- 🧫 Wet-Lab Bioreactor Fundamentals — Cell Culture Scale-Up WorkshopCounter Culture Labs, at the Omni Commons, Oakland, CA$100.00
Join us at Counter Culture Labs (4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland, CA 94609) for an interactive Wet-Lab Cell Culture Scale-Up Workshop. Cells can produce a variety of molecules from pharmaceuticals to cosmetics. They can also be used as lab-grown meat! Large volumes of cells are needed for production of desired biologicals, which can be achieved through scale-up of cell cultures and growth of cells in bioreactors.
In this workshop, participants will learn how to set up a bioreactor culture. We will cover hands-on techniques from all stages of scale-up from thawing a cell sample to growing cells in flasks in incubators to inoculating a bioreactor and determining the appropriate bioreactor settings. We will practice setting up gas spargers, agitation rotors, a pH sensor probe, and a feeding pump. Participants will learn how to use a serological pipette, an autoclave, a micropipette, an incubator, and a bioreactor control panel.
The workshop fee is $100. Venmo @ccl-plantbio (Message the event organizer via Meetup if you need an alternate payment method).
This covers instruction and the materials and equipment used in the class.About the Instructor
This 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 biomass production of plant cells for harvest of high-value plant-derived chemicals. He has worked in the bioprocessing division at a cell-based meat company where he optimized the bioreactor cultures to maximize the yield of pork cells.Unable to attend? Interested in other classes like plant genetic engineering, bacterial culture, microscopy? Join our mailing list to hear about upcoming workshops! https://forms.gle/VVRrDWbDf74tasvM7
- Wet-Lab Plant Genetic Engineering Workshop 🧬 (Take-home Kit included!)Counter Culture Labs, at the Omni Commons, Oakland, CA$250.00
Welcome to the Plant Genetic Engineering Workshop! Join us at Counter Culture Labs (4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland, CA 94609) for a hands-on experience in plant genetic engineering. Learn about the mechanisms of DNA and genetic engineering, understand how agrobacterium is used as a vehicle for delivering genes into plants, gain wet-lab experience with sterile bacterial culture, and practice inserting a gene encoding for production of a red pigment into tobacco, all under 4 hours. Take home a plant genetic engineering kit (included in the cost of the workshop!)
Kit Components:
- Nicotiana tabacum plant with pot and soil
- Agrobacterium with RUBY Plasmid
- Petri dish with LB agar
- 5 mL Infiltration buffer
- Tube holder
- Blunt syringes
- Pipettes
- Nitrile gloves
- Bleach
The workshop fee is $250. Venmo @ccl-plantbio. Message the organizer if you need an alternate payment method. This covers instruction, the materials and equipment used in the class, and the take-home genetic engineering kit.
Required lab attire for safety: Long pants and closed-toed shoes.
Unable to attend? Interested in other classes like plant genetic engineering, bacterial culture, microscopy? Join our mailing list to hear about upcoming workshops! https://forms.gle/VVRrDWbDf74tasvM7
About the Instructor
This workshop is taught by Anthony Neil Tan, an AgTech professional [UC Berkeley bachelor of science 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 and plant genetic engineering. His portfolio ranges from designing a plant growth chamber that won a national NASA contest to developing new plant genetic engineering tools at the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint BioEnergy Institute. - Bioluminescent Dinoflagellates 🦕 Take home a glowing flask with your algae pet!Counter Culture Labs, at the Omni Commons, Oakland, CA$80.00
Bioluminescent dinoflagellates are microscopic algae that glow blue in the dark! 🌟
In this workshop, we will create a living dinoflagellate flask. We will inoculate a grow vessel with these microorganisms and feed them. We will also set up LED lights with a timed photoperiod. Dinoflagellates need a strict light/dark cycle to maintain their circadian rhythms. 💤 When swirled at night, dinoflagellates glow bright blue! ✨
Participants will take home a kit that includes:
🦕 Living bioluminescent dinoflagellates
🦕 Flask with oxygen exchange filter as the mini aquarium
🦕 Growth lamp LEDs
🦕 Outlet timer to control the photoperiodThis is a family-friendly event so we have tiered pricing! Event tickets are $80 per adult. $40 per youth 18 and under with valid student ID. Youth must be accompanied by their guardian.
Venmo @ccl-plantbio. Message the organizer if you need an alternate payment method.
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/iXGV5Q
About the Instructor
This 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 including toggling photoperiods and LED color spectra. 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.No refunds can be issued. All ticket sales are final.
