Algae Culture at Home

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Plankton.jpg

http://openlibrary.org/books/OL8553218M/Plankton_Culture_Manual

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-to-rear-a-plankton-me

http://www.instructables.com/id/Simple-Algae-Home-CO2-Scrubber-Part-II-Culturing/?ALLSTEPS

Experimental Flat-Panel Photobioreactor:

http://arkfab.org/?cat=135

Grow-> extract -> distill to make biofuel:

http://www.ehow.com/how_5982439_use-algae-biodiesel-fuel.html


Algeator1.jpg

Algea incubator with arduino controlled CO2 pump, simple resistive heater and some led lightning

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fabbing the plexi parts in the FabLab / lights on

Algae Hacking at GaudiLabs (June 2012)

Picking Algae Cells / Patch Clamp

WebCamCellPicker.jpg
Setup using a CD-ROM reading head for XY micro-positioning of a small glas capillary. The coil head is controlled using an arduino. The coils are directely connected to the PWM output pins.

XYCellPicker.jpg
Picking head mounted on a XY-table for macro adjustments using the two stepper motors.

Clamp.jpg
Imgae of the capillary. String algae and single cell algae in size comparison. Positioning is very precise (+/- 5 um),aspiring the algae is not yet reliable.



Links: http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/W3732E/w3732e06.htm