This year we have been working alongside iGEM teams from across the globe. We have been working closely with teams from Newcastle, Glasgow and Purdue to help each other improve our projects from both in and outside the lab.
For one of our collaborations With Newcastle we had to find the thermal conductivity of various growth media. Using the apparatus we had available we found the thermal conductivity of lb and M9 to be roughly the same as water. The conductivity of water at room temperature is about 598.4 $\frac{mW}{Km}\text{ }$(mili watt per metre kelvin). We found the conductivity of LB and M9 to be (605 $\pm$ 20) $\frac{mW}{Km}\text{ }$ and (570 $\pm$ 30) $\frac{mW}{Km}\text{ }$ respectively You can read more about out method here.