Wetlab on eGFP – expressing E.Coli

Dr Jan Van der Meer kindly gave us two E.Coli strains, the arsenic biosensor (1598) and one expressing eGFP constitutively Continue reading →

Arsenic Field Testing – Kolar

Kolar is located 70 km East from Bangalore. Ten years ago the gold mines in Kolar were shut down by Continue reading →

Mid-term presentation at EPFL

Last tuesday we did a presentation to recall our research and to introduce our first prototype. After some weeks of Continue reading →

Prototyping a mobile lab

Taking inspiration from IDEO in California, we decided to try out the ‘Dirty Prototyping‘ process to generate more ideas. Using Continue reading →

Microfluidics as sample – holder

During our last week brainstorming, we realized that the sample-holder design for the detection of Arsenic-GFP reporter was a challenging Continue reading →

what’s turbidity got to do with it?

Week 2 wetlab session started out dry — looking at the work-in-progress transmittance detectors that Robin and Sachiko evolved into Continue reading →