The Slime Mould Collective

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Possibly rare slime mold found on ends of living tree roots

It only grew at the very end of living tree roots that had been severed from logging machinery. (or landslide, not totally sure) The roots…

Started by Richard Balzer in Links & Resources

4 Mar 11, 2015
Reply by Ingrid Glass

Experimenting with the memory of Physarum

Hello people! I found this site after having seen Heather Barnett's TED Talk on the powers of slime moulds (a really interesting one too!)…

Started by Edward Yuran in Links & Resources

5 Mar 10, 2015
Reply by Leandrea Jones

Some technical questions about photography

Hello! This is my first foray into photographing truly tiny things. I also have little previous experience with microorganisms. I have been…

Started by Leandrea Jones in Links & Resources

2 Mar 10, 2015
Reply by Leandrea Jones

Discoveries of application within our own social interaction

Wether acting as a coach, manager or researcher, human interaction often impedes forward progress. What human processes might be improved t…

Started by John in Projects & Ideas

12 Mar 10, 2015
Reply by Hilary Koob-Sassen

This site needs an identification section. Can anybody ID one for me?

I'm new to the site so apologies if I'm simply not finding the ID section.  Usually google can ID them well enough since most seem pretty…

Started by Richard Balzer in Projects & Ideas

1 Mar 10, 2015
Reply by Heather Barnett

Free Physarum

I've started raising sclerotia off Physarum, I'm happy to post them out to anyone anywhere in the world free of charge, just PM me. Offer e…

Started by ian in Links & Resources

8 Mar 10, 2015
Reply by Ryan Teh Han Rong

Slime molds in significant industrial biofilms

Hi folks, as a bacteriologist I have come across slime molds only very recently when I found they can actually dominate biofilms designed t…

Started by Ralf Cord-Ruwisch in Projects & Ideas

4 Feb 10, 2015
Reply by Ralf Cord-Ruwisch

Raising from spores? timescale?

Anyone had luck getting from spores to a mature organism? I've got easy access to good old e.coli and wonder if it's a sufficient food, I'd…

Started by ian in Links & Resources

2 Feb 9, 2015
Reply by ian

Does anyone have a polycephalum strain that's not from Carolina?

I've been talking to a researcher who reckons I'm not getting mature colonies from spores because I need spores from more than one individu…

Started by ian in Links & Resources

2 Feb 8, 2015
Reply by Natalie Andrew

Using Stories to understand Slime Mould

Hi from Settle Stories - we run a Storytelling Festival and want to use stories to tell the story of slime mould. The stories could be oral…

Started by Charles Tyrer in Links & Resources

0 Dec 24, 2014

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