Jun 12, 2014 | Science Communication, Science in Society, Serious Games
Developing novel antibiotics has become a kids play. Developed by Biofaction as a fun and interactive learning tool for university students, the mobile SYNMOD game is now also played by younger high school students. Our SYNMOD project partner Auke van Heel from the...
Jun 10, 2014 | Publications, science, Science in Society, Science Policy
The European Commission and its Scientific Committees have launched a public consultation on the first preliminary opinion on Synthetic Biology – Definition. Biofaction’s Markus Schmidt has been one of the co-authors of this opinion. All interested parties are...
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 13, 2014 | Publications, Science in Society
Biotechnology is no longer the unique realm of traditional venues such as university or industry labs. In recent years a growing number of Do-it-yourself Biology (DIY-Bio) groups established themselves in Europe. On pages 548–551 of the June 2014 Bioessays issue,...
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...
Apr 2, 2014 | science, Science in Society, Science Policy
BacHBERRY, a 3-year project funded by the EC-FP7, leads the way in sustainable use of secondary metabolites from natural molecules The project BacHBERRY: “The BacHBerry project will develop a portfolio of sustainable methodologies to mine the potential of the untapped...
