Can we do scientific research by playing games with microbes?

Looking forward to our summer school track on biotic games. Inspired by the works of pioneers like Raphael Kim, Roland van Dierendonck and Riedel-Kruse among others we will explore mutating Open Science Hardware into biotic game consoles.

In the mosaic image above, the “game over” subpanel is meant as a homage to these people (see https://www.opencell.bio/news/biotic-gaming-month for image credits).

For this summer X-Camp we plan to explore life over land and under water while using DIY microscopes and computer vision to learn from microbes about collective intelligence.