The Lab Talks
- ARTIS-Micropia
At ARTIS-Micropia, you can watch paramecia and fungi in action. With so many fascinating things passing before your eyes, you're bound to have questions. Ask them right away to the lab technicians during the 'Lab Talks'. Each month, this talk focuses on a new theme.
This month, the lab technician talks about: ‘Sweet Love’
February is the month of love, with Valentine’s Day as the perfect moment to celebrate your loved one. Chocolate, sweets, and flowers are popular gifts, but did you know that microbes play a crucial role in the flavours and scents we associate with love?
During The Lab Talks, you will discover how microbes develop the flavour of chocolate through the fermentation of cocoa beans. Yeasts, lactic acid bacteria, and acetic acid bacteria work together to create the characteristic chocolate taste. Our microbe of the month, Acetobacter aceti, plays a key role in this process by giving the beans a fresh touch.
And many other sweets would have a completely different taste without microbes.
Come and listen to this sweet edition of The Lab Talks and discover how microbes influence not only your taste buds but perhaps even your love life. Don’t miss it and uncover the microbial side of love!
Practical information
- When
- every day
- Time
- at 11:30, 13:30, and 15:30
- Where
- in front of the laboratorium
- Duration
- 20 minutes