The Slime Mould Collective

"Dear Ian Would it be possible to send some slime over to Belgium? I'm a highschool teacher and want to experiment with my students. I'm showing them the TED-talk of Heather Barnett and will let them think about what they want…"

Tuesday

Bob Lowe posted a discussion

3-Dimensional Path Finding

I'm curious, what is known about physarum's ability to find three dimensional paths? I ask because I have observed an interesting behavior in my slime cultures on two occasions over the last few weeks. I have been keeping my slimes in disposable…See More

Jan 11

0 Comments 0 Likes

ian commented on Katherine's blog post oats pattern

"Hi They tend to strike out at random, head to the first food source they encounter and grow from there. Things can get interesting when you starting giving them a variety of foods with varying quality - eg. 1% oat jelly vs 10% then they have…"

Jan 8

ian liked Katherine's blog post oats pattern

Jan 8

ian commented on Ruiko's photo

my first slime mold

"Hi I put up some basic info at http://www.tinyurl.com/slimemanifesto probably the most useful thing is to just use paper as a substrate for your day to day culturing - it's less hassle and easier to move around. It looks like yours are…"

Jan 8

Libby Haywood updated their profile

Jan 7

Libby Haywood and SOLANGE XAVIER DOS SANTOS joined The Slime Mould Collective

Jan 7

Savannah Vonesh replied to Savannah Vonesh's discussion Slime Mold and Grapes

"Thanks!"

Jan 6

ian replied to Savannah Vonesh's discussion Slime Mold and Grapes

"Hi and welcome You don't need sterility or gloves, your agar shouldn't have any nutrients so won't grow stuff much if you touch it. I keep mine on paper for convenience and feed uncooked oats straight out of the bag with a spray of…"

Jan 6

Savannah Vonesh updated their profile

Jan 6

Savannah Vonesh posted a discussion

Slime Mold and Grapes

Hi! I'm starting some slime mold experimentation and had a silly question. Has anyone dried feeding grapes/other fruit to their slime mold (specifically physarum polycephalum) and did the slime mold eat it? I gave mine a grape (a bit squished so the…See More

Jan 6

2 Comments 0 Likes

1	Slime mould experiment ideas for a lab report
2	Why slime?
3	Sourcing Physarum
4	Substrate experiment
5	On enclosures
6	Metatrichia floriformis
7	Lamproderma echinulatum
8	Elaeomyxa cerifera 1262
9	Physarum population density effect on pattern formation and granularity - Sensor Offset (SO): 3
10	population density 1 - 72

Forum

Blog Posts

Top Content

Welcome to the Slime Mould Collective!

Photos

Latest Activity

Events

Members

Groups

Groups

Videos