Team:Cambridge-JIC/Technology

Whilst growth chambers for the cultivation of plants are widely available in a variety of configurations, from the simple cold frame to advanced climate control devices, they are generally unsuitable for growing small lower plants such as marchantia in a scientific setting. The reason for this is two-fold; as commercially produced growth chambers are usually designed to grow higher plants such as wheat, they are typically very large pieces of equipment. Furthermore, growth chambers with the ability to perform active climate control are costly and have a much greater feature set than is required for the controlled cultivation of marchantia.

In light of this, the problem statement for the Marchantia Growth Facility (MGF) was given as follows;

The task is to create a low cost device capable of cultivating marchantia by controlling the light conditions and air flow to the plants. In addition, the device must act to prevent the growth of foreign organisms on the marchantia plates, which could contaminate the specimens and hamper plant growth.

Hardware

As shown in figure , the MGF consists of a cuboidal chamber, which is divided into four subchambers. Each of the subchambers has an identical fan and lighting unit, all of which are controlled via an arduino microcontroller.

CAM Files

The hardware for the MGF was designed in VCarve Pro

Software

Description of the incubator software goes here

Assembly Instructions

Assembly instructions for the incubator

Pipette Counter

Brief

Brief for the pipette counter

Gel Former Jig

Brief

Brief for gel former jig

CAD Files

CAD files for the gel former

Hardware

Description of the gel former jig

Manual Assembly Instructions

Assembly instructions for the gel former jig

@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 <p>Whilst growth chambers for the cultivation of plants are widely available in a variety of configurations, from the simple cold frame to advanced climate control devices, they are generally unsuitable for growing small lower plants such as marchantia in a scientific setting. The reason for this is two-fold; as commercially produced growth chambers are usually designed to grow higher plants such as wheat, they are typically very large pieces of equipment. Furthermore, growth chambers with the ability to perform active climate control are costly and have a much greater feature set than is required for the controlled cultivation of marchantia.  </p>
 <p>In light of this, the problem statement for the Marchantia Growth Facility (MGF) was given as follows;</p>
-<p>The task is to create a low cost device capable of cultivating marchantia by controlling the light and air flow to the plants. In addition, the device must prevent the growth of other organisms</p>
+<p>The task is to create a low cost device capable of cultivating marchantia by controlling the light conditions and air flow to the plants. In addition, the device must act to prevent the growth of foreign organisms on the marchantia plates, which could contaminate the specimens and hamper plant growth. </p>
-<h3>CAD Files</h3>
-<p>CAD Files for the incubator go here</p>
 <h3>Hardware</h3>
-<p>Description of incubator hardware</p>
+<p>As shown in figure , the MGF consists of a cuboidal chamber, which is divided into four subchambers. Each of the subchambers has an identical fan and lighting unit, all of which are controlled via an arduino microcontroller.  </p>
+<h3>CAM Files</h3>
+<p> The hardware for the MGF was designed in VCarve Pro </p>
 <h3>Software</h3>