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See all- π» Family-Friendly Spooky Agar Art β Halloween Painting w/ Microbes! π¨ πCounter Culture Labs, at the Omni Commons, Oakland, CA$40.00
Join Counter Culture Labs for an exciting workshop focused on DIY just-for-fun biotechnology. We will be making colorful agar art with our engineered glowing microorganisms. Agar is the substrate on which microbes grow on.
In this workshop, you will draw out a picture on the petri dish using our microbes and after a few days, the colorful colonies will form and your art will be visible!
The theme is Spoooky art, so draw any of your favorite Halloween icons on the three petri dishes provided! π§ββοΈ π¦ Our genetically engineered organisms can't leave the lab but we'll send you pictures of your art piece so you can appreciate the beauty of microorganisms.
This is a family-friendly event so we have tiered pricing!
Tickets are $40 per adult. $20 for youth 18 and under with valid student ID. Youth must be accompanied by their guardian.
Venmo @ccl-plantbio or pay via Meetup. Message the organizer if you need an alternate payment method.
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Unable to attend? Interested in other classes like plant genetic engineering, bacterial culture, microscopy? Join our mailing list to hear about upcoming workshops! http://eepurl.com/iXGV5QAbout the Instructor
βThis workshop is taught by Anthony Neil Tan, a BioTech professional and graduate from UC Berkeley in Bioengineering. He is currently an independent research scientist and his projects center on optimizing the cultivation of high-value plants via various horticultural methods. His portfolio ranges from isolating environmental samples of bacteria at CalTech to culturing yeast and bacterial cells for plant genetic transformations at the Department of Energy's Joint BioEnergy Institute.βNo refunds can be issued. All ticket sales are final.