DIY incubator

The aim of the workshop was to construct a basic, low-cost incubator from parts commonly available. Incubators are devices allowing Continue reading →

DIY Automatic Colony counter

Fecal Indicator bacteria like total coliforms, fecal coliforms (thermotolerant coliforms), E. coli and intestinal enterococci (fecal streptococci) are excreted by Continue reading →

Device 2 – new results

A second device working with filters and light intensity quantification has been built. It now no more works with a Continue reading →

Wet-lab at Dr. van der Meer’s lab

We first tested our prototype with dextran FITC, then eGFP-expressing E.Coli and finally the last step was to test it Continue reading →

Trip to Sion

As said before, we went visiting Martial Geiser’s team in the HES-SO Valais to learn more about their devices (Sensor Continue reading →

Arsenic contamination in Switzerland: where to go water sampling?

Arrived at a point where we want to test our bacterias and our prototype with water we can find in Continue reading →

Device 2 – Optic Filter Acquisition

We had another device idea which functions as follows: As the sample just need to be excited at specific wavelength Continue reading →

Data geo-tagging primer

Data geo-tagging is fundamental to the mapping of environmental data. Luckily, GPS technology has become widely available and is relatively Continue reading →