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Beginner-friendly multi-model tutorial lab where users choose a starting plate, watch viable cells grow, and read why starvation changes the curve.
Runtime
Duration12
Comms Step0.25
Runs
Total6
Completed6
Failed0
Metadata
Packagemicrobiology-hello-world-growth
Created2026-05-01
Updated2026-06-13
microbiologytutorialhello-worldsetuppopulation-growthexplanationother
Manifest
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"io": {
"inputs": [
{
"name": "initial_cells",
"maps_to": "starter_setup.initial_cells"
},
{
"name": "available_food",
"maps_to": "starter_setup.available_food"
},
{
"name": "growth_rate",
"maps_to": "starter_setup.growth_rate"
},
{
"name": "space_limit",
"maps_to": "starter_setup.space_limit"
}
],
"outputs": [
{
"name": "colony_state",
"maps_to": "microbial_growth.colony_state"
},
{
"name": "lesson_summary",
"maps_to": "microbial_growth.lesson_summary"
},
{
"name": "hello_world_story",
"maps_to": "story_reporter.hello_world_story"
},
{
"name": "next_steps",
"maps_to": "story_reporter.next_steps"
}
]
},
"title": "Microbiology Hello World Growth Lab",
"models": [
{
"path": "models/starter-culture",
"alias": "starter_setup",
"parameters": {
"growth_rate": 0.8,
"space_limit": 200,
"initial_cells": 10,
"available_food": 80,
"integration_step": 0.25
}
},
{
"path": "models/microbial-growth",
"alias": "microbial_growth",
"parameters": {
"growth_rate": 0.8,
"space_limit": 200,
"initial_cells": 10,
"available_food": 80,
"integration_step": 0.05,
"food_per_new_cell": 1,
"starvation_death_rate": 0.04
}
},
{
"path": "models/growth-story",
"alias": "story_reporter",
"parameters": {
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}
}
],
"wiring": [
{
"to": [
"microbial_growth.growth_setup",
"story_reporter.growth_setup"
],
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{
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},
{
"to": [
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"package": "microbiology-hello-world-growth",
"runtime": {
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"initial_inputs": {},
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},
"version": "1.0.2",
"description": "Beginner-friendly multi-model tutorial lab where users choose a starting plate, watch viable cells grow, and read why starvation changes the curve.",
"schema_version": "2.0"
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