Biofaction @ TU Graz
Biofaction’s Dr. Lei Pei has presented a lecture titled ‘Novel Genetic Firewall to Improve Biocontainment‘ at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, TU Graz in June. During Dr. Pei’s visit in TU Graz, she discussed the project of the first Austrain iGEM team, which...
Orkan Telhan Selected As Artist In Residence To Explore Synthetic Biology
Introduction The interdisciplinary artist Orkan Telhan who is also an assistant professor of Fine Arts at University of Pennsylvania, has been chosen as the artist in residency for a six week programme at the Center for Fundamental Living Technology (FLinT),...
Recommended read: Achselhöhlen-Käse und farbige Fäkalien @ Tagespiegel
Recommended read on Der Tagesspiegel (in German): Der belgische Künstler Tuur Van Balen hat in einer Installation durchgespielt, wie sich Tauben mithilfe von synthetisch umprogrammierten Bakterien im Futter zu Produzenten von biologisch abbaubarer Seife umwandeln...
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...
Unlocking marine biotechnology
By Markus Schmidt published on nature.com on 22.06.2015 Although marine organisms are known as a source of bioactive compounds with pharmaceutical applications such as antibiotics, antivirals, analgetics, immunomodulatory-, antitumor-, anti-inflammatory-,...
Starbeasts – An Interstellar Zeitgeber (‘time-giver’)
by Stephen Fortune, Andy Gracie, Markus Schmidt, Georg Tremmel Presented during MAKING_Life in Helsinki. Cyanobacteria (S.elongatus PCC 7942), continuous culture device, acrylic, electronics Star Beasts subjects cyanobacteria (‘blue-green algae’) to artificial...
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...
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We continue our Tour internationally and can't wait to showcase a selection of short films from our festival and creative visions of future applications of Synthetic Biology. Read more HERE. Visit On Tour info websites for -> Seattle and ->Taiwan.
Starbeasts at Making Life
Making_Life Exhibition The exhibition took place in Helsinki, Finland, at Lasipalatsi Näyttely and presented artistic responses and prototypes as a first result of Making_Life. Five different groups composed from the workshop participants tested approaches for...
Bacteria, Art and other Incommodities
Biofaction's Markus Schmidt will be holding a talk in Copenhagen on the 15th of May 2015; Bacteria, Art and other Incommodities: Bacteria in Art, Sciences and Humanities An interdisciplinary conference in cooperation with Department of Arts and Cultural Studies,...
Biofaction’s article in LEONARDO: Splicing boundaries: the experiences of bioart exhibition visitors
Take a look at the recently published article by Wolfgang Kerbe and Markus Schmidt: Splicing boundaries: the experiences of bioart exhibition visitors in Leonardo magazine Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 128–136; SPLICING BOUNDARIES: THE EXPERIENCES OF BIOART EXHIBITION VISITORS...