcum flask. This way we feed them. The number of tardigrades in the culture increased significantly.

Chlorococcum was cultivated by refilling the missing water with spring water with 0,01% of plagron algal fertilizer.

Then you can say which impression did you have while looking at it and learning about them

Webgraphy_

[https://www.ngenespanol.com/animales/descubren-por-que-los-tardigrados-son-practicamente-indestructibles-y-sobreviven-a-condiciones-extremas/:~:text=Estos%20animales%20diminutos%20son%20capaces,falta%20de%20alimento%20y%20agua.&text=En%20escenarios%20hostiles%20o%20fatales,mostrado%20una%20resistencia%20casi%20indestructible. Fischer, A. (2022, 7 julio). ''Tardígrados: qué son, dónde viven y cómo caminan (osos de agua)''. National Geographic En Español. https://www.ngenespanol.com/animales/tardigrados-que-son-donde-viven-como-caminan-osos-de-agua/]

Montejo, E. (2022, 22 septiembre). ''Científicos revelan el secreto que hace inmortal a los tardígrados''. National Geographic En Español. <nowiki>https://www.ngenespanol.com/animales/descubren-por-que-los-tardigrados-son-practicamente-indestructibles-y-sobreviven-a-condiciones-extremas/</nowiki>

Wikipedia collaborators. (2024, 3 septiembre). ''Tardigrada''. Wikipedia, la Enciclopedia Libre. <nowiki>https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrada</nowiki>

Tardigrade (water bear)

2024-09-05T20:36:53Z

Alessandro Volpato: Suggested corrections in the tardigrade page

[[File:14528515709033 546x0.jpg|thumb]]
'''Tardigrades''' are microscopic animals (500 µm on average) popularly known as '''water bears''' and truly remarkable for their high resistance to extreme environments such as freezing, boiling water, starvation for decades... these are conditions where other life forms would not resist.

This is made possible by their ability to shut down their organs when environmental conditions are not suitable (an ametabolic state called anhydrobiosis) and come back to life when optimal conditions are restored. [[File:Istockphoto-1295483613-612x612.jpg|thumb]]One of the reasons these organisms are so resilient is because of a protein that only they produce. These abundant heat-soluble cytoplasmic proteins (CAHS) cause the inside of the cells to turn into a gel, which prevents the cell from collapsing.
They live in humid areas, and can easily be found in mosses where they feed on plant cells or small invertebrates.

[[File:Tardigradee.png|thumb|tardigrades in the laboratory]][[File:In the lab.png|thumb|disolving the sample]]'''In the laboratory''', we could take care of some of them. First we disolve the initial sample which had a huge amount of tardigrades and as food they had algae. Then some of them were "sacrifice" as a contaminated sample so we could observe them through the microscope.

At the begining they where looking full of food but after a month in this contaminated*(you don't say contaminated, it's just a sample) sample we found most of the tardigrades went to sleep mode probably due to lack of food.

Alessandro's input:

We got clean tardigrade cultures of Hypsibius exemplaris and the algae on which they feed, Chloloroccum sp.

Each week we removed some water from the tardigrade flask, and add some water from the Chlorococcum flask. This way we feed them. The number of tardigrades in the culture increased significantly.

Chlorococcum was cultivated by refilling the missing water with spring water with 0,01% of plagron algal fertilizer.

Then you can say which impression did you have while looking at it and learning about them

Webgraphy_

[https://www.ngenespanol.com/animales/descubren-por-que-los-tardigrados-son-practicamente-indestructibles-y-sobreviven-a-condiciones-extremas/:~:text=Estos%20animales%20diminutos%20son%20capaces,falta%20de%20alimento%20y%20agua.&text=En%20escenarios%20hostiles%20o%20fatales,mostrado%20una%20resistencia%20casi%20indestructible. Fischer, A. (2022, 7 julio). ''Tardígrados: qué son, dónde viven y cómo caminan (osos de agua)''. National Geographic En Español. https://www.ngenespanol.com/animales/tardigrados-que-son-donde-viven-como-caminan-osos-de-agua/]

Montejo, E. (2022, 22 septiembre). ''Científicos revelan el secreto que hace inmortal a los tardígrados''. National Geographic En Español. <nowiki>https://www.ngenespanol.com/animales/descubren-por-que-los-tardigrados-son-practicamente-indestructibles-y-sobreviven-a-condiciones-extremas/</nowiki>

GMU:Diy biolab drivers license SoSe24

2024-07-26T14:17:39Z

Alessandro Volpato:

''Credits:'' 2 [[SWS]]

''Venue:'' Marienstraße 5, room 202/204

''Lecturer(s):'' Alessandro Volpato (Mentoring: Prof. Ursula Damm)

''First meeting:'' Apr. 15th 2024

Day 1 Apr. 15th 2024, 9:15 - 12:30 and 13:30 - 16:45

Day 2 Apr. 22nd 2024, 9:15 - 12:30 and 13:30 - 16:45

The course serves as introduction to the DIY BioLab and its routine.

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

'''Student's documentation'''

[[GMU:Design with Fungi / Alessandro Volpato / Myco-Tetris|Alessandro Volpato - Myco-Tetris]]

[[GMU:Design with Fungi / Frederic Schmidt / Dokumentation|Frederic Schmidt - Dokumentation]]

[[User:Mojjo/BioLab|Mojjo Krenz]]

[[User:Sanoj Valoo/BioLabDiy|Sanoj Valoo]]

[[GMU:Design with Microorganisms/ Lucy and Hanna / TheProject|Lucy and Hanna - Project]]

[[GMU:Design with Fungi / Melisa and Lidya / TheProject|Melisa and Lidya - The Project]]

Fritzi Buhtz

2024-04-15T20:35:22Z

Alessandro Volpato:

[[File:Fomes Fomentarius Hyphen documentation.pdf|thumb|Fomes Fomentarius Hyphen documentation.pdf ]]

Fritzi Buhtz

2024-04-15T20:35:09Z

Alessandro Volpato:

[[File:Fomes Fomentarius Hyphen documentation.pdf|thumb|Fomes Fomentarius Hyphen documentation.pdf ]]
[[File:Fomes Fomentarius Hyphen documentation.pdf|thumb]]

File:Fomes Fomentarius Hyphen documentation.pdf

2024-04-15T20:32:39Z

Alessandro Volpato:

Fomes Fomentarius Hyphen documentation

GMU:Design with Fungi

2024-04-15T20:31:15Z

Alessandro Volpato: /* Students / Projets */

''Credits:'' 4 [[SWS]]

''Venue:'' DIY Biolab @ [[Marienstraße 7b]], [[Marienstraße 7b/202|Room 204]]

''Lecturer(s):'' Alessandro Volpato

The steadily growing population and the associated need for more building and manufacturing activities pose almost insurmountable challenges for architecture and the industry as a whole. The need for more sustainable alternatives pushed research towards possibly grown materials, e.g. materials composed of agro/forestry leftovers processed by microbes. Fungal composites is just one of many example, and could therefore offer a promising alternatives to resource intense construction and fabrication materials.

These fungal composites can be produced in the near future in a way that is both climate-friendly and cost-effective. In addition, they can be easily separated, fully composted and used as fertilizer after the end of their life, thus closing the loop and making of them a "circular material". Thus, the use of fungi could create a lightweight and fully circular building system.

In this course we will use artistic approaches to design with Fungi, understand their way of growing on natural matter, explore how they relate to other easily cultivable living beings, and create own art-work out of this experience.

In the end the artistic pieces will be exhibited at the Winterwerkschau.

===Students / Projets===
*[[GMU:Design with Fungi / Alessandro Volpato / Myco-Tetris|Alessandro Volpato - Myco-Tetris]]
*[[Amy Zimber, Marleen Kölmel]] - HOW TO MAKE SLIME MOLD LAUGH
*[[Dania González Sanabria: The migrant's Cabinet.]]
*Elena Payer - [[mushroom and centipede-like creature]] / [[mushroom hand]]
*[[Gift Lalicha Lalitsasivimol - scoby]]
*[[Jenny Soggia]] - Accessorize Nature
*[[Fritzi Buhtz]] - Hyphen

GMU:Diy biolab drivers license SoSe24

2024-04-15T12:52:28Z

Alessandro Volpato: Adding DL students

''Credits:'' 2 [[SWS]]

''Venue:'' Marienstraße 5, room 202/204

''Lecturer(s):'' Alessandro Volpato (Mentoring: Prof. Ursula Damm)

''First meeting:'' Apr. 15th 2024

Day 1 Apr. 15th 2024, 9:15 - 12:30 and 13:30 - 16:45

Day 2 Apr. 22nd 2024, 9:15 - 12:30 and 13:30 - 16:45

The course serves as introduction to the DIY BioLab and its routine.

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

'''Student's documentation'''

[[GMU:Design with Fungi / Alessandro Volpato / Myco-Tetris|Alessandro Volpato - Myco-Tetris]]

[[GMU:Design with Fungi / Herr Müller / TheProject|Herr Müller - The Project]]

GMU:Design with Fungi

2024-04-02T19:10:00Z

Alessandro Volpato: Corrected the layout of the landing page

GMU:Growing microorganisms for bioart projects SoSe24

2024-03-18T17:30:22Z

Alessandro Volpato: Created course page

''Credits:'' 2 [[SWS]]

''Venue:'' DIY Biolab @ [[Marienstraße 7b]], [[Marienstraße 7b/202|Room 204/202]]

''Lecturer(s):'' Alessandro Volpato

In this course you will learn how to cultivate different microorganisms that are used to produce bioart.

Bioart is a discipline in which artists use living matter to pursue artistic research.

During the course we will work with ''Physarim polycaphalum'' (slime mold), ''Daphnia pulex'' (water flea), Tardigrades (water bears), Euglena''s'' and the cultivation of algae in general and design fungal composite materials with ''Fomes fomentarius'' (tinder mushroom).

Students will learn about what has been done in the bioart scene.

Additionally, students will have access to the lab and allowed to pursue own bioart projects.

NOTE: Attending the BioLab Driver's Licence is mandatory to attend this course

Calendar:

29th Apr, 13.30 - 16:45

6th Mai, , 13.30 - 15:00

13th Mai, 13.30 - 18:00

27th Mai, 13.30 - 16:45

10th June, 13.30 - 15:00

17th June, 13.30 - 16:45

GMU:Start

2024-03-18T16:00:59Z

Alessandro Volpato: /* SS 2024 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses */ Added Alessandros courses

GMU:Diy biolab drivers license SoSe24

2024-03-18T15:56:57Z

Alessandro Volpato: Created the page for the BioLab Driver's Licence SoSe24

GMU:Design with Fungi

2024-02-16T10:11:27Z

Alessandro Volpato: Adding student link

[[File:Dania González Sanabria. Cabinet , images 2.jpg|alt=The migrant's Cabinet: This is a work in process composed of several components: There is a world map globe, whose sphere has been replaced by a transparent acrylic one. Inside it I have grown slime mold. On a linen flag hanging from a flagpole embedded in the wall, approximately 2 meters high, I am sewing with golden thread words that I extract from testimonies that I am collecting from Cuban migrants, printed on papers. These testimonies answer questions such as: When, how and where did you emigrate? by what route, route or routes? Why did you emigrate? What were you looking for? What were you escaping from? What are you still looking for? I attach the pieces of paper with the testimonies to the linen in a branched manner, as if tracing map routes or webs of the slime mold itself. There will also be three hemispheres, similar to the larger globe, with maps delicately engraved or printed on this transparent material. Inside, I will plant the slime mold samples in the place where Cuba is drawn on the map, feeding those organisms in the zones where other places are drawn (places in the world where the Cuban diaspora settles), creating the slime mold to "migrate" inside these small maps, emulating the Cuban migratory routes. Statement: The construction of this piece takes the testimonies, anecdotes and statements of Cuban migrants as guides to plant living organisms, and trace tissues, using the molds as a metaphorical image of migrant communities. I intend to redraw the traces of displacements, ramifications and disintegrations configured by the Cuban migrant collectivity through expeditions detonated by necessity, hostilities and utopias, representing social, political, ethical and sentimental networks, interconnected in the same way microorganisms grow.|thumb|The migrant's Cabinet. Dania González S:]]
''Credits:'' 4 [[SWS]]

''Venue:'' DIY Biolab @ [[Marienstraße 7b]], [[Marienstraße 7b/202|Room 204]]

''Lecturer(s):'' Alessandro Volpato

The steadily growing population and the associated need for more building and manufacturing activities pose almost insurmountable challenges for architecture and the industry as a whole. The need for more sustainable alternatives pushed research towards possibly grown materials, e.g. materials composed of agro/forestry leftovers processed by microbes. Fungal composites is just one of many example, and could therefore offer a promising alternatives to resource intense construction and fabrication materials.

These fungal composites can be produced in the near future in a way that is both climate-friendly and cost-effective. In addition, they can be easily separated, fully composted and used as fertilizer after the end of their life, thus closing the loop and making of them a "circular material". Thus, the use of fungi could create a lightweight and fully circular building system.

In this course we will use artistic approaches to design with Fungi, understand their way of growing on natural matter, explore how they relate to other easily cultivable living beings, and create own art-work out of this experience.

In the end the artistic pieces will be exhibited at the Winterwerkschau.

===Students / Projets===
*[[GMU:Design with Fungi / Alessandro Volpato / Myco-Tetris|Alessandro Volpato - Myco-Tetris]]
*[[Amy Zimber, Marleen Kölmel]] - HOW TO MAKE SLIME MOLD LAUGH
*[[Dania|Dania G.]]
*Elena

=== '''- Accessorizing Nature''' ===
[[Jenny Soggia]]

[[Fritzi Buhtz]]

GMU:Design with Fungi / Alessandro Volpato / Myco-Tetris

2024-01-31T10:06:09Z

Alessandro Volpato:

[[File:Myco-Tetris Prototype.jpg|thumb]]
Myco-Tetris is an engaging and interactive participative innovation project that aims to involve a broader audience in manufacturing using circular materials, specifically fungal composites. The project also seeks to stimulate further research in biotechnology.

By breaking down the barrier between the public and the exhibit, visitors are encouraged to touch and arrange the pieces in a playful manner. This hands-on activity not only sparks creativity but also encourages active participation. As participants engage in building activities, they are prompted to consider sustainable design questions and think critically about our current system.

Myco-Tetris invites visitors to engage in a variety of activities, including playing the game, building sculptures, learning about Fungi and sustainability, finding inspiration, and designing and prototyping their own ideas by joining the team. This participation contributes to co-design efforts and applied research in fungal biotechnology.

GMU:Design with Fungi / Alessandro Volpato / Myco-Tetris

2024-01-31T10:04:05Z

Alessandro Volpato: link and text

[[File:Myco-Tetris Prototype.jpg|thumb]]
Myco-Tetris is an engaging and interactive participative innovation project that aims to involve a broader audience in manufacturing using circular materials, specifically fungal composites. The project also seeks to stimulate further research in biotechnology.

By breaking down the barrier between the public and the exhibit, visitors are encouraged to touch and arrange the pieces in a playful manner. This hands-on activity not only sparks creativity but also encourages active participation. As participants engage in building activities, they are prompted to consider sustainable design questions and think critically about our current system.
Myco-Tetris invites visitors to engage in a variety of activities, including playing the game, building sculptures, learning about Fungi and sustainability, finding inspiration, and designing and prototyping their own ideas by joining the team. This participation contributes to co-design efforts and applied research in fungal biotechnology.

GMU:Design with Fungi

2024-01-31T09:56:10Z

Alessandro Volpato: /* Students / Projets */ Link edited

''Credits:'' 4 [[SWS]]

''Venue:'' DIY Biolab @ [[Marienstraße 7b]], [[Marienstraße 7b/202|Room 204]]

''Lecturer(s):'' Alessandro Volpato

The steadily growing population and the associated need for more building and manufacturing activities pose almost insurmountable challenges for architecture and the industry as a whole. The need for more sustainable alternatives pushed research towards possibly grown materials, e.g. materials composed of agro/forestry leftovers processed by microbes. Fungal composites is just one of many example, and could therefore offer a promising alternatives to resource intense construction and fabrication materials.

These fungal composites can be produced in the near future in a way that is both climate-friendly and cost-effective. In addition, they can be easily separated, fully composted and used as fertilizer after the end of their life, thus closing the loop and making of them a "circular material". Thus, the use of fungi could create a lightweight and fully circular building system.

In this course we will use artistic approaches to design with Fungi, understand their way of growing on natural matter, explore how they relate to other easily cultivable living beings, and create own art-work out of this experience.

In the end the artistic pieces will be exhibited at the Winterwerkschau.

===Students / Projets===
*[[GMU:Design with Fungi / Alessandro Volpato / Myco-Tetris|Alessandro Volpato - Myco-Tetris]]

=== '''- Accessorizing Nature''' ===
[[Jenny Soggia]]

[[Fritzi Buhtz]]

GMU:Design with Fungi

2024-01-31T09:50:41Z

Alessandro Volpato:

''Credits:'' 4 [[SWS]]

''Venue:'' DIY Biolab @ [[Marienstraße 7b]], [[Marienstraße 7b/202|Room 204]]

''Lecturer(s):'' Alessandro Volpato

The steadily growing population and the associated need for more building and manufacturing activities pose almost insurmountable challenges for architecture and the industry as a whole. The need for more sustainable alternatives pushed research towards possibly grown materials, e.g. materials composed of agro/forestry leftovers processed by microbes. Fungal composites is just one of many example, and could therefore offer a promising alternatives to resource intense construction and fabrication materials.

These fungal composites can be produced in the near future in a way that is both climate-friendly and cost-effective. In addition, they can be easily separated, fully composted and used as fertilizer after the end of their life, thus closing the loop and making of them a "circular material". Thus, the use of fungi could create a lightweight and fully circular building system.

In this course we will use artistic approaches to design with Fungi, understand their way of growing on natural matter, explore how they relate to other easily cultivable living beings, and create own art-work out of this experience.

In the end the artistic pieces will be exhibited at the Winterwerkschau.

===Students / Projets===
*[[GMU:Design with Fungi/Alessandro Volpato|Alessandro Volpato - Myco-Tetris]]

=== '''- Accessorizing Nature''' ===
[[Jenny Soggia]]

[[Jenny Soggia|Fritzi Buhtz]]

GMU:Design with Fungi/Myco-Tetris

2024-01-22T15:28:49Z

Alessandro Volpato: Creation of the page: Myco-Tetris at GMU

[[File:Myco-Tetris Prototype.jpg|thumb]]
Myco-Tetris is an engaging and participative innovation project that aims to involve a broader audience in manufacturing using circular materials, specifically fungal composites. The project also seeks to stimulate further research in biotechnology.

By breaking down the barrier between the public and the exhibit, visitors are encouraged to touch and arrange the pieces in a playful manner. This hands-on activity not only sparks creativity but also encourages active participation. As participants engage in building activities, they are prompted to consider sustainable design questions and think critically about our current system.

Myco-Tetris will invite visitors to engage in a variety of activities, including playing the game, building sculptures, learning about Fungi and sustainability, finding inspiration, and designing and prototyping their own ideas by joining the team. This participation contributes to co-design efforts and applied research in fungal biotechnology.

The project is in its prototyping phase, and the interactive playful part is not implemented yet.

Motto:

* Play
* Learn
* Think
* Design
* Create

File:Myco-Tetris Prototype.jpg

2024-01-22T15:27:54Z

Alessandro Volpato:

These are a first few prototype blocks that will be used for the performance and installation about myco-materials

GMU:Design with Fungi

2024-01-22T15:15:08Z

Alessandro Volpato: Design with Fungi. Creation of the page and content.

''Credits:'' 4 [[SWS]]

''Venue:'' DIY Biolab @ [[Marienstraße 7b]], [[Marienstraße 7b/202|Room 204]]

''Lecturer(s):'' Alessandro Volpato

The steadily growing population and the associated need for more building and manufacturing activities pose almost insurmountable challenges for architecture and the industry as a whole. The need for more sustainable alternatives pushed research towards possibly grown materials, e.g. materials composed of agro/forestry leftovers processed by microbes. Fungal composites is just one of many example, and could therefore offer a promising alternatives to resource intense construction and fabrication materials.

These fungal composites can be produced in the near future in a way that is both climate-friendly and cost-effective. In addition, they can be easily separated, fully composted and used as fertilizer after the end of their life, thus closing the loop and making of them a "circular material". Thus, the use of fungi could create a lightweight and fully circular building system.

In this course we will use artistic approaches to design with Fungi, understand their way of growing on natural matter, explore how they relate to other easily cultivable living beings, and create own art-work out of this experience.

In the end the artistic pieces will be exhibited at the Winterwerkschau.

===Students / Projets===
*[[GMU:Design with Fungi/Alessandro Volpato|/Alessandro Volpato - Myco-Tetris]]

=== '''- Accessorizing Nature''' ===
[[Jenny Soggia]]

GMU:Start

2024-01-19T16:44:16Z

Alessandro Volpato: /* WS 2023 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses */

GMU:Diy biolab drivers licence

2023-11-03T13:17:31Z

Alessandro Volpato: Created DIY BioLab Drivers licence page

''Credits:'' 2 [[SWS]]

''Venue:'' Marienstraße 5, room 202/204

''Lecturer(s):'' Alessandro Volpato (Mentoring: Prof. Ursula Damm)

''First meeting:'' Oct. 27th 2023

Day 1 Oct. 27th 2023 - 9:15 - 12:30

Day 2 Oct. 27th 2023 - 9:15 - 16:45

The course serves as introduction to the DIY BioLab and its routine.

Main topics will be:

- Safety in the BioLab

- General equipment

- Setting and taking care of cultures

- Drafting and conceiving projects involving biological agents

== '''Documentation of the brain storming session of WiSe 2023''' ==
[[GMU:Diy biolab drivers licence|GMU:DIY BioLab Driver's licence]] - Alessandro Volpato - Example how to set links in the GMU wiki

GMU:Start

2023-11-03T13:06:47Z

Alessandro Volpato: /* WS 2023 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses */

GMU:BioArt Laboratory

2023-04-19T07:40:06Z

Alessandro Volpato:

[[:Category:Werkmodul|Werkmodul]] [[:Category:Fachmodul|Fachmodul]] 
''Lecturer(s):'' [[:Category:Alessandro Volpato]] 
''Credits:'' 4 [[SWS]] 
Date: Wednesdays 9.00 – 12.00 
''Venue:'' DIY Biolab @ [[Marienstraße 7b]], [[Marienstraße 7b/202|Room 202]] 
First meeting: 19. April 2023 

The goal is to support artistic practices in a DIY bio lab and enable students to achieve bigger goals and execute long term projects.

During the course students will learn about bio-art, will learn to hack scientific equipment and rebuild own inquiry tools.

Besides, students will realise a long term bio-art project, which will be exhibitied at Summaery.
If selected, the works will also be exhibited at the international conference in Weimar and also Ars Electronica festival in Linz.

==Sylabus==
===Day 1: (3h) lecture===
*Introduction to the course
*Design the recipe and prepare the media for different organisms
*Set cultures of different organisms (Euglena, mushrooms and slime mold)

===Day 2: (3h) lecture===
*Checking cultures, preparing new medium and expand them
*Conceptualise long term cultivation projects

===Day 3: (3h) lecture - workshop===
*Freak show: Lab teardown session
*Workshop with Matthias Vetterlein
*Doing what lab scientists don’t dare to do: disassemble precious lab equipment

===Day 4: (3h) lecture - workshop===
*Lab rebuild session: Open source spectrometry
*Using open source principles to design an easy to assemble and maintain lab, artist etc. friendly

===Day 5: (3h) lecture - workshop===
*Using an open source spectrometer:
*Extracting pigments from plants and other objects, and fingerprint theirs spectrum (rainbow)

===Project days: (29h)===
*Conceptualise: (4h)
*Draft the concept of the project, discuss with Miga the artistic content, generate with Alessandro the experimental plan

*Execute: (19h)
*Work in the lab to create the project

*Document: (2h)
*Create the documentation on the GMU wiki

*Exhibit: (4h)
*Prepare the object for the exhibition of July

[[Category:SS23]]
[[Category:Werkmodul]]
[[Category:Fachmodul]]
[[Category:Alesssandro Volpato]]

GMU:DIY BioLab

2022-12-21T17:34:20Z

Alessandro Volpato:

[[Marienstraße 7b]], [[Marienstraße 7b/202|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===
* [http://www.ehlert-partner.de/Mikroskopreinigung.pdf das saubere Mikroskop]
*'''The Bresser Microscope (''the big one'')''' [https://www.bresser.de/out/media/d32560c4539eb0c24bee07dbb7f2c40e.pdf Manual ]

<gallery>
File:SomeniceBacteria.png|these kind of pictures are possible with the Bresser microscope. Full rez SomeniceBacteria.JPG
File:Moldondictyostelium.png|another one of common mold spore heads. Full rez Moldondictyostelium.JPG
</gallery>

* [http://www.masterflex.com/assets/Manual_pdfs/48925-30%20-35%20-40.pdf The Masterflex microscope ("the small one")]
* [http://www.kanidis.gr/common/files/MOLECULAR/EQUIPMENT/Cat_V100_i.pdf The laminar hood]

===microliter pipettes===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgosWmRjjAo Micropipetting]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv5Bi2Wy1KU School Pipetting 101 Common Errors]

===vocabulary===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Laboratory_equipment Laboratory equipment]
*[http://www.sciencegeek.net/Chemistry/taters/labequipment.htm Lab Equipment Quiz]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PH 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 ==
*[[GMU:Habitats_SS18/Physarum_Polycephalum|Physarum Polycephalum]]
*[http://www.schulbiologiezentrum.info/15.20%20Euglena%20Neufassung%20031203.pdf Euglena]
*[[GMU:Experimental_Microbiology/Amoeba_proteus|Amoeba proteus]]
*[[GMU:Experimental_Microbiology/Armillaria_gallica|Armillaria gallica]]
*[[GMU:Experimental_Microbiology/Hydra Vulgaris|Hydra_Vulgaris]]
*[[GMU:Experimental_Microbiology/Haematococcus_pluvialis|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.

[http://zooundco-brehm.de/unsere-maerkte/weimar/? 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|Euglena]]
* [[/Amoeba|Amoeba]]
* [[/Physarum Polycephalum|Physarum Polycephalum]]
* [[/Dictyostelium|Disctyostelium]]

== Further Information ==
=== Research projects ===
*[[GMU:PhyChip|PhyChip]]
*[[GMU:Biogames|Biogames]]

=== Current Courses and Activities around Biolab ===
*[[GMU:Experimental_Microbiology|Experimental Microbiology]]
*[[GMU:Bioelectronics,_aesthetics_and_other_interesting_things|Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things]]
*[[GMU:Genes%26Clones|Genes&Clones]]

===Latest Courses===
*[[GMU:Experimental_Microbiology|Experimental Microbiology]]
*[[GMU:BioArt|BioArt]]
*[[GMU:Bioart_Introduction|Bioart_Introduction]]
*[[GMU:BioGames|BioGames]]

===Latest workshops===
*[[GMU:MediaArt_and_Biotechnology|MediaArt and Biotechnology]]
*[[GMU:Workshop on BioGames|Workshop on BioGames]]
*[[GMU:BioMedia_Science_2_Arts-_Molecular_Biology_entering_the_public_space|BioMedia Science 2 Arts- Molecular Biology entering the public space]]

=== Links ===
*[http://www.diysect.com/ Diysect Webseries about BioArt]

== Photos ==
<gallery>
File:IMG_4335.png|Photo: miga
File:DSC_0197.png|Photo: Smin Kim
File:DSC_0199.png|Photo: Smin Kim
File:DSC_0203.png|Photo: Smin Kim
File:DSC_0200-1.png|Photo:miga
File:DSC_0202-1.png|Photo:miga
File:DSC_0206.png|Photo:miga
File:IMG_1368.png|Photo:miga
File:IMG_1371.png|Photo:miga
</gallery>

GMU:Personen

2022-12-21T17:28:33Z

Alessandro Volpato:

===[[GMU:Ursula Damm|Ursula Damm]]===
:''Professorin''
:Marienstraße 5, Raum 304
:99423 Weimar
:Telefon:. +49 3643 / 58-3607
:E-Mail: ursula.damm [at] uni-weimar.de
:[http://www.ursuladamm.de ursuladamm.de] [[:Category:Ursula Damm]]

===[[GMU:Mindaugas Gapševičius|Mindaugas Gapševičius]]===
:''Künstlerischer Mitarbeiter''
:Marienstraße 5, Raum 208
:99423 Weimar
:Telefon: +49 3643 /58-3871
:E-Mail: mindaugas.gapsevicius [at] uni-weimar.de
:[http://www.triple-double-u.com triple-double-u.com] [[:Category:Mindaugas Gapševičius]]

===[[Jörg Brinkmann]]===
:''Künstlerischer Mitarbeiter''
:Marienstraße 5, Raum 305
:99423 Weimar
:Telefon: +49 3643 /58-3873
:E-Mail: joerg.brinkmann [at] uni-weimar.de
:[http://www.joergbrinkmann.net joergbrinkmann.net] [[:Category:Jörg Brinkmann]]

===[[Alexander König]]===
:''Künstlerischer Mitarbeiter''
:Marienstraße 5
:99423 Weimar
:E-Mail: alexander.koenig [at] uni-weimar.de
:[http://www.media-art-theory.com media-art-theory.com] [[:Category:Alexander König]]

===[[Klaus Fritze]]===
:''Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter''
:Marienstraße 5
:99423 Weimar
:E-Mail: klaus.herbst [at] uni-weimar.de

===[[Christian Doeller]]===
:''Künstlerischer Mitarbeiter''
:Marienstraße 5
:99423 Weimar
:E-Mail: christian.doeller [at] uni-weimar.de
:[http://www.christiandoeller.de christiandoeller.de]

===[[Alessandro Volpato]]===
:''Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter''
:Marienstraße 5, Raum 208
:99423 Weimar
:E-Mail: alessandro.volpato [at] uni-weimar.de

===Melanie Birnschein===
:''Sekretariat''
:Marienstraße 5, Raum 106
:99423 Weimar
:Telefon: +49 3643 / 58-3805
:E-Mail: melanie.birnschein [aet] uni-weimar.de

== Ehemalige Mitarbeiter ==

===[[User:Max|Max Neupert]]===
:[http://www.maxneupert.de maxneupert.de] [[:Category:Max Neupert]] 

===[[Julian Chollet]]===
:[http://www.mikroBIOMIK.org mikroBIOMIK.org] [[:Category:Julian Chollet]]

===[[GMU:TheresaSchubert|Theresa Schubert]]===
:[http://www.theresaschubert.com theresaschubert.com] [[:Category:Theresa Schubert]]

===[[GMU:Darsha Hewitt|Darsha Hewitt]]===
:[http://www.darsha.org darsha.org] [[:Category:Darsha Hewitt]]

===[[GMU:Felix Bonowski|Felix Bonowski]]===
:[https://felixbonowski.wordpress.com felixbonowski.wordpress.com] [[:Category:Felix Bonowski]]

===[[GMU:Martin Schneider|Martin Schneider]]===
:[http://www.bitcraftlab.com bitcraftlab.com] [[:Category:Martin Schneider]]

===[[User:Klausfritze|Dr. Klaus Fritze]]===
:[http://www.klausfritze.de klausfritze.de] [[:Category:Klaus Fritze]]

===[[User:Gunnar|Gunnar Green]]===
:[http://www.thegreeneyl.com thegreeneyl.com] [[:Category:Gunnar Green]]

===[[GMU:Dominique Hurth|Dominique Hurth]]===
:[http://www.dominiquehurth.com dominiquehurth.com] [[:Category:Dominique Hurth]]

===[[GMU:Lasse Scherffig|Lasse Scherffig]]===
:[http://lassescherffig.de lassescherffig.de] [[:Category:Lasse Scherffig]]
:[http://sfai.edu San Francisco Art Institute], [http://paidia-institute.org/ paidia-institute.org]


===[[Bernhard Hopfengärtner]]===
:[http://www.berndhopfengaertner.net berndhopfengaertner.net] [[:Category:Bernhard Hopfengärtner]]

===[[User:Sebastian|Sebastian Hundertmark]]===
:[http://www.100dm.com 100dm.com] [[:Category:Sebastian Hundertmark]]

===[[User:Mm|Michael Markert]]===
:[http://www.audiocommander.de audiocommander.de] [[:Category:Michael Markert]]

===Ralf Baecker===
:[http://rlfbckr.org/ ralf baecker]

===Micha Thies===
:[http://www.khm.de/~mthies khm.de/~mthies]

== Lehraufträge ==
:Die Professur Gestaltung medialer Umgebungen hat an folgende Personen Lehraufträge vergeben:

=== Dr.phil. Alexander König ===
: [http://www.media-art-theory.com media-art-theory.com]

=== Joe Davis ===
: [[wikipedia:Joe Davis (artist)|wikipedia article]]

=== Thomas Hawranke ===
: [http://www.thomashawranke.com thomashawranke.com ]

=== Katrin Caspar ===
: [[:Category:Katrin Caspar|Katrin Caspar]]

=== Tom Hanke ===
:[[Tom Hanke]]

=== Matthias Weber ===
:[[Matthias Weber]]

=== Jochen Viehoff ===
:[[GMU:Workshop mit Jochen Viehoff]]

=== Teri Rueb ===
:[[Teri Rueb]]

=== Liana Franke ===
:[http://www.kopflinie.de kopflinie.de]

=== Niklas Roy ===
:[http://www.niklasroy.com niklasroy.com]
:[http://www.youtube.com/user/royrobotiks YouTube]

=== Moritz Wehrmann ===
:[http://www.moritzwehrmann.com moritzwehrmann.com]

=== Diana Lange ===
:[http://www.diana-lange.de/ diana-lange.de]
:[http://bauhaus.diana-lange.de/ Self-Organization by Design]