Class 7 - Guest Lecture

Synopsys

This week we’ll welcome a guest speaker to our class. Emma van der Leest (BlueCity Lab).

We’ll also try to isolate our first biomaterial.

Schedule

• Guest Lecture Emma van der Leest (Blue City Lab) on biodesign and biomaterials - VIDEO
• Guest Lecture Jesse Howard on open source hardware and syringe pumps - VIDEO
• Centrifuge design PDF - VIDEO
• Practicals
  • Peer 2 Peer reviewing
  • Chloroplast isolation

  WARNING: Centrifuges are dangerous machines. Always make sure you detach the rotor from the motor when testing the device. Attach something to the motor only after you are confident that you have the machine working properly.

Devices

Centrifuge

• BHA_Centrifuge repository

Bill of Materials

In order to take part in this class you will need the following materials:

• Centrifuge materials

Additional reading and hacking

• Electronics
  • Rotary Encoder
  • Electronic Speed Controller
• Arduino I2C Wire functionality
• Centrifugation
  • Forbidden F Word
• Centrifuge
  • RWXBioFuge

Feeling lazy?

Go ahead and buy a table top centrifuge:

• Eppendorf 5424

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