Cave µ-Safari

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Overview

Background

See more info about our first trips in Slovenia on http://hackteria.org/?p=2734


Intersting Cave Ecologies in Ireland and UK

http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/South-East/DunmoreCave/

UK/Ireland based Hypogean Crustacea Recording Scheme: http://hcrs.freshwaterlife.org/home

Cave life in Britain, leaflet: https://www.fba.org.uk/sites/default/files/Cave%20Life%20in%20Britain.pdf

Groundwater Crustacea of Ireland: A survey of the stygobitic malacostraca in caves and springs - Final report http://hcrs.freshwaterlife.org/sites/172.16.0.99.hcrs.local/files/GroundwaterCrustaceaOfIreland_Compressed.pdf

County Kilkenny

from above report:

"Gour pools with troglophilic Collembola on the surfaces were observed toward the end of Haddon Hall and in the Crystal Chamber within the Dunmore Cave system (KK4). During the field sorting of a sample from the large, deep pool of water located in The Crystal Chamber, a single juvenile Niphargus sp. was the only fauna recorded. However, this specimen was lost during transferral to the sample pot and could not therefore be identified further. Within the illuminated section of the cave troglophilic springtails (Collembola) and pot worms (Enchytraeidae) were present in some of the pools."

Cave Sherpa's and BioHackers

Dr. Marc Dusseiller (CH)

Dr. Marc R. Dusseiller is a transdisciplinary scholar, lecturer for micro- and nanotechnology, cultural facilitator and artist. He works in an integral way to combine science, art and education. He performs DIY (do-it-yourself) workshops in lo-fi electronics, hardware hacking, microscopy, music and robotics. He was co-organizing Dock18, Room for Mediacultures, diy* festival (Zürich, Switzerland), KIBLIX 2011 (Maribor, Slovenia), workshops for artists, schools and children as the former president (2008-12) of the Swiss Mechatronic Art Society, SGMK. Currently, he is developing means to perform bio- and nanotechnology research and dissemination (Hackteria | Open Source Biological Art) in a DIY fashion in kitchens, ateliers and in developing countries.

Dominik Mahnič (SI)

Cave Sherpa, Painter, Media Artist, City Hunter

https://www.assembla.com/spaces/dominik-mahnic/wiki

http://www.youtube.com/user/sdgtr4

Tools we need

we bring

  • foam-board
  • microscope laser projector ( one is in biotehna )
  • pico projetor ( marc have one )
  • urin sample containers
  • lights - difrent ones
  • headtorches
  • steel band

provided by Science Gallery

  • petri dishes, 20x 100mm, 20x 60mm
  • starving low-nutritious agar culture plates
  • agarose
  • plastic pipettes, loads
  • glass slides, 50 x
  • cover slips for aquariums, 50 x
  • hot glue guns, 3x
  • glue sticks, loads
  • scissors, 5x
  • cutting knifes, 5x

buy locally

  • batteries AAA, 40x
  • rope/string for plankton nets, 5x 10m
  • nylons, 10x
  • urine sample containers, 20x
  • lights/torches - different ones
  • head torches

urgent orders

Infrastructure

  • projector
  • power plugs
  • autoclave
  • hot-plate
  • pressure cooker
  • cool-box, electric, ca 10° (or seperate fridge)