Biology Club @ Makespace

In this Biology Club session, Steph Norwood gave us a whistle-stop tour and hands-on demonstration of how to get started with no-code programming. We learnt the basics of how to programme an Arduino board, and got some inspiration around how these skills can be used to build low-cost custom instruments for biological research. You can find the guide and info to follow along yourself here and for Makespace members, we have some kits available for use in the space so get in touch (bio-committee@makespace.org) for directions on how to find them or look for the Biology Club box! Getting fancy with the hybrid event tech set up for Biology Club @cammakespace @biomakespace . @StephNorwood1 @synbioIRC is ready to teach no code #arduino programming for biologists with https://t.co/5swkOJRuJ9 pic.twitter.com/TUu9lfYAZk — Jenny Molloy (@jenny_molloy) October 11, 2021 No code programming using https://t.co/5swkOJRuJ9 @cammakespace @biomakespace Biology Club. Our Hello World?...

Thanks to those who came along to Makespace and joined virtually for the Microscope Scrapheap Challenge last night. We found some very cool kit, like an  Apogee U8300 cooled CCD camera  that is useful for low-noise scientific imaging. Thanks to the crack team of Zoom researchers for pulling up spec sheets, prices and images so we could figure out what was worth saving!  We also mostly constructed a full  Leica DM LM  microscope and a motorised stage that we think go together but there are a few missing parts.  Making a start..... It works! Freebies We found some things that are less useful for building a microscope for the Biomakespace (older CCD cameras, manual mechanical stages, joysticks), they will be in the Trove at Makespace for one week until 5 Oct, if not taken or claimed by then we will dispose of them.