Jul 25, 2019 | announcement, News, project, science, Science Communication, Science in Society, Synthetic Biology
We are very happy to introduce you to our new project: SinFonia. SinFonia aims to produce novel fluorochemicals in a biological way. The project wants to engineer the metabolically-versatile bacterium Pseudomonas putida to execute biofluorinations for generating novel...
May 15, 2019 | announcement, art-science, Creative, Film & Video, Media, neurotechnology, News, project, Science Communication, Science in Society
Submissions for the 2019 BIO·FICTION Science Art Film Festival are now open! Biofaction is organizing a new edition for the 2019 BIO·FICTION Science Art Film Festival. The theme of this year’s festival is: FUTUREBODY. We’re looking for short films dealing with how...
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...
