# General **URL:** https://forum.amybo.org/c/general/4.md [Latest](https://forum.amybo.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.amybo.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.amybo.org/tags.md) --- ## [Welcome to AMYBO.org! 👋](https://forum.amybo.org/t/welcome-to-amybo-org/5)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.amybo.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [21 February 2024 15:45 UTC](https://forum.amybo.org/t/welcome-to-amybo-org/5 "2024-02-21T15:45:59Z")
We are so glad you joined us. AMYBO.org A non-profit open source protein fermentation community Here are some things you can do to get started: :speaking\_head: Introduce yourself by adding your picture and informati… --- ## [About the General category](https://forum.amybo.org/t/about-the-general-category/3)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.amybo.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0
Create topics here that don’t fit into any other existing category. --- ## [Current measurement experiment](https://forum.amybo.org/t/current-measurement-experiment/166)
**Author:** [@gerrit](https://forum.amybo.org/u/gerrit)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [3 June 2026 15:34 UTC](https://forum.amybo.org/t/current-measurement-experiment/166 "2026-06-03T15:34:20Z")
I wanted to see whether a given intensity setting on the Pioreactor’s LED channels produces the same current regardless of the solution used, so I tried different electrolyte solutions and measured the current and bus vo… --- ## [phD and General Inquiry](https://forum.amybo.org/t/phd-and-general-inquiry/165)
**Author:** [@nunyabuya](https://forum.amybo.org/u/nunyabuya)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [29 May 2026 02:29 UTC](https://forum.amybo.org/t/phd-and-general-inquiry/165 "2026-05-29T02:29:07Z")
Hey, i submitted my application for the posted PhD program but wanted to follow here as well. I hoped to start a conversation about amybo as I just found some videos posted 2 years ago regarding the pioreactor. I think t… --- ## [PhD - developing the Aseptic electroPioreactor (and much more)](https://forum.amybo.org/t/phd-developing-the-aseptic-electropioreactor-and-much-more/164)
**Author:** [@Martin](https://forum.amybo.org/u/Martin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [20 May 2026 16:12 UTC](https://forum.amybo.org/t/phd-developing-the-aseptic-electropioreactor-and-much-more/164 "2026-05-20T16:12:51Z")
Know someone interested in a PhD in Sustainable Protein? I’m delighted to be Industry Supervisor of a PhD with the wonderful Sonja Billerbeck at the Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein - Imperial. It’s fully funded fo… --- ## [Splash of media with K-acetate on pioreactor](https://forum.amybo.org/t/splash-of-media-with-k-acetate-on-pioreactor/161)
**Author:** [@Bingqiao](https://forum.amybo.org/u/Bingqiao)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [25 April 2026 02:35 UTC](https://forum.amybo.org/t/splash-of-media-with-k-acetate-on-pioreactor/161 "2026-04-25T02:35:29Z")
I had a media splash ( electroPioreactor/Media at main · amy-bo/electroPioreactor · GitHub + Medan potassium acetate). Prior to realising that I must power off, I was getting green and yellow lights on the RPi but the b… --- ## [16S Community Analysis - DIY or Outsource?](https://forum.amybo.org/t/16s-community-analysis-diy-or-outsource/106)
**Author:** [@gerrit](https://forum.amybo.org/u/gerrit)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [24 November 2025 23:58 UTC](https://forum.amybo.org/t/16s-community-analysis-diy-or-outsource/106 "2025-11-24T23:58:02Z")
Trying to find the most cost effective way to determine what’s growing in our electroPioreactors. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but 16S community analysis appears to be the way to go. So far the best price I have fou… --- ## [Experimental Design Optimisation](https://forum.amybo.org/t/experimental-design-optimisation/140)
**Author:** [@Martin](https://forum.amybo.org/u/Martin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [25 July 2025 17:00 UTC](https://forum.amybo.org/t/experimental-design-optimisation/140 "2025-07-25T17:00:59Z")
I’m stuck in a rabbit hole literature review and am coming to the conclusion that nobody yet has the optimum trace element solution, let alone experimental electrode or bioreactor configuration. There are so many parame… --- ## [PhD Opportunity](https://forum.amybo.org/t/phd-opportunity/133)
**Author:** [@Martin](https://forum.amybo.org/u/Martin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [7 July 2025 09:33 UTC](https://forum.amybo.org/t/phd-opportunity/133 "2025-07-07T09:33:01Z")
I received this brilliant PhD opportunity from Sonja Billerbeck at Imperial College’s Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein this morning: I have an open PhD position (UK home fee) in my lab on precision fermentation with… --- ## [Inquiry on Careers and Opportunities in Sustainable Food Production](https://forum.amybo.org/t/inquiry-on-careers-and-opportunities-in-sustainable-food-production/81)
**Author:** [@HannaLewicka](https://forum.amybo.org/u/HannaLewicka)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [15 May 2025 16:02 UTC](https://forum.amybo.org/t/inquiry-on-careers-and-opportunities-in-sustainable-food-production/81 "2025-05-15T16:02:19Z")
Good Afternoon, I hope this message finds you well. My name is Hanna Lewicka, and I am pursuing an MSc in Applied Biosciences and Biotechnology at Imperial College London. I have a strong passion for sustainable food pr… --- ## [Keeping up with HMC Clinic project](https://forum.amybo.org/t/keeping-up-with-hmc-clinic-project/126)
**Author:** [@arlombardo](https://forum.amybo.org/u/arlombardo)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [10 May 2025 04:20 UTC](https://forum.amybo.org/t/keeping-up-with-hmc-clinic-project/126 "2025-05-10T04:20:30Z")
Harvey Mudd College has a clinic team with AMYBO! This is where we will be posting our summarized meeting minutes so the larger AMYBO community can see the progress of our project. Please feel free to reply with comment… --- ## [National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre (NAPIC)](https://forum.amybo.org/t/national-alternative-protein-innovation-centre-napic/104)
**Author:** [@Martin](https://forum.amybo.org/u/Martin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [6 December 2024 10:24 UTC](https://forum.amybo.org/t/national-alternative-protein-innovation-centre-napic/104 "2024-12-06T10:24:58Z")
I met with a member of NAPIC’s Produce pillar from the James Hutton Institute yesterday, who invited us to become a NAPIC Partner. I can’t see why anyone would object to this, but thought it best to mention it here. We… --- ## [Biopolymer 3D printing](https://forum.amybo.org/t/biopolymer-3d-printing/66)
**Author:** [@Martin](https://forum.amybo.org/u/Martin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [11 November 2024 10:33 UTC](https://forum.amybo.org/t/biopolymer-3d-printing/66 "2024-11-11T10:33:48Z")
Does anyone have any experience with PHA/PHB or other biopolymers - either producing them via fermentation or printing with them? 3D printing is clearly one of the tools that we’ll be using to build low cost bioreactors… --- ## [Novel Food regulations](https://forum.amybo.org/t/novel-food-regulations/80)
**Author:** [@gerrit](https://forum.amybo.org/u/gerrit)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [12 October 2024 13:31 UTC](https://forum.amybo.org/t/novel-food-regulations/80 "2024-10-12T13:31:44Z")
I just realised we haven’t discussed Novel Food authorisations on here yet. Where @Martin and I are in the UK, the FSA (Food Standards Agency) are responsible for regulating food safety. I came across this article today … --- ## [Designing a cathode for electrolysis](https://forum.amybo.org/t/designing-a-cathode-for-electrolysis/65)
**Author:** [@gerrit](https://forum.amybo.org/u/gerrit)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [19 April 2024 12:50 UTC](https://forum.amybo.org/t/designing-a-cathode-for-electrolysis/65 "2024-04-19T12:50:19Z")
This morning I was watching a video about they’re using 3D printing to increase the surface area of a scaffold for growing cells inside a bioreactor: It made me think about how we may like to increase the … --- ## [Precision Fermentation](https://forum.amybo.org/t/precision-fermentation/63)
**Author:** [@Martin](https://forum.amybo.org/u/Martin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [4 April 2024 22:49 UTC](https://forum.amybo.org/t/precision-fermentation/63 "2024-04-04T22:49:42Z")
Can I ask if you are working on (or interested in working on) Precision Fermentation\* of Proteins? If so the Good Food Institute (GFI)'s 2024 $250k research grant webinar is on 2 April. I was disappointed to see that …