milieuxmake series – Speculative Life BioLab

MilieuxMake Imaging Microscopy workshop

Following the success of the first Imaging Microscopy workshop held in the lab a year ago, we are offering this workshop again to all interested Milieux members. Register with Marc Beaulieu at marc.beaulieu@concordia.ca

MilieuxMake: Bacterial BioPigments – GMO play, from DNA to CMYK

This five-week summer atelier was offered in the bio lab to researchers across Milieux, and to students and alumni from Concordia, UQAM and UdeM.

MilieuxMake: Do-it-together Incubator Building

Do-it-together Incubator Workshop is a chance to learn how to hack electronic components from disused PCs and muck them together with other new components to build functional incubators for bacterial culture! In the 3 hour session we will work in teams to design and build 3 separate incubators for use in the lab. All materials…

MilieuxMake: Grow Your Own Cellulose

This three-hour workshop introduced participants to cellulose production using kombucha cultures.

MilieuxMake: Introduction to Bioplastic Extrusion 3D-Printing

This three-hour workshop introduced participants to the build of a DIY 3D-printer, uses of plant-based plastics (bioplastics) and free 3D-printing software.

MilieuxMake: Altered Perceptions – Imaging Microscopy

This three-hour workshop introduced participants to DIY macro lens (de)construction, as well as USB video microscopes and generating imagery with a camera attachment using a compound microscope.