=====BIOLOGY ZERO===== To learn about the growing power of biology to perform useful tasks and make high value products and stunning art installations. =====evolution===== Major transitions: - from nothing to something (quantum mechanics - atoms - chemistry - molecules - biochemistry - molecular biology) - creation of life (unicellular organisms, yeast, bacteria - start to organize - symbiosis - cellular biology) - multicellular (sponges, mytochondria - communication) - histology, physiology (multicellular organisms outside of water) - the brain, the language (cultural evolution) =====synthetic biology===== The future is now. Active evolution. Work as an engineer with the elements of natural evolution. Change the informations in cells with modified viruses: genetic engineering. Crisp-Cas9 (gnome editing) - works for all kinds of organisms. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlhW12dGfFk|Lynn Margulis, biologist]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru7Wyt778QQ|Lynn Margulis work on the mytochondrial DNA (via the mother)]] [[http://igem.org| (iGEM) - The International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to education and competition, the advancement of synthetic biology, and the development of an open community and collaboration.]] =====tissue engineering===== [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissue_engineering|Tissue engineering]] is the use of a combination of cells, engineering and materials methods, and suitable biochemical and physicochemical factors to improve or replace biological tissues. - cultivating cells, growing things. - biotechnology: make the micro-organisms your slave to grow things. - bioprinter: copy the histology of cells (the microscopic anatomy of cells and tissues of plants and animals) for e.g. printing organs. - [[http://www.invetech.com.au/portfolio/life-sciences/3d-bioprinter-world-first-print-human-tissue/|NovoGen MMX Bioprinter]] is science fiction turned into science fact: the world's first commercial 3D bioprinter to print human tissues. - cultivating cells on hydrogel (cells on gelatines) - cell sorting - communication between cells when in the proper medium (or environment) + electrical flux =====lab material===== =====scientific method===== =====microbiology===== =====identifying micro-organisms===== =====experiments===== - lactobacillus - bioluminus bacteria - yeast bacteria - acetobacter bacteria - water analysis - bioplastic degradation - eggshell CoCo3 concentration - paper chromatography - spirulina =====microscopy===== =====preparing a slide===== =====gramm staining===== =====methylene blue staining===== =====slicing===== =====biochemistry===== =====spectrophotometry===== =====metabolism===== =====cell===== A cell is a microscopic chemical factory. The cell is the basic structural, functional, and biological unit of all known living organisms. A cell is the smallest unit of life that can replicate independently, and cells are often called the "building blocks of life". (wikipedia) =====DNA===== =====genetic engineering===== =====documentation===== [[http://www.makery.info/2016/08/02/le-b-a-ba-du-biohack-a-biology-zero/|Tim article]] [[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B85D5z08E_KYWVYyby1qX1UzQlU|googledrive photos BioZero]]