Title :
Real-time and turn-based biology online experimentation
Author :
Hossain, Zahid ; Chung, Alice M. ; Riedel-Kruse, Ingmar H.
Author_Institution :
Depts. of Bioeng., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
Being able to perform versatile biology experiments online would be very beneficial for research and education. Currently no such platforms exist in the life sciences. We have developed two such platforms, which are optimized for biological phenomena at the seconds and hours time scale, respectively: (1) A fully automated realtime biology lab that enables direct online interactions with phototactic microorganisms (euglena) that are long-term stably cultured in a microfluidic chip; (2) A turn-based biology lab that enables the spatio-temporal chemical stimulation of slime molds (physarum) in a petri-dish over multiple days. We compare the utility and affordance of both platforms, especially regarding use in online education.
Keywords :
biological techniques; biology; educational aids; graphical user interfaces; interactive programming; lab-on-a-chip; microfluidics; online operation; real-time systems; student experiments; virtual instrumentation; biology experiment platforms; biology experimentation; biology lab platform affordance; biology lab platform utility; chemical slime mold stimulation; direct online interactions; euglena interactions; experiment development platform; fully automated biology lab; hour-based time scale; life science-related experiments; long-term cultured euglena; microfluidic chip cultured euglena; online biology education; online experimentation; optimized experiment platform; petri dish-based Physarum stimulation; phototactic microorganism interactions; real-time experimentation; realtime biology lab; second-based time scale; spatio-temporal slime mold stimulation; stably cultured euglena; turn-based biology lab; turn-based experimentation; versatile biology experiments; Computer architecture; Conferences; Education; Hardware; Organisms; Real-time systems; biology; biotic processing unit (BPU); education; online experimentation;
Conference_Titel :
Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV), 2015 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bangkok
DOI :
10.1109/REV.2015.7087268
