Hackteria FoodHacking - BioLab @ CynetArt - Dresden, Germany
Agrar is the New Media
Performance and participatory Workshop.
Workshop set-up
Agarose gel electrophoresis
Agar or agar-agar is a gelatinous substance derived by boiling a polysaccharide in red algae, where it accumulates in the cell walls of agarophyte and serves as the primary structural support for the algae's cell walls. In Biology Agar is often used to provide a solid surface containing medium for the growth of bacteria and fungi. Research grade agar is used extensively supplemented with a nutrient and vitamin mixture in Petri dishes under sterile conditions.
Agarose gel electrophoresis is a method of gel electrophoresis used in biochemistry, molecular biology, and clinical chemistry to separate a mixed population of DNA or proteins in a matrix of agarose. The proteins or DNA may be separated by charge and size or length.
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Agar is typically sold commercially as a powder that can be mixed with water.
Agarose gels are easy to cast and is particularly suitable for art, which accounts for the popularity of its use.
Materials:
- 4 grosse Tische
- 20 Tischlampen
- 8 Steckerleisten
- Verlängerungskabel zu den Tischen
- Zugang zu Wasserbecken
- 40 günstige Tupperware (ca. 8x15cm)
- Lebensmittelfarben
- 2 Heizplatten
- 40 dicke Bleistiftmienen (1-2mm)
- 40 9V Batterien
