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  • Mycelium insulation panels

    First experiments

    This mycelium panel was made out of wheat husks and Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) as biological binding agent, grown for three weeks at 25ºC and 85% of relative humidity.

  • Science
  • mycel
  • species
  • bioshop
  • ganoderma lucidum
  • biolab
  • ganoderma
  • pilz
  • pilze
  • oyster
  • shroom
  • paddo's
  • reishi
  • bio-material
  • material
  • laboratory
  • mycelium
  • fungi
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  • Mushroom
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  • Mycoinsulation project

    Development of mycelium-based panels for the insulation of a protected wooden barn of Amsterdam.

    •The mycelium has to be grown on agricultural waste or forestry by-products. •The new material should be cost-efficient and not petrochemical dependent. •It should meet the thermal and noise...

  • Psilocybe cubensis

    The magic mushroom

    Psilocybe cubensis is a species of psychedelic mushroom whose principal active compounds are psilocybin and psilocin . Commonly called shrooms, magic mushrooms, golden tops, cubes, or gold caps, it...

  • Lab Equipment

    Basic stock for research and workshops

    This is a list of basic requirements for any laboratory focused on chemical o microbiological research

  • Mushrooms DIY

    Free mushroom cultivation manuals

    A compendium of manuals, articles and printed material on mushroom cultivation techniques

  • conservation protocol Antoni Gandia

    Conservation of germplasm

    by Philip G. Miles (2004)

    There has been much concern in recent years about decreases in natural resources and the steady diminishment of untouched natural land. With the encroachment on this ever-decreasing amount of...

  • Water Kefir

    Information about Water Kefir

    Here you can find some basic information about Water Kefir. There are also many PDF documents attached, as well as presentations for Workshops. 

  • Bio Clean Lab Layout (old)

    Floor and wallplan

    The Bio Clean lab is a tidily organised space where many projects are worked on simultaneously. That means that appropriate storage and object placement is paramount for all collaborations. The Clean...

  • Sluisdeurenloods, Mediamatic Biotoop Simeon Goodwin

    Saving the Sluisdeurenloods

    The Sluisdeurenloods at Biotoop Dijksgracht was up for demolition - but all it needs is love and fungus to transform it from a cold dusty space into an innovative exhibition and event space.

  • Grow your clothing

    Bio-Couture : bacterial-cellulose textile is the fashion of the future

    What could be a more sustainable way of dressing up than growing your own cloths made from a totally organic material? This is the aim of an interesting experimental project called Bio-Couture...

  • magic mushroom

    Ganoderma - Reishi

    wikipedia "The Mushroom of Immortality."

  • Building with Living Materials

    Architectural design with biology programme at Mediamatic

    In 2014 Mediamatic started to develop a new program that combines architecture with living materials in experimental ways. Living materials cannot only be more ecological, they offer very exiting new...

  • Bio Clean Lab Inventory

    The things you can expect to find

    Find out here about the standard equipment, what you will get to use when you come work here, and what stuff you will have to bring yourself or buy in the new Bio Art Supply Store.

  • Clean room report

    2014

    IN 2011 Mediamatic has built its first clean room for performing experiments with mycelia and other living organisms. In this article I attempt to make a brief survey on the different stages of the...

  • Imagining an Exhibition

    Designing the process and exhibition of the Myco Insulation project.

  • Growing Materials

    Mycelium design

    Mycelium, the vegetative part of a fungus, is one of those pretty invisible organism which, if put in the right condtions, reproduces itself like crazy! That's why in the last years it became one of...

  • 33 m2 / 1- 12 people

    Aroma Lab

    The Aroma Lab at Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark offers a compact, well-equipped workspace for designers and artists that are exploring scent as a medium for art, or those interested in distillation. Of...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Clean Lab

    The Bio Clean Lab at Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark offers a well-equipped workspace to facilitate the growing requirements of designers and artists who want to expand their work into biological...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Visitor Information

    You can visit Dijkspark and the Casting Doubts installation daily. The seedcard however are only for sale during opening hours of Mediamatic ETEN, which you can find here . The Casting Doubts...

  • Substrate

    Nutritious & Delicious food for Mushrooms!

    Substrate is the surface from which mycelium and mushrooms can grow.

  • Discussion

    Please share your thoughts, notes and ideas, and comment on those of others.

  • Mediamatic has moved to DijksPark in 2014!

    to Dijksgracht 6, Amsterdam

    As of December 1st, Mediamatic moved to their new location on Dijksgracht 6. On this beautiful spot near the waterside (within walking distance from Central Station!) we will continue and intensify...

  • Fungi Mutarium

    A prototype for turning plastic into edible fungi

    The mycelium of some fungi is capable of growing on and even digesting plastics. This fact triggered Katharina Unger and Julia Kaisinger from Livin Studio to start the research and design project...

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