An international network of/for intelligent organisms
SLIMOCO brings together artists, scientists and others interested in slime moulds - to share research, knowledge, experiments, images...
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Nutrient Agar
Started by Ophélie Queffurus in Links & Resources. Last reply by Jan-Maarten Luursema May 13. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Will physarum consume human blood - a preliminary study
Started by ian in Links & Resources. Last reply by Heather Barnett May 7. 2 Replies 2 Likes
Time-lapse programs
Started by Marijn Roelvink in Links & Resources. Last reply by ian May 6. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Top Tips for growing Physarum Polycephalum...
Started by Heather Barnett in Links & Resources. Last reply by Andrea Whitson May 2. 27 Replies 4 Likes
Critique on: Physarum Polycephalum- an illustrated typographical journal
Started by Patrick Owoc in Links & Resources. Last reply by Patrick Barry May 2. 1 Reply 1 Like
Blog Posts
Q. Eva - Would you like to be eaten?
Posted by Jan-Maarten Luursema on April 20, 2018 at 14:06 0 Comments 0 Likes
Food
Posted by mint taste slime mould on April 13, 2018 at 4:20 1 Comment 0 Likes
HELP ME
Posted by mint taste slime mould on April 5, 2018 at 11:30 3 Comments 0 Likes
Help Culturing Physarum Polycephalum Directly onto 3D Printed Surfaces
Posted by Nicolas on March 29, 2018 at 14:46 3 Comments 0 Likes
Slime mould and body intelligence
Posted by Dominique Baron-Bonarjee on March 15, 2018 at 10:55 1 Comment 0 Likes
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The Slime Mould Collective is a portal for interesting, progressive and ground breaking research and creative practice working with the simple yet intelligent organisms. If you are involved with or interested in slime moulds as a scientist, artist, designer, teacher, philosopher... (etc), please join and share what you do...
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Maria commented on Maria's video
Narco Cultivos - Test09
"Hi!
I cannot remember - but here we used clear glass as a cover, which was cleaned with alcohol. I think we tried using some wax cloth on the glas to prevent condensation, but I do not know if we did it on this test.
On petri dishes…"
Jan-Maarten Luursema replied to Ophélie Queffurus's discussion Nutrient Agar"Ian's solutions are great for delaying the inavsion of your project with ambient molds, but if you don't have the resources for working sterile, you will always find some uninvited guests in your slime mold's home eventually. One…"
Jan-Maarten Luursema commented on Jan-Maarten Luursema's video
Anditalks-01A
"I use 'Sonax anti condens spray', a local brand (in the Netherlands), so you'll have to look around a bit. I don't think it matters all that much, all anti-fogging sprays are basically soap in a spray bottle"
ian commented on ian's video
Physarum disobeying
"Hi
I got around it by not using a lid on that video - 2% agar no nutrient, it it holds plenty of moisture but was starting starting to crack at the four days mark. The plate was 20cm and I covered the whole thing with a plastic box with…"
Arthur Rodrigues commented on Jan-Maarten Luursema's videoAnditalks-01A
"Oh that makes sense!
Would you mind sharing what type of
anti-fog spray and the brand?
Thank you!"
Jan-Maarten Luursema commented on Jan-Maarten Luursema's videoAnditalks-01A
"Hi Arthur, I mitigate the issue by using anti-fogging spray; I spray the inside of the lid, wipe off the excess liquid and let it dry. Shampoo or soapy water should work too. Divers spit in their goggles for the same purpose, but you wouldn't…"
Arthur Rodrigues commented on Heather Barnett's video
Heather Barnett: What humans can learn from semi-intelligent slime
"Hello! I'm a young BioArtist and I've been working
with Physarum for a few mouths now. However, I keep
running into the issue of condensation on the lid of the
Petri dish. I was wondering if you could share how you
mitigated that…"
Arthur Rodrigues commented on Jan-Maarten Luursema's videoAnditalks-01A
"Hello! I'm a young BioArtist and I've been working
with Physarum for a few mouths now. However, I keep
running into the issue of condensation on the lid of the
Petri dish. I was wondering if you could share how you
mitigated that…"
Arthur Rodrigues commented on ian's videoPhysarum disobeying
"Hello! I'm a young BioArtist and I've been working
with Physarum for a few mouths now. However, I keep
running into the issue of condensation on the lid of the
Petri dish. I was wondering if you could share how you
mitigated that…"
Arthur Rodrigues commented on Maria's videoNarco Cultivos - Test09
"Hello! I am attempting to record a time lapse of a slime mold and I am having trouble
with condensation on the lid of my Petri Dish. I was wondering how you mitigated
that on yours? "
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When Worlds Collide
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Slime mold video
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