Biochrome

Ideas:

Gert: dye the kombucha leather with natural dye or bacterial dye.

• Try different combinations
• Green tea with purple cabbage (purple)
• Green tea with turmeric (yellow)
• Brown tea with purple cabbage (purple)
• Brown tea with turmeric (yellow)

Kent: Bioluminescence (GFP) , reference

• which GFP genes am I going to use?
• How do I get the gene? By extracting it from bioluminescence bacteria / fireflies ? or buy it from biotech shop?
• You can buy the GFP plasmid https://www.the-odin.com/microbe-mosaic/

Maria: bacterial dye pen

• What color do I want?
• Which bacteria species produce pigment?
• Where can I get them?
• How do I extract the pigment and concentrate it into ink?
• How pH change the color?

Kent 2: bioluminecenece soft robotics

Reynald: mushroom dye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroom_dye

• Long term project: - wanna find local insect species that can be used to make dye. E.g. Scale insect (they are white!)
• Lac insect

Kitty: Natural dye ink/paint, wanna learn how to grow bacterial dye

Preparation:

• order pigmented bacteria

Mushroom Dye

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroom_dye