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* examine exit signs; Are there brightnesslevels that have to be achieved? Is the case a suitable home for the mushroom? Who to ask for permission to install the mushroom cases  | * examine exit signs; Are there brightnesslevels that have to be achieved? Is the case a suitable home for the mushroom? Who to ask for permission to install the mushroom cases  | ||
==   | == Project: Euglena==  | ||
=== To-Do's ===  | |||
== To-Do's ==  | |||
*grow Euglena    | *grow Euglena    | ||
* care for Euglena  | * care for Euglena  | ||
* work out a creative Projekt using Euglena  | * work out a creative Projekt using Euglena  | ||
== Process of growing Euglena: ==  | === Process of growing Euglena: ===  | ||
I met with Alessandro on the 16th of November to start growing Euglena gracilis.  | I met with Alessandro on the 16th of November to start growing Euglena gracilis.  | ||
== Making the substrate ==  | === Making the substrate ===  | ||
For the substrate we followed this guide.  | For the substrate we followed this guide.  | ||
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I got into the lab equipment which consists of a lab coat, gloves and goggles. I sterilised my hands before and after getting on the gloves, as well as my workspace and all my materials to minimize contaminations that could jeopardize growing the culture of Euglena.    | I got into the lab equipment which consists of a lab coat, gloves and goggles. I sterilised my hands before and after getting on the gloves, as well as my workspace and all my materials to minimize contaminations that could jeopardize growing the culture of Euglena.    | ||
I prepped my workspace with the necessary tools: a highly accurate scale (for the tiny amounts of chemicals you need), the necessary chemicals in order of the recipe, distilled water, a tiny spatula, tin foil as a base to put the chemicals on for weighing, my bottle for the finished solution; sanitizer and papertowels to clean the spatula between going into the different chemicals to prevent crosscontamination of products.    | I prepped my workspace with the necessary tools: a highly accurate scale (for the tiny amounts of chemicals you need), the necessary chemicals in order of the recipe, distilled water, a tiny spatula, tin foil as a base to put the chemicals on for weighing, my bottle for the finished solution; sanitizer and papertowels to clean the spatula between going into the different chemicals to prevent crosscontamination of products.    | ||
I made the base solution and solution one with the help of Alessandro. Solution 2 and 3 were kindly provided by Miga. In the base solution I then dropped the extra solutions 1 and 2 as specified in the text (5 times 8 drops for each) before they go to be autoclaved in the pressure cooker.  | I made the base solution and solution one with the help of Alessandro. Solution 2 and 3 were kindly provided by Miga. In the base solution I then dropped the extra solutions 1 and 2 as specified in the text (5 times 8 drops for each) before they go to be autoclaved in the pressure cooker.  | ||
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</gallery>  | </gallery>  | ||
== Ideas for using Euglena ==  | === Ideas for using Euglena ===  | ||
[[File:Konsultation and my own ideas_230117_113402_1.jpg|400px]]  | [[File:Konsultation and my own ideas_230117_113402_1.jpg|400px]]  | ||
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[[File:Konsultation and my own ideas_230117_113402_5.jpg|400px]]  | [[File:Konsultation and my own ideas_230117_113402_5.jpg|400px]]  | ||
== Footage of the grown Euglena ==  | === Footage of the grown Euglena ===  | ||
<gallery>  | <gallery>  | ||
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<videoflash type="vimeo">795559259|437|236</videoflash>  | <videoflash type="vimeo">795559259|437|236</videoflash>  | ||
== Problems/Difficulties that occured during the process ==  | === Problems/Difficulties that occured during the process ===  | ||
The first thing that happened that didn't turn out to be too big of a deal was that only one of the four tubes with Euglena that we made was actually usable. The others had contaminations and/or didn't grow. Which is a good reminder that these things can happen when you are working with living beings. So always have a backup and check in regularly to make sure they're still thriving.    | The first thing that happened that didn't turn out to be too big of a deal was that only one of the four tubes with Euglena that we made was actually usable. The others had contaminations and/or didn't grow. Which is a good reminder that these things can happen when you are working with living beings. So always have a backup and check in regularly to make sure they're still thriving.    | ||