Recommended read: Achselhöhlen-Käse und farbige Fäkalien @ Tagespiegel

Jun 25, 2015 | art-science, Uncategorized

Recommended read on Der Tagesspiegel (in German): Der belgische Künstler Tuur Van Balen hat in einer Installation durchgespielt, wie sich Tauben mithilfe von synthetisch umprogrammierten Bakterien im Futter zu Produzenten von biologisch abbaubarer Seife umwandeln...

Synthetic Biology Gets Inspiration from the Sea

Jun 25, 2015 | Uncategorized

by Olga Radchuck and Markus Schmidt (Biofaction, Austria) published on plos.org June 23, 2015. A solution for the problem of antibiotic resistance, threatening public health, may come from an unexpected source. Marine sponges, for a long time regarded as a source of a...

Unlocking marine biotechnology

Jun 25, 2015 | science

By Markus Schmidt published on nature.com on 22.06.2015 Although marine organisms are known as a source of bioactive compounds with pharmaceutical applications such as antibiotics, antivirals, analgetics, immunomodulatory-, antitumor-, anti-inflammatory-,...

Starbeasts – An Interstellar Zeitgeber (‘time-giver’)

May 29, 2015 | Uncategorized

by Stephen Fortune, Andy Gracie, Markus Schmidt, Georg Tremmel Presented during MAKING_Life in Helsinki. Cyanobacteria (S.elongatus PCC 7942), continuous culture device, acrylic, electronics Star Beasts subjects cyanobacteria (‘blue-green algae’) to artificial...

INTERVIEW Oron Catts/Markus Schmidt

May 29, 2015 | Uncategorized

Read below interview that Andi Gracie conducted with Markus Schmidt and Oron Catts about Synthetic Biology during MAKING_Life: What does the term ‘synthetic biology’ mean to you? How is it different from ‘traditional’ bio-engineering? Markus: Of all the definitions...