Bioluminescence!

Bioluminescence - the ability of living organisms to create light - has evolved independently in nature at least half a dozen times. We'll talk about some of the amazing light producing creatures out there - from squid with symbiotic bacteria, to fireflies and mushrooms - the biochemistries they use, and how we can hack them ourselves!

We'll also show off the sparkly glow of the bioluminescent algae that we've been growing, and discuss how to build a DIY grow box for them. Bring a clean water bottle, and you can go home with your very own glow-in-the-dark "dinos" - they make great pets! 

Bioluminescence makes for great DIYbio projects, with tons of bioart and biomedical applications. If there's enough interest in the topic, maybe we'll start up a community project that we can all collaborate on...