Aug 21, 2014 | Events, Science Communication, Science in Society
“Life from scratch! Synthetische biology” is the title of the upcoming Science Café Biofaction helped organizing with the Belgium Wetenschapscafé that is going to take place in Gent, Belgium, 26th August 2014. Guests will be Marjan De Mey (Metabolic...
Aug 15, 2014 | Events, science, Science in Society
The Nordic Committee on Bioethics will organize a conference about ethical issues in synthetic biology in Tromso, Norway, August 28, 2014. See program details: Synthetic Biology; Bioethics and Biosafety Thursday August 28th 2014 | The Arctic University...
Jul 2, 2014 | art-science, Events, Science Communication, Science in Society
Second and FINAL Deadline: August 31, 2014 The new final deadline to submit your short film about synthetic biology and/or its societal ramifications is only 2 months away! We are encouraging filmmakers to share their cinematic visions of a present or future society...
Jun 3, 2014 | Events, Science in Society
THE BIO COMMONS Markus Schmidt will give a keynote presentation at the 2014 Pixelache Festival in Helsinki, Finnland, 6th June 2014. In the case of Bio-commons, developments in biotechnology rely mainly on patents as means to enable and secure innovations. The new...
May 21, 2014 | Events, Science Communication, Serious Games
Science gamification enables youngsters to meet synthetic biology The SYNMOD game, developed by Biofaction, is a serious game for mobile devices. The game is addressing the problem of multi-drug resistant pathogenic bacteria and is showing the way to create new...
Apr 14, 2014 | Events, science, Science in Society, Science Policy, Uncategorized
The First Conference on Xenobiology (XB1) aims to gather scientists, engineers, designers, policy makers and other stakeholders to chart the paths toward an entirely novel biodiversity. The conference will take place in Genoa, Italy, from 6 to 8 of May, 2014. The XB1...
