Jun 15, 2023 | art-science, Events, Science in Society
The 23rd EMBL Science and Society Conference examined the breadth of ethical issues present in the life sciences through the lens of molecular biology research. It explored both the historical context of the intersection between research and ethics, and the fast pace...
Oct 21, 2022 | Events, Science in Society, Science Policy, Synthetic Biology
Biofaction’s CEO Dr. Markus Schmidt was invited to teach at the 20th October at the Geopolitics and Global Futures Symposium 2022, organized by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. The overall topic was Transformative Technologies and Security where Dr....
Aug 21, 2022 | announcement, art-science, Creative, event, Events, Film & Video, neurotechnology, News, science, Science in Society
The BIO·FICTION Science Art Film Festival Tour had a stop over in Berlin, September 2, 2022. The Tour Event was embedded in the meeting: The Future of the Technological Human Body in Light of Its Present & Past at TU Berlin. ScheduleFUTUREBODY: The...
May 4, 2022 | Events, neurotechnology, Science in Society, Science Policy, Synthetic Biology
Markus Schmidt from Biofaction was invited as a guest speaker at the OECD workshop titled “Human augmentation: a challenge for governance?” The workshop was part of the 15th Session of the working party on Biotechnology, Nanotechnology and Converging...
Apr 28, 2022 | Events, Science in Society, Synthetic Biology
Biofaction was invited by the Marie Curie ITN Training School PERICO April 26-28, 2022, in Berlin at Lifeglimmer, to train 15 ITN Early Stage Researchers. This was the last of a series of transferable skills training courses where PhD students learned about career...
Dec 22, 2021 | announcement, art-science, Creative, News, science, Science in Society, Synthetic Biology
We are excited to be exhibiting once again at Museon, a museum of science and culture based in The Hague (the Netherlands)! Within their permanent “One Planet” exhibition we had the opportunity to create two new installations, each of them connected to one...
