May 15, 2018 | announcement, News, project, science, Science Communication, Science in Society, Synthetic Biology
We are happy to let you know about our new project, eForFuel. eForFuel develops an industrial biotechnology solution that uses electricity and microorganisms to convert CO2 into hydrocarbon fuels, thus providing a sustainable replacement of fossil carbons. For...
Feb 26, 2018 | announcement, News, project, Science Communication, Synthetic Biology
We are participating in a new EU-funded project, NEWCOTIANA. It is a research and innovation action that combines several new plant breeding techniques to produce medical and cosmetic products in tobacco plants. Taking advantage of cutting-edge molecular breeding...
Feb 1, 2018 | Creative, Film & Video, Media, News, project, Science Communication, Stories, Synthetic Biology
In this music video produced by Biofaction, MC Grease da Disease, A.K.A. Mycoplasma bovis, is a pathogenic bacteria that causes diseases in cows. Unharmed by even antibiotics, he lives unhindered like a rogue in the cow’s lung, until the researchers of the EC...
May 12, 2017 | art-science, Events, Film & Video, project, Uncategorized
We are happy to present a short film about POSSIBLE TOMORROWS, an exhibition we curated during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2016. Possible Tomorrows introduced a selection of experimental and technical design applications hatched from the fields of biotechnology and synthetic...
Apr 19, 2017 | project, Science Communication, Uncategorized
We are pleased to launch BerryMaker – an exciting science game exploring the world of synthetic biology and berries through the eyes of a biotech start-up! or PLAY ONLINE! OUTLINE OF THE GAME: In BerryMaker, you’re the founder and CEO of a biotech...
Mar 17, 2017 | art-science, project, Synthetic Biology
We are happy to see our former Artist in Residence Orkan Telhan’s work in the Wetware: Art | Agency Animation catalogue, documenting the exhibition which took place last year at the Beall Center for Art + Technology, California. The exhibition catalogue features...