Submitted by S.A. Norwood on Thu, 17/12/2020 - 17:34
11 teams have been selected for this year's Biomaker Challenge. Learn about the teams and their projects.
Biomaker Challenge is a five-month programme challenging interdisciplinary teams to (i) build low-cost sensors and instruments for biology or (ii) develop some biological resource or outreach project (non-hardware track). Following our briefing event on 16th November, eleven teams have been selected to recieve funding of £1000, plus access to Biomaker expansion kits, programmable touch screens and totemmaker kits, to get them kick-started with their projects.
OpenPlant and the SynBio IRC are pleased to announce the winning teams from this year's challenge:
- Lung physiology monitoring with DIY spirometer
- Accessible and Inclusive STEM: Multisensorial Data Representation
- A Novel Laser Ablation System for the Rapid Mask-less Production of Microfluidic Devices
- CamLABel: an accessible label design application compatible with existing label printers
- Monitoring Stress In Plants Through Non-Invasive Imaging Techniques
- High throughput Pipetting tool (Plate Z)
- Open-Source Biolistics Enhancement + Automation
- Genetic Characterisation of Maize Landraces using DArTseq for Streak Virus Resistance
- Plant Growth Chamber with real-time monitoring and remote control
- FungiMorph A multipurpose fungal morphology phenotyper
- Pheno3D - a low-cost multi-purpose 3D digital photography phenotyping station
All projects resulting from the Biomaker challenge will be openly available and documented on the Biomaker Hackster Hub, where you can follow their progress.
For more information about the Biomaker Challenge, please see the Biomaker website.