CoLab initiates collaborations, shares needed knowledge about working with biomaterials, offers coaching and facilitates the space to create together.
About lab
Material Incubator [MI] is an interdisciplinary creative research laboratory exploring life and creation in collaboration with living (micro)organisms. We seek and center alternative ways of caring for each other and develop artistic and design processes - with new material expressions - that promote life and mutual flourishing, for all forms of life, both non-human and human.
Biological safety cabinet
To create a particle-free working environment through air filtration system
Large industrial oven
For drying samples or artworks.
Fume hood
To limit exposure to hazardous or toxic fumes, vapours and dust.
Autoclave
To sterilise the equipment and materials by means of pressurised, saturated steam at 121 °C
Shaking incubator
Where cultures in suspension can be placed to be agitated under constant speed and temperature.
Freeze dryer
Results in high-quality material samples because of the low temperature used in processing.
Climate chamber
To grow samples under controlled environmental conditions .
Standard incubator
Used to grow and maintain microbiological cultures.
Basic lab equipment
Such as a weighing scale, vortex, heating plate, and more.
Organisms we work with
We have a variety of organisms available in the lab. These are the ones we work with most.
