Hi/Surge In New Membership - The Slime Mould Collective2024-03-29T14:07:35Zhttp://slimoco.ning.com/forum/topics/hi-surge-in-new-membership?commentId=3917201%3AComment%3A39168&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noOoh, that makes sense, super…tag:slimoco.ning.com,2018-03-12:3917201:Comment:391682018-03-12T17:03:16.176ZSarahhttp://slimoco.ning.com/profile/SarahM
<p>Ooh, that makes sense, super cool! Awesome map, that looks like it worked out super well. I'll have to try that out!</p>
<p>Ooh, that makes sense, super cool! Awesome map, that looks like it worked out super well. I'll have to try that out!</p> To breed - get spores, this j…tag:slimoco.ning.com,2018-03-12:3917201:Comment:391672018-03-12T11:53:22.412Zianhttp://slimoco.ning.com/profile/ian
<p>To breed - get spores, this just means leaving a slime in the light for a few days. The spores have to dry for a few weeks, then when you add water they hatch into amoebae. I feed mine by just putting an oat in the water - it feeds bacteria that then feed the amoebae. I put the culture onto blotting paper, leave it in the dark and add a oat and a bit of water every few weeks. Eventually you get a tiny yellow blob or two - feed that a oat and carefully lift it out and you'll find it grows…</p>
<p>To breed - get spores, this just means leaving a slime in the light for a few days. The spores have to dry for a few weeks, then when you add water they hatch into amoebae. I feed mine by just putting an oat in the water - it feeds bacteria that then feed the amoebae. I put the culture onto blotting paper, leave it in the dark and add a oat and a bit of water every few weeks. Eventually you get a tiny yellow blob or two - feed that a oat and carefully lift it out and you'll find it grows into a new slime.</p>
<p></p>
<p>For the maps - these things solve transport networks - Birmingham rail network works quite nicely. <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/308443124?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/308443124?profile=RESIZE_480x480" class="align-center" width="360"></a></p> That's so cool! What sort of…tag:slimoco.ning.com,2018-03-12:3917201:Comment:390592018-03-12T07:59:30.608ZSarahhttp://slimoco.ning.com/profile/SarahM
<p>That's so cool! What sort of maps? And how did you breed a strain? Sorry to bombard with questions- I'm not coming at this with any sort of science background as my entire degree is in the arts, but find it too interesting not to try to study. </p>
<p>That's so interesting- wonder why nobody studied them before... The more I look, the more there seems to be a bit of a cult following with slimes. I'll never have access to a professional lab as I haven't even taken science courses since what…</p>
<p>That's so cool! What sort of maps? And how did you breed a strain? Sorry to bombard with questions- I'm not coming at this with any sort of science background as my entire degree is in the arts, but find it too interesting not to try to study. </p>
<p>That's so interesting- wonder why nobody studied them before... The more I look, the more there seems to be a bit of a cult following with slimes. I'll never have access to a professional lab as I haven't even taken science courses since what I'm pretty sure was actually called Biology 101 in my first year of uni, so I'm going to have to figure things out best I can. </p> I make mazes whenever I've go…tag:slimoco.ning.com,2018-03-12:3917201:Comment:390582018-03-12T07:52:59.069Zianhttp://slimoco.ning.com/profile/ian
<p>I make mazes whenever I've got a session to run - and a few maps. For schools seasons I give the pupils a choice of mazes or food choice plates to take home. Mazie's a strain I bred up myself to avoid any issues with 'copyright' on the commercial strains. 'She' was basically the better behaved colony - some of the others either don't revive as well or show way too much tendency to escape. </p>
<p></p>
<p>One of the best things about slimes is they were ignored for so long that there's…</p>
<p>I make mazes whenever I've got a session to run - and a few maps. For schools seasons I give the pupils a choice of mazes or food choice plates to take home. Mazie's a strain I bred up myself to avoid any issues with 'copyright' on the commercial strains. 'She' was basically the better behaved colony - some of the others either don't revive as well or show way too much tendency to escape. </p>
<p></p>
<p>One of the best things about slimes is they were ignored for so long that there's plenty to discover about them without resorting to a professional lab</p> Ha! That's a good story- kids…tag:slimoco.ning.com,2018-03-12:3917201:Comment:392082018-03-12T07:42:02.834ZSarahhttp://slimoco.ning.com/profile/SarahM
<p>Ha! That's a good story- kids do like slime, I once had a birthday party that completely focused on making balls of slime to take home (not quite slime mold, but still not a shock that I've ended up here). Mazie- have you actually had it solve a maze? I keep watching time lapse maze-solving videos. </p>
<p>Ha! That's a good story- kids do like slime, I once had a birthday party that completely focused on making balls of slime to take home (not quite slime mold, but still not a shock that I've ended up here). Mazie- have you actually had it solve a maze? I keep watching time lapse maze-solving videos. </p> It started as a cynical job p…tag:slimoco.ning.com,2018-03-12:3917201:Comment:388852018-03-12T07:36:58.569Zianhttp://slimoco.ning.com/profile/ian
<p>It started as a cynical job protection exercise but it turned out I not only enjoyed it but I didn't suck at it either. My actual job is microscopy lab manager but I persuaded work that 20% public engagement would be a good idea. Slime has taken over a bit - I wanted to do tardigrades and extremophiles at the fair but the head of faculty told me "you're r the slime guy right? You're doing slime, kids like slime" </p>
<p>My life genuinely is being controlled by a single celled organism…</p>
<p>It started as a cynical job protection exercise but it turned out I not only enjoyed it but I didn't suck at it either. My actual job is microscopy lab manager but I persuaded work that 20% public engagement would be a good idea. Slime has taken over a bit - I wanted to do tardigrades and extremophiles at the fair but the head of faculty told me "you're r the slime guy right? You're doing slime, kids like slime" </p>
<p>My life genuinely is being controlled by a single celled organism called Mazie </p> Hi Ian! Thanks for the reply.…tag:slimoco.ning.com,2018-03-11:3917201:Comment:388802018-03-11T17:23:31.795ZSarahhttp://slimoco.ning.com/profile/SarahM
<p>Hi Ian! Thanks for the reply. I love that there's this community, and found it neat that it's not only scientists, makes me feel like I can study slime mold even though I'm not studying science. Science engagement-- that's really cool! Awesome that the kids get to take a slime mold home, too. How did you get into that?</p>
<p>Hi Ian! Thanks for the reply. I love that there's this community, and found it neat that it's not only scientists, makes me feel like I can study slime mold even though I'm not studying science. Science engagement-- that's really cool! Awesome that the kids get to take a slime mold home, too. How did you get into that?</p> Thanks! :)tag:slimoco.ning.com,2018-03-11:3917201:Comment:392012018-03-11T17:18:49.435ZSarahhttp://slimoco.ning.com/profile/SarahM
<p>Thanks! :)</p>
<p>Thanks! :)</p> Hi there
I was surprised too…tag:slimoco.ning.com,2018-03-11:3917201:Comment:388762018-03-11T10:02:44.811Zianhttp://slimoco.ning.com/profile/ian
<p>Hi there </p>
<p>I was surprised too when I discovered there's such a large community interested in them. I use them for science engagement - mostly talking to groups of school pupils ( 6 - 18) they're a wonderful gateway into talking about the limits of intelligence and what conscious experience really means. Plus everyone gets to take one home! </p>
<p>Hi there </p>
<p>I was surprised too when I discovered there's such a large community interested in them. I use them for science engagement - mostly talking to groups of school pupils ( 6 - 18) they're a wonderful gateway into talking about the limits of intelligence and what conscious experience really means. Plus everyone gets to take one home! </p> Here ya go :)
https://warwick…tag:slimoco.ning.com,2018-03-09:3917201:Comment:388712018-03-09T19:14:03.729ZFairooz Shukorhttp://slimoco.ning.com/profile/FairoozShukor
<p>Here ya go :)</p>
<p><a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/outreach/slimemold/care/" target="_blank">https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/outreach/slimemold/care/</a> </p>
<p>Here ya go :)</p>
<p><a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/outreach/slimemold/care/" target="_blank">https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/outreach/slimemold/care/</a> </p>