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The Do-It-Yourself Biology community of Heidelberg

Heidelberg, Germany
Joined June 2016
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Website from Jeff Tabor's lab - full instructions and resources on how to build/implement the Bactograph - light programmable bacterial films for education. (bactograph.org)
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OpenOcular DIY 3D printable adapter - to adapt your phone camera for microscope eyepiece, with self-centering design. (openocular.com)
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A big part of our work is looking 'into the horizon' for developments in biology and medicine that might raise ethical issues in the future. 🧠🔬🧬🌅 Our new infographic illustrates some of these developments & the ethical issues that they may raise. nuffieldbioethics.org/news/n…
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DIY portable spectrophotometer based on a Raspberry Pi, with links to precursor projects. (hackaday.io/project/183135-p…)
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Richard Bowman and Julian Stirling at the Bath Open Instrumentation Group describe lessons learnt in developing a very low-cost, laboratory-grade microscope and building global partnerships and an open source ecosystem. (physicsworld.com/a/high-spec…)
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Combination of thermoset PDMS (Sylgard 184) with colour-specific dyes to create very low-cost lens-filters for frugal imaging devices. (doi.org/10.1364/BOE.381014)
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Ultra-low-cost electroporator with microneedle electrodes (ePatch) for vaccination - based on a self-powered piezo barbecue lighter. (pnas.org/content/118/45/e211…)
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Blueprints for a low-cost laser engine - compatible with wide-field and localisation microscopy, and based on affordable laser diodes, a square multimode fibre and speckle-reduction module from Jonas Ries lab. (github.com/ries-lab/LaserEng…)
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DIY dual channel fluorescence microscope: Github site with assembly details from @_Gemmaaaa_ @DrBrianPatton (github.com/NanoBioPhotonics-…)
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Curated collection of bioengineering nuggets - with an emphasis on new Biomaker tools, gizmos and frugal science for the lab and field: biomaker.org/tweets
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The Potential for Low-Cost and #OpenSource Hardware Solutions to Scale: new report from @TheWilsonCenter wilsoncenter.org/publication… #openhardware
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Review of 11 different growth media for microgreen hydroponics. (onthegrow.net/post/our-thoug…)
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Looking to incorporate #3DPrinting into your research and love #Microscopy? Look no more, our #preprint, “The field guide to 3D printing in microscopy” is out today! Check it out at preprints.org/manuscript/202… 1/7
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Interesting supplier of specialist devices for robotics and instrumentation - including pumps for micro scale liquid handling…and more. (robotdigg.com)
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Finally! We found our first (live) tardigrade \o/
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DIY resources for hooking up sensors and machine-learning, using the WIO Terminal - with useful example projects. (seeedstudio.com/wio-terminal…)
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Replying to @OdedRechavi
On it, sans hipsterdom!
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Been doing this with my undergrads for a few years now. Check out the lab materials I’ve developed for a research based course at spacebiology.carthage.edu
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Some tips for one-shot printing of 3D parts with moving components. (javelin-tech.com/blog/2018/0…)
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