Microbial Fuel Cell
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Spartango
Apr 18, 2009, 3:22:03 PM4/18/09
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Hey All,
My friends and I are starting work on the construction of a microbial
fuel cell, to be built primarily as a school project. We are wondering
if other people are interested in building their own in parallel/
collaboration with us, as it is a really cool technology that really
isn't too difficult to implement. We'd appreciate any ideas,
suggestions or comments, and will be documenting every bit of our
journey. We'd be happy to work with other DIYbio-ers in the Bay Area.
About us:
We're a group of students from Gunn High School in Palo Alto, who have
studied advanced chemistry, biology and quite a bit of biotechnology.
I personally have worked in research labs in the past, and have a few
years worth of hands on experience with microbiological projects. This
is my first microbio project that I will be building in part outside
of a formal lab setting(though we may be using our school lab
facilities as well).
Thanks
My friends and I are starting work on the construction of a microbial
fuel cell, to be built primarily as a school project. We are wondering
if other people are interested in building their own in parallel/
collaboration with us, as it is a really cool technology that really
isn't too difficult to implement. We'd appreciate any ideas,
suggestions or comments, and will be documenting every bit of our
journey. We'd be happy to work with other DIYbio-ers in the Bay Area.
About us:
We're a group of students from Gunn High School in Palo Alto, who have
studied advanced chemistry, biology and quite a bit of biotechnology.
I personally have worked in research labs in the past, and have a few
years worth of hands on experience with microbiological projects. This
is my first microbio project that I will be building in part outside
of a formal lab setting(though we may be using our school lab
facilities as well).
Thanks
William Heath
Apr 18, 2009, 3:49:23 PM4/18/09
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I am in Palo Alto!!! Can we meet up, I want to work with you guys bad!
-Tim
P.S.
Did you see our gfp prep video?
Tito Jankowski
Apr 18, 2009, 4:02:11 PM4/18/09
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Hi,
We're be starting the "DIYbio Salon" in a few weeks -- a community meeting for people to share ideas and collaborate about biotech. Would you like to put together a presentation?
I'm presenting DIYbio at the CodeCon conference today at 3 -- I'll try to mention this as a potential opportunity for DIYbiologists in the Bay Area.
Spartango
Apr 18, 2009, 4:03:58 PM4/18/09
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Oh, btw...One of our big questions is organism choice at this point.
I've been thinking E. Coli just because I've used it for years,
but...I wonder if yeasts or perhaps different bacterial species might
have better yields. I'd actually like to avoid yeasts(and other
Eukaryotes) just because they need different media and if i want to
transform them for any reason, it'll be a pain.
I've been thinking E. Coli just because I've used it for years,
but...I wonder if yeasts or perhaps different bacterial species might
have better yields. I'd actually like to avoid yeasts(and other
Eukaryotes) just because they need different media and if i want to
transform them for any reason, it'll be a pain.
EgbertFitzwilly
Apr 20, 2009, 10:26:54 AM4/20/09
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You might find my instructable useful, its got step by step
instructions along with some useful links. Dr. Bruce Logan is doing
some interesting work in this area.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Simple-Algae-Home-CO2-Scrubber-Part-III-An-Algae/
Dr. Logan's MFC page at Penn State.
http://www.engr.psu.edu/ce/enve/logan/bioenergy/research_mfc.htm
instructions along with some useful links. Dr. Bruce Logan is doing
some interesting work in this area.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Simple-Algae-Home-CO2-Scrubber-Part-III-An-Algae/
Dr. Logan's MFC page at Penn State.
http://www.engr.psu.edu/ce/enve/logan/bioenergy/research_mfc.htm
Spartango
Apr 20, 2009, 10:38:16 PM4/20/09
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Thanks,
I've been following Dr. Logan's work, and am building my cell based on
some models he's built in the lab. We're trying to make this as
controlled and systematic as possible, so that it'll be most conducive
to experimentation as we go.
Also I've prepared a formal proposal[mostly for the purposes of
convincing people to support], which is linked here:
http://uploadingit.com/files/1088800_ogftn/MFC.doc
Note that it doesn't really have any protocol information...really
just the theory and concept and so on...Protocol is in progress atm.
Anyway, for those who are interested...I'm thinking once the one for
school is started I can start working on a second one with you all,
with the same protocol and with lessons learned, in an informal
setting.
On Apr 20, 7:26 am, EgbertFitzwilly <g...@cvtt.net> wrote:
> You might find my instructable useful, its got step by step
> instructions along with some useful links. Dr. Bruce Logan is doing
> some interesting work in this area.
>
> http://www.instructables.com/id/Simple-Algae-Home-CO2-Scrubber-Part-I...
I've been following Dr. Logan's work, and am building my cell based on
some models he's built in the lab. We're trying to make this as
controlled and systematic as possible, so that it'll be most conducive
to experimentation as we go.
Also I've prepared a formal proposal[mostly for the purposes of
convincing people to support], which is linked here:
http://uploadingit.com/files/1088800_ogftn/MFC.doc
Note that it doesn't really have any protocol information...really
just the theory and concept and so on...Protocol is in progress atm.
Anyway, for those who are interested...I'm thinking once the one for
school is started I can start working on a second one with you all,
with the same protocol and with lessons learned, in an informal
setting.
On Apr 20, 7:26 am, EgbertFitzwilly <g...@cvtt.net> wrote:
> You might find my instructable useful, its got step by step
> instructions along with some useful links. Dr. Bruce Logan is doing
> some interesting work in this area.
>
Spartango
May 1, 2009, 1:40:35 AM5/1/09
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Hey all,
Just an update: We've got our first MFC prototype working! it
produces .120V DC provided 1-2ml of bacteria in medium. I'll be
posting photos and such soon, but this could get interesting because
we already have something working.
http://openwetware.org/wiki/User:Anand_Gupta/Notebook/Microbial_Fuel_Cell
Anand
Just an update: We've got our first MFC prototype working! it
produces .120V DC provided 1-2ml of bacteria in medium. I'll be
posting photos and such soon, but this could get interesting because
we already have something working.
http://openwetware.org/wiki/User:Anand_Gupta/Notebook/Microbial_Fuel_Cell
Anand
EgbertFitzwilly
May 1, 2009, 10:52:42 PM5/1/09
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That's way cool. What's the amperage? You should do an instructable
( www.instructables.com ).
Gene
On Apr 30, 10:40 pm, Spartango <sparta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey all,
> Just an update: We've got our first MFC prototype working! it
> produces .120V DC provided 1-2ml of bacteria in medium. I'll be
> posting photos and such soon, but this could get interesting because
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