Synthetic Biology Gets Inspiration from the Sea

by Olga Radchuck and Markus Schmidt (Biofaction, Austria) published on plos.org June 23, 2015. A solution for the problem of antibiotic resistance, threatening public health, may come from an unexpected source. Marine sponges, for a long time regarded as a source of a...

INTERVIEW Oron Catts/Markus Schmidt

Read below interview that Andi Gracie conducted with Markus Schmidt and Oron Catts about Synthetic Biology during MAKING_Life: What does the term ‘synthetic biology’ mean to you? How is it different from ‘traditional’ bio-engineering? Markus: Of all the definitions...

BIO·FICTION on Tour in Helsinki

BIO·FICTION on Tour’s latest stop was Lasipalatsi Näyttely in Helsinki at the end of May 2015. Besides an exhibition including artifacts of artistic approaches to synthetic biology a selection of videos from the second BIO·FICTION Science Art Film Festival was...