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| - | Once the fungus has been successfully transformed, we need to grow a sufficiently large amount of mycelia to produce organofoam. In order to view our final product, we decided to build a custom incubation chamber to produce the optimal environmental conditions needed to grow fungal | + | Once the fungus has been successfully transformed, we need to grow a sufficiently large amount of mycelia to produce organofoam. In order to view our final product, we decided to build a custom incubation chamber to produce the optimal environmental conditions needed to grow fungal mycelium. <br><br> |
Fungi are grown most easily in a hot and humid environment making control over temperature and humidity the primary objective. Light levels and atmospheric carbon dioxide play secondary roles and are future goals for the incubator. In order to control these environmental factors, we decided to build a custom incubator. While commercial incubators are available, very few handle all four of these factors. Those that do are typically greenhouse-level environmental controllers, which far exceed what we need. Thus, we decided on a bench-top-sized incubator which would be large enough to culture enough fungi but would still be portable. <br> | Fungi are grown most easily in a hot and humid environment making control over temperature and humidity the primary objective. Light levels and atmospheric carbon dioxide play secondary roles and are future goals for the incubator. In order to control these environmental factors, we decided to build a custom incubator. While commercial incubators are available, very few handle all four of these factors. Those that do are typically greenhouse-level environmental controllers, which far exceed what we need. Thus, we decided on a bench-top-sized incubator which would be large enough to culture enough fungi but would still be portable. <br> | ||
<div style="width:image width px; font-size:90%; text-align:center;"><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/3/30/Incubationchamber.JPG" alt="temperaturecalibration" style="max-height:none">Solidworks sketch of proposed design. </div> <br> | <div style="width:image width px; font-size:90%; text-align:center;"><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/3/30/Incubationchamber.JPG" alt="temperaturecalibration" style="max-height:none">Solidworks sketch of proposed design. </div> <br> | ||
Revision as of 03:29, 28 September 2013
Overview
Once the fungus has been successfully transformed, we need to grow a sufficiently large amount of mycelia to produce organofoam. In order to view our final product, we decided to build a custom incubation chamber to produce the optimal environmental conditions needed to grow fungal mycelium.
Fungi are grown most easily in a hot and humid environment making control over temperature and humidity the primary objective. Light levels and atmospheric carbon dioxide play secondary roles and are future goals for the incubator. In order to control these environmental factors, we decided to build a custom incubator. While commercial incubators are available, very few handle all four of these factors. Those that do are typically greenhouse-level environmental controllers, which far exceed what we need. Thus, we decided on a bench-top-sized incubator which would be large enough to culture enough fungi but would still be portable.
Solidworks sketch of proposed design. 
