Apr 14, 2017 | News, publication, science, Science Policy, Synthetic Biology, Uncategorized
Victor de Lorenzo (CSIC, Spain) and Markus Schmidt (Biofaction) published a review about the potential of Do-it-yourself Biology (DIYBio) in the journal Microbial Biotechnology. The article highlights the potential of for innovation, but also explores the many other...
Jun 29, 2016 | event, Events, report, Science Communication, Science in Society, Science Policy, Synthetic Biology
After the first Science Cafè in Barcelona, the second MycoSynVac Science Cafè took place June 25, 2016 in Amsterdam at the Nemo Science Museum. It was held as part of the two-day long Synergene Forum 2016, a large public event which discussed synthetic biology as well...
Sep 21, 2015 | Events, Science in Society, Science Policy
The Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA) welcomes colleagues in the sciences, engineering, technology, computer science, medicine, the social sciences, the humanities, the arts, and independent scholars and artists for their 2015 conference NEOLIFE in...
Sep 10, 2015 | science, Science Policy, Synthetic Biology
NATURE.COM | BIOENTREPRENEUR | TRADE SECRETS The Power Game Setting standards for synthetic biology By Victor de Lorenzo and Markus Schmidt (Biofaction) Standards[1] are traditionally claimed to be one of the pillars of modern engineering and as such they are also...
Sep 8, 2015 | art-science, Events, Publications, Science Policy
In the latest issues of Hacktivism Journal “Neural”, Eugenio Battaglia reports about the Vienna BIO·FICTION Science Art Film Festival, commenting on cultural amnesia, avoidance of self-referential artworks and the notion that we have always been...
Jan 22, 2015 | Publications, science, Science Policy
“Human-engineered microbes are workhorses of the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, churning out biofuels, drugs, and many other products. But they can cause big problems if they become contaminated by other microbes or viruses or escape into the...
