The Lab Talks
- ARTIS-Micropia
At ARTIS-Micropia, you can watch paramecia and fungi in action. With so many fascinating things passing before your eyes, you're bound to have questions. Ask them right away to the lab technicians during the 'Lab Talks'. Each month, this talk focuses on a new theme.
This month, the lab technician talks about: fungi and radioactive radiation.
The laboratory is the heart of ARTIS-Micropia. Here, microbiologists take care of all the microbes on display in the museum, from bacteria and fungi to algae and water bears.
But not all microbes need the safe environment that the lab technicians provide for them. Some fungi thrive in places that would be completely uninhabitable for humans, such as the radioactive areas of Chernobyl. These remarkable fungi even appear to use radioactive radiation as an energy source, a process scientists call radiotrophy.
Join this month’s lab talk to learn more about these fascinating fungi and what we can learn from them. Discover the secret behind their ability to survive extreme radiation and how radiotrophy may help them grow in places where almost nothing else can live.
Practical information
- When
- every day
- Time
- at 11:30, 13:30, and 15:30
- Where
- in front of the laboratorium
- Duration
- 20 minutes