Call for Artist in Residence at Synthetic Biology Lab
The Center for Fundamental Living Technology (FLinT), University of Southern Denmark - in collaboration with Biofaction- is inviting an artist in residence for up to six weeks during 2015. The two-part residency will start in the spring and conclude in the...
Third BACHBERRY Meeting
BACHBERRY is a 3 year project funded by the EC-FP7 and the acronym for “BACterial Hosts for production of Bioactive phenolics from bERRY fruits”. Started in November 2013 the team of 18 partners from Europe, Russia, Chile and China aim to identify bioactive compounds...
BIO·FICTION auf biotechnologie.tv
biotechnologie.tv berichtet über BIO·FICTION Beitrag 3: Das Kunst- und Filmfestival Biofiction (ab Min. 6:05) Auch im dritten Beitrag dreht sich alles um die Verbindung von Kunst und Wissenschaft. Beim Biofiction-Festival in Wien Ende Oktober zeigten Performances,...
BIO·FICTION winning films
The BIO·FICTION Science Art Film Festival (23-25 Oct. 2014), produced by Biofaction KG was celebrated as an interdisciplinary cross-cultural event with art works, performances, live DIYbio demos, and many interesting talks. The BIO·FICTION short film competition with...
Science Cafe: Die Neuprogrammierung des genetischen Codes
Im Linzer Kepler Salon fand am 3.11.2014 ein Science Cafe zum Thema " Neuprogrammierung des genetischen Codes" mit statt. Nach dem Impuslvortrag von Markus Schmidt zu den wissenschafltichen Zielen und gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen diskutierten die etwa 50 Teilnehmer...
2nd Bio-commons meeting in Vienna
The second Bio-commons meeting is drawing closer. In collaboration with Pavillon 35 and supported by the EC-FP7 SYNENERGENE, we will start on Saturday 25th of October at 11.00 in the cafeteria of the Natural History Museum (NHM) in Vienna (where the BIO·FICTION...
BIO·FICTION newsletter #5
BIO·FICTION 2014: The 2nd international Synthetic Biology Film Festival Amazing Films The final deadline August 31 has passed and we are excited to report that we received exactly 100 film submissions from 17 countries in 4 continents. The submissions include awesome...
SYNPEPTIDE – designing novel antibiotics to fight multi-resistant pathogens
PRESS RELEASE: Multidrug-resistant strains of microorganisms pose a significant threat to public health. When the first-line antibiotics can no longer help, there have always been the second-line options, at least for the majority of bacterial pathogens. For resistant...
Biohacker article in The Economist
The Economist has published an article about Biohackers, discussing its opportunities, risks and connections to entrepreneurship and art. The article is also based on an interview with Biofaction's Markus Schmidt. "IT LOOKS like an experimental cooking class as...
Systems Toxicology Workshop Beijing
From October 14-16, 2014, a Systems Toxicology Workshop will be organized in Beijing, China, on " Developing Mechanistic Understanding of Toxicity Pathways and Establishing Predictive Toxicology for Use in Risk Assessments". The hosts and organizers of this workshop...
Science Café in Gent
"Life from scratch! Synthetische biology" is the title of the upcoming Science Café Biofaction helped organizing with the Belgium Wetenschapscafé that is going to take place in Gent, Belgium, 26th August 2014. Guests will be Marjan De Mey (Metabolic Engineering,...
Nordic Committee on Bioethics
The Nordic Committee on Bioethics will organize a conference about ethical issues in synthetic biology in Tromso, Norway, August 28, 2014. See program details: Synthetic Biology; Bioethics and Biosafety Thursday August 28th 2014 | The Arctic University...