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bioLeeds stall at Leeds market

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Jo Galloway talks to the public about smells at Leeds Market 2014
cell-fies created by Joe and Paul of bioLeeds at Leeds Market in the summer of 2014
People at Leeds Market place stickers on a poster to show what they can smell – for a smell map – summer 2014
cell-fies created by Joe and Paul of bioLeeds at Leeds Market in the summer of 2014
molecules modeled out of tangerines and marshmallows by Jo Galloway for bioLeeds in Leeds Market summer 2014
cell-fies created by Joe and Paul of bioLeeds at Leeds Market in the summer of 2014
chromatography bunting bioLeeds Jo Leng
cell-fies created by Joe and Paul of bioLeeds at Leeds Market in the summer of 2014
The “Can You Smell This?” display for bioLeeds at Leeds Market in the summer of 2014
cell-fies created by Joe and Paul of bioLeeds at Leeds Market in the summer of 2014
bioLeeds market stall Leeds market Aug 2014
People at Leeds Market place stickers on a poster to show what they can smell – for a smell map – summer 2014
Jo Galloway talks to the public about smells at Leeds Market 2014
cell-fies created by Joe and Paul of bioLeeds at Leeds Market in the summer of 2014
Jo Galloway at Leeds Market helps a man to sample smells a smell and record with a sticker if he can smell anything
bioLeeds market stall Leeds market Aug 2014
cell-fies created by Joe and Paul of bioLeeds at Leeds Market in the summer of 2014
Andy and Jo G look at the chromatography bunting at Leeds Market spring 2013
People at Leeds Market take the smell test for bioLeeds – summer 2014
bioLeeds stall at leeds market Aug 2014
People at Leeds Market place stickers on a poster to show what they can smell – for a smell map – summer 2014
cell-fies created by Joe and Paul of bioLeeds at Leeds Market in the summer of 2014
A butcher takes the smell test at Leeds Market for bioLeeds in summer 2014
cell-fies created by Joe and Paul of bioLeeds at Leeds Market in the summer of 2014
People at Leeds Market place stickers on a poster to show what they can smell – for a smell map – summer 2014
cell-fies created by Joe of bioLeeds at Leeds Market in the summer of 2014
cell-fies created by Joe and Paul of bioLeeds at Leeds Market in the summer of 2014
Another butcher takes the smell test for bioLeeds at Leeds Market in the summer of 2014
Jo Galloway makes models of molecules out of tangerines and marshmallows for bioLeeds in Leeds Market summer 2014

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bioLeeds market stall at Huddersfield market

a woman tries to describe a smell in a test tube while her family watch, a bioLeeds activity in spring 2014
close up of a DIY microscope made from a webcam and enclosed in a wooden box
Joes adjusts his “home made” USB microscope at Huddersfield market in spring 2014.
Chromatography on blotting paper strips and turned into bunting, Huddersfield market in spring 2014.
Chromatography on blotting paper strips and turned into bunting, Huddersfield market in spring 2014.
Smell word cloud from bioLeeds one of the initial smell tests
Smell word cloud created from all bioLeeds smell tests
Smell word cloud from bioLeeds for one of the initial smell tests
Bunting made from stips of blotting paper that was used for the chromatography of fruit and veg at Hudderfield market in spring 2014.
A melting block of ice with salt and dye inside so creating patterns – a bioLeeds activity at Huddersfield market in spring 2014.
a family with two small children all look at the image from a DIY microscope on a screen
close up of a DIY microscope made from a webcam and enclosed in a wooden box and connected by USB to a laptop
Joe from Leeds Hack Space shows a family an image on a laptop created by a DIY USB microscope in Leeds market in summer 2014.
smells mapping bioLeeds smell test at Huddersfield market spring 2014
Smell word cloud from bioLeeds for one of the initial smell tests

Cell-fies with a DIY microscope, smell mapping, chromatography bunting made with squished fruit from the market and melting ice that melted a bit randomly.

Organised by bioLeeds contributors Joe Corcoran, Jo Gallaway, Jo Leng, Paul Turner, Andrew Wilson.


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DIY microscope

Cheek cell photo using DIY microscope, by Joe Corcoran and Paul Turner
Cheek and hair cells, taken through an upgraded version of the DIY webcam microscope, made by Joe Corcoran and Paul Turner at Leeds hackspace, and instigated at bioASMbly at ASMbly pop-up lab last year.

More news about ASMbly 2014 coming soon.

We’ll be using this at the bioLeeds market stall in Huddersfield, Saturday June 28th.

cheek cell taken through DIY microscope