BioTech Art Workshop Conducted by Symbiotica

October 10-14, 2005

University of California, Irvine - CAMPUS MAP

Lab – Steinhaus Hall (SH), Room 169. Building Number: 502

Discussion group – Steinhaus Hall (SH), Room 128 (WED), Room 174 (THUR)

Mon 10th Oct:
ACE/Lab	10 am	Meet at ACE 1000. View ACE for location.
	10.30-11.30	Registration and introductions
	11:30-12	Bioart: The art/science collaboration
	12-12.30	Lab safety
	12.30-2.00	Lunch
	2-5	Bacteria; plating from body and environment. Fungi; culture, identification, structure and slide prep

Tue 11th Oct:
Lab	10-11.30	DNA extraction
	11:30-1	Set-up Restriction Enzyme digest of plasmid DNA
	1-2	Lunch
	2-5	Genetic transformation of bacteria Gel electrophoresis of R.E. digest

Wed 12th Oct:
Lab	10-11	Analysis Gel electrophoresis and discuss Fields of Genes. Results of the bacterial transformation.
	11-11:30	Morning tea
	11:30-1	Tissue Culture, Tissue Engineering and Stem Cells; discuss
	1-2	Lunch
	2-5	Mammalian tissue culture and tissue engineering practical
	5-6	Group discussion (SH 128) Special Guest:

Thu 13th Oct:
Lab	10-11	Ethics in biological research and in bioart; discussion
	11-11:30	Morning tea
	11:30-1	Discussion, ideas and possible projects
	1-2	Lunch
	2-5	Plant tissue culture; embryo rescue
	5-6	Group discussion (SH 174) Special Guest: Prof. Andrew Putnam

Fri 14th Oct:
	10 - 6	Field day visiting a Research Laboratory

A Project, Research and Conference Initiative between the ParasiteLab at UCI and xDesign at UCSD. Contact: info@parasitelab.net

SPONSORS (in alphabetical order):
California Institute for Telecommunications & Information Technology | UCI Arts Computation Engineering Graduate Program
UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts | UCI International Center for Writing and Translation | University of California Humanities Research Institute
UCI Research & Graduate Studies | UCI School of Biological Sciences