Jan-Maarten Luursema

Dates: June 13 – July 7

Projects my current self thinks I´ll be working on at Dinacon: Self-cooling artificial reefs, room-temperature genetic sample storage.

Tools I will bring: IR imaging, smartphone condensator microphone addon, passive environmental DNA samplers, analog underwater thermometer.

I have worked in art and science; probably some of those skills and attitudes are still with me now. Maker skills I picked up along the way include 3D design (CAD), 3D printing, and molding/casting. I love the living world and I think DIY bio is a great way to engage with it; my projects increasingly reflect that interest. This includes environmental monitoring of the biological kind, and teasing out the amazing stories contained in dust. Looking forward to meeting you all and figure out how we can collaborate on stuff!

I opened communications with the slime world

I helped establish there are elephants at Blijdorp zoo