Apr 4, 2019 | event, Events, Science Communication, Science in Society, Synthetic Biology
Markus Schmidt explained de-extinction in the light of massive global biodiversity loss. The presentations were followed by an hour of Q&A with the audience in Theater Akzent. Thanks to the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) for the invitation, Helge Torgersen for the...
Mar 25, 2019 | art-science, Creative, event, Events, Media, News, project, science, Science Communication, Science in Society, Synthetic Biology
The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) is organizing the talk “Designerbabys, Mammuts & Co”. The talk will take place on 03.04.2019 in Theater Akzent, Vienna. Markus Schmidt from Biofaction and Helge Torgersen from the Austrian Academy of Sciences will...
Dec 13, 2018 | art-science, Creative, event, Events, Media, News, project, Science Communication, Science in Society, Synthetic Biology
Biofaction founder Markus Schmidt has been invited to one of the LASER Talks in Vienna: Shenzen Molecular Speed. The event will take place on the 15th of December from 6:15 PM to 8:15 PM at the Angewandte Innovation Laboratory (AIL). The talk asks...
Nov 26, 2018 | announcement, Media, News, project, science, Science Communication, Science in Society, Synthetic Biology
European scientists are coming together in a high-level and public meeting in Brussels on 27 November 2018, to present and discuss how innovation improves the everyday life. Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament, and Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for...
Aug 29, 2018 | announcement, art-science, Creative, Film & Video, Media, neurotechnology, News, project, Science Communication, Synthetic Biology
We’re excited to tell you that we’ve kicked off a new project this summer: FUTUREBODY: The Future of the Body in the Light of Neurotechnology. This is an EU ERANET NEURON project in collaboration with KIT-ITAS (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), University of...
Jun 26, 2018 | announcement, art-science, Creative, News, Publications, science, Science in Society, Synthetic Biology
This is something new and different for us: We’ve published our first art-science booklet! It’s called “The Art of Antibiotics” and it documents the artist in residency program within the EC FP7 funded project SYNPEPTIDE, which aimed to design and test...
