GMU:Being a Unicellular Organism/Bo Liu

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Hello!

Here you can find a record of my observations and initial idea on Physarum Policephalum :))

//record & idea File:Slime1stIdea.pdf

Experiments

I was amazed by the growth rate of physarum polycephalum and its desire for food. After placing it on the agar dishes for the first time in BioLab, I brought it back to the student apartment to start feeding and observing it.

22.10.2021

The first night in the student apartment, this unicellular organism started to spread its tentacles towards food. I also recorded its meal through time-lapse video. As I tried time-lapse in BioLab for the first time during the day, the wrong camera perspective led to a poor observation. So I chose plate #3 alone and left it in the kitchen to record for about ten hours. //time lapse video link:[1]

23.10.2021, Morning

The slime mold in plate #3 spread out and I found by chance that its texture looked like a tree ;)) I wondered if the slime mold would appear to have a more regular texture if the food was positioned more regularly.

ISlimo.JPG