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February 2020
Should we be worried?
As a community, most of us work with slime mold without lab protection (gloves, goggles, lab coat, biological hood).
Many people around me are slightly concerned about the presence of microorganisms…
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Should we be worried?
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Physarum image feed
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Physarum image feed
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Slimelab 2020! welcome to big data
Hey slime fans,
I haven't posted up much recently but I've been busy with all things plasmodial. My dept has said they'll support me publishing what was initially a hobby; so suddenly I have work…
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Slimelab 2020! welcome to big data
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Mandy has babies!
I wasn't expecting this to work but I tried the rancid oats method on spores from Mandy the badhamia ( that's still not a confirmed genus btw - way too much work to get a definite ID ). Four weeks l…
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Mandy has babies!
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Why slime?
I started getting into Physarum last year - I've worked with the cellular slime mold dictyostelium before and I was asked to prepare some slime mold time lapse footage for some public lectures.…
Blog Why slime? 3 Likes Sourcing Physarum So it seems lots of people want to start experimenting! You can buy Physarum culture kits and specimens from educational/biological suppliers. I know of (and have used) the following: US: Carolina Bi… Discussion Sourcing Physarum 6 Likes Designing a 3D printed holder which prevents… I am making a slime mold holder which prevents slime molds from escaping by surrounding them with a moat of alcohol. The moat is 3D printed and can be adjusted for any size, depending on how big you… Discussion Designing a 3D printed holder which prevents… 2 Likes How to raise plasmodia from spores The results are coming in from my first trials and it looks like all the other methods aren't necessary.This has a 70% hit rate, faster development would be nice but this works. Some repetition here… Discussion How to raise plasmodia from spores 1 Like How to get a physarum culture So you want slime? I can give you slime. I'll post physarum to anyone anywhere free of charge. "Free?" you say, surely that's too good to be true? Indeed it is, I said free of charge, not actua… Discussion How to get a physarum culture 32 LikesJanuary 2020
Slime Molds in Museums?
Ian...have you considered sending Daywalker to museums around the world? I'm sure they would be really proud to display a slime mold that grows in light...
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Slime Molds in Museums?
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December 2019
HELP ME
1. habitat
I put sclerotia(thanks to ian) in a petri dish(with no medium) with wetted tissue then give them some cornflakes and let them in the warm and dark place. After two days, they…
Blog HELP ME 1 Like Need help: starting a slime mould culture Dear colleagues, I got a Physarum polycephalum culture to start my own. It is a dry fungus on a paper peace. How to start a plate culture from it? what are the best growing conditions? (i have an… Blog Need help: starting a slime mould culture 1 Like Using Physarum polycephalum to solve the insulin crisisHi guys!
I'm very happy to finally join this community. I've read posts, watched videos, and had many questions answered here for years. I've worked with slime mould,…
Blog Using Physarum polycephalum to solve the insulin crisis 3 Likes First results! - Breeding Took the day off work, spent the morning on a Dresden Dolls and slime checking binge. When I set up the spore plates, as well as finding the easiest way to get from spores to plasmodia without lab eq… Discussion First results! - Breeding 4 Likes
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