The Slime Mould Collective

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I'm new to slime molds and need help on how to grow them from spores

I've recently become very interested in slime molds and have been trying to grow some. I have done a decent amount of research on them and…

Started by Maxwell in Projects & Ideas

7 Mar 11, 2022
Reply by ian

2008 financial crisis

Have a listen to my 12/4/21 podcast, on Fascinating!. The topic is Blame, and I use slime mold as an explanation of the 2008 financial cris…

Started by Eric Moon in Links & Resources

1 Feb 14, 2022
Reply by ian

Setting up a show stand

I'm jumping into the Slice of Science festival at Warwick Univ. on 13th March - alarmingly short notice! I have to come up with a stand in…

Started by ian in Exhibitions & Events

2 Feb 10, 2022
Reply by ian

Colour variation

It's a bit more obvious to the eye but kinda shows up on camera, there's a fair bit of variation in pigment intensity between some strains.…

Started by ian in Projects & Ideas

0 Feb 7, 2022

Mycelium

What causes Mycelium growth? Many of my samples seem to exhibit extensive growth... should I be concerned

Started by Mimi Osborne in Links & Resources

1 Feb 1, 2022
Reply by ian

Any members in Lebanon?

Hello,  I am delivering a Biodesign in Fashion course for The Lebanese American University of Architecture and Design in Beirut (I am remo…

Started by Sarah Graham in Links & Resources

0 Jan 31, 2022

Slime mould manifesto new edition

Just updated it with detailed instructions on making sclerotia - http://www.tinyurl,com/slimemanifesto It's probably crawling with typos. I…

Started by ian in Links & Resources

1 Jan 27, 2022
Reply by superuser

JPG to Video Software.

Can anyone recommend a *FREE* Windows program for converting a set of .JPG images from a time lapse sequence into a video format, preferab…

Started by AndyGadget in Links & Resources

4 Jan 18, 2022
Reply by Brian Tomlinson

New to slime moulds -- How many times can I grow a dish out and inoculate other dish with part of the original mould? Endlessly?

Can I keep my one physarum polycephalum endlessly if I were to grow him to his dish fully, and inoculate another dish with a part of his se…

Started by superuser in Links & Resources

6 Jan 12, 2022
Reply by Katharine

Agarose gel drying out during experiment

Hi, I am trying to do an experiment about the extracellular slime trails and external memory of physarum polycephalum. For that I am using…

Started by Mattias Bolin in Projects & Ideas

1 Jan 11, 2022
Reply by ian

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