Episode 01 - How to build a microscope out of LEGO

This week join our host Jonny coates as he speaks with Dr Bart Vos, a research associate at the Munster University, as he reveals just how much he likes microscopes. Together they discuss how to build a high resolution LEGO microscope and how these can be used as useful teaching tools for kids and adults alike. They then delve in the world of academic science, the pros, the cons and why we should preprint!

Read the full preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.11.439311v1

Other links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrographia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonie_van_Leeuwenhoek

https://igem.org/Main_Page

This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John Howard.

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