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Robin and Sachiko visited the lab of Dr. van der Meer at UNIL on the 23rd of Jan. After meeting in the office and learning how the basic principles work, we went on a tour of the lab, saw his student’s...
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making glycerol stocks with Srishti students
Srishti students in the course LifeSciences Workshop for Artists & Designers with Yashas in Bangalore are participating in the hackterialab on their course dates. This was a great opportunity to...
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GFP detection
Mukund told us that bacteria in the stationary phase can de-repress the repressor. So Urs and I decided we need to check to see if the overnight cultures were fluorescing green. First, Urs made quickly...
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biodesign wrap up at hackterialab
We had today a discussion with Srishti students, Yashas, Timbil (from Lifepatch), and other hackterialab participants Togar, Robertina, Urs, Marc, Babitha and others. This was the last day for me in...
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Arsenic – The slow poison.
All you need to know about Arsenic. The poison you don’t know you’re ingesting. A brief compilation of data to get to know the basics about Arsenic contamination. This small presentation has...
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Ayan’s Talk
Mr. Ayan Biswas – Manager, Advocacy, Arghyam Ayan has about 10 years of experience in the water sector. Before joining Arghyam, he worked as a research scientist at People’s Science Institute (PSI),...
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Ideas for removing Arsenic from Ar-contaminated water
Here are some links that explain different ways to remove Arsenic from Ar-contaminated water. Removing arsenic using PVA bottles. Arsenic removal using water hyacinths. Improving Water quality in...
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Prototyping a mobile lab
Taking inspiration from IDEO in California, we decided to try out the ‘Dirty Prototyping‘ process to generate more ideas. Using found materials as substitutes for the real thing, allows for...
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Arsenic Field Testing – Kolar
Kolar – Terahalli Kolar is located 70 km East from Bangalore. Ten years ago the gold mines in Kolar were shut down by Bharat Gold Mines Ltd. (BGML). The 4,850 million litres of water that has collected...
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science for poets
The 2013 Bangalore crew and their entries in the hackterialab wiki: Akshaya Zachariah Chaitrali Bhide Gita Upmale Maithili Panikar Radha Parulekar Reuben Samson Shahrukh Faquih Shipra Koyal Sreemoyee...
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Yashas’ EPFL visit
Yashas, who leads the (Art)ScienceBLR crew in Bangalore, India came through Europe this summer to visit EPFL. We invited him to the post-semester student BBQ on Sunday, which was a surprise for the...
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Diatom Isolation process
Diatoms are a major group of algae, and are among the most common types of phytoplankton. They are photosynthetic and are orange-ish green in colour because of the presence of caroteniods along with...
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Water sampling across Arunachal Pradesh
In October 2014, we did a water sampling trip across the West kameng district in Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal Pradesh is the most north-eastern state in India. It lies entirely in the Himalayan...
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Biodesign meet up in Bangalore
We have managed to come together at (Art)ScienceBLR -well, not all of us, but 3 members from Lifepatch, 1 from Switzerland arrived here in Bangalore for a meet-up and residency. We were welcomed by...
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