Biofaction at Keysynbio
Biofaction's Dr. Lei Pei will be holding a talk titled 'Xenobiological Approaches to Improve Biocontainment' during Keysynbio (Perspectives and Key Issues in Synthetic Biology: Opportunities, Risks and Policies) in June. Keysynbio as part of the SYNERGENE project....
BIO·FICTION@Taiwan
Thanks to our collaborator from Taiwan Bioart, we are happy to announce several BIO·FICTION events all over Taiwan in the coming months. The first confirmed schedule will be April 25th at HuaShan with Changee's event. PanSci will have the event a July 11th . We will...
BIO·FICTION@New Delhi
On Thursday 9. April 2015, our collaborator Khoj International Artists' Association will host BIO·FICTION@New Delhi, bringing the film festival for the first time to India From 17:00 - 21:00 there will be the screening of BIO∙FICTION Short Film + Discussion with Jaden...
Interactive BIO·FICTION Film Lounge
Wolfgang Kerbe (Biofaction) and A. Khodzhaeva (ITAS/KIT) presented the Interactive BIO·FICTION Film Lounge at the PaciTA conference in Berlin on 26 February 2015. A selection of films was shown from the BIO·FICTION Science Art Film Festival 2014, that were the basis...
Interactive BIO·FICTION Film Lounge Berlin
Wolfgang Kerbe (Biofaction) and A. Khodzhaeva (ITAS/KIT) will present the Interactive BIO·FICTION Film Lounge at the PaciTA conference in Berlin on 26 February 2015. A selection of films will be shown from the BIO·FICTION Science Art Film Festival 2014, that will be...
Gamifying antibiotics production in the Netherlands
Pathogens becoming more and more resistant to antibiotics, is one of the big threats for public health. Creating awareness, increasing the public understanding of the problem, and exploring new ways to eliminate diseases are the goals of the mobile phone SYNMOD game....
First three BIO·FICTION sessions online!
The first three sessions from the BIO·FICTION Science Art Film Festival are now available online. The remaining sessions will be uploaded soon. Homo Faber Watch the talks of the first BIO·FICTION session Homo faber: Engineering life from October 23rd, 2014....
‘Genetic firewall’ holds engineered microbes captive
"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 environment....
World Economic Forum Risk Report 2015
The 2015 Global Risks report by the World Economic Forum completes a decade of highlighting the most significant long-term risks worldwide, drawing on the perspectives of experts and global decision-makers. The 2015 report highlights emerging technologies as "Risks in...
DIYBio Europe and Biocommons Conference Report
Report about the DIYBio Europe and Biocommons Conference in Vienna (25-27 October 2014) With the help of Synenergene and Biofaction (Bio-fiction) it was possible to hold a conference within the DIYBio Europe network and to pick up topics from the last Biocommons...
Judging synthetic biology risks
As a member of the European Commission (EC) Scientific Advisory Group for New and Emerging Environmental and Health Risks, Markus Schmidt from Biofaction, helps to define the field of Synthetic Biology and advice EC on how to assess its benefits, risks, and research...
BIO·FICTION on Tour 2015
The original BIO·FICTION Film Festival took place in Vienna from 23-25 October, 2014 (see foots of the event here). After the original festival, we are now sending the festival on tour to other places around the world, see dates below. BIO·FICTION Linz, Austria:...