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DremelFuge, First Go
I’ve had on my mind an idea for some time that I’ve wanted to try. Having a Makerbot has enabled me to experiment with mad science on a level I’ve not been able to before, so here it is: DremelFuge, a...
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Dremelfuge: It works, and it’s Available
Long Overdue Update: I’m very proud to say that, some time back, I updated the Dremelfuge design with better tolerances and a better shape to handle tubes. When I tested it (only once so far) at full...
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Cargo Cults and Electrophoresis
Toward the latter half of WWII, landing strips and airbases were being built all over the Pacific on small, otherwise totally isolated islands. Little contact was made with the natives to explain what...
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Homebrew Bacterial Media for the Microbiology Hobbyist or DIYbio Enthusiast
Update: The links to the files were broken since I moved from cunningprojects.com to cathalgarvey.me a while back, sorry to those who’ve been looking for these since then. I’ve just re-uploaded the two...
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Isolation and Culture of Bioluminescent Bacteria
Update: Keep your bacteria in the dark. I had been doing this without meaning to, and was confused to hear a fellow microbiologist growing a derivative of my cultures in her lab and getting no glow....
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Newcastle Maker Faire
Tomorrow, I disappear to Maker Faire Newcastle to meet Brian Degger of Transitlab.org, see loads of Makers and made things, and help give a workshop on DIYbio. Should be fun! If you’re about Newcastle,...
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Dear all, my DIYbio plasmid has arrived
Some time ago I placed an order for a labour of love of mine: IndieBB. It’s a plasmid I designed to make cloning in Bacillus subtilis easier, faster and more reliable. Crucially, it’s also supposed to...
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