Wet-Lab Bacterial Culture Workshop (Take-Home Kit Included)

Join us at Cellsius Bio Lab (Studio 55 at 55 Grace Street, San Francisco, CA 94103) for an interactive Bacterial Culture Workshop. Bacteria such as E. coli are wonderful model organisms to study for molecular and cell biology. One type of bacteria, agrobacterium can also can be used to engineer plants. So spend the afternoon with us to learn microbiology of bacteria!

​We will teach you the fundamentals of bacterial culture, starting with what nutrients bacteria need to survive to their reproductive cycle, their growth curve, and how to measure the amount of bacteria needed for experimentation.

​In the wet-lab portion of this workshop, you will prepare bacterial culture medium, create agar solution, operate an autoclave, count bacterial optical density with a spectrophotometer, perform sterile plating with inoculation loops and pipettes, and incubate bacterial cultures.

​You will take home a kit that includes:

• ​4 petri dishes with agar medium
• ​2 inoculation loops
• ​2 small conical tubes
• ​1 large conical tube with 50 mL sterile water
• ​2 plastic pipettes

​This kit will allow you to culture microbes from various sources to get a visual of the diversity of microorganisms around you!

​The workshop fee is $200. (Register more than 5 days in advance for a 10% early-bird discount)
This covers instruction, the materials and equipment used in the class, and the take-home microbiology 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!

​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 plant genetic engineering with bacterial vectors. His portfolio ranges from designing a plant growth chamber that won a national NASA contest to culturing yeast and bacterial cells for plant genetic transformations at the Department of Energy's Joint BioEnergy Institute.

No refunds. All ticket sales are final.

About Studio 55

​Studio 55 is a space dedicated to supporting local entrepreneurs and teams building hardware. Located in SoMa, the Studio gathers the community, resources, space, and tools needed to build a business making physical products. Take a tour today!

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