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...
SYNMOD game at European High Schools
A high school package produced by Biofaction is now available at the European Schoolnet website, the biggest repository of educational materials in Europe. The package is aimed to teach elements of Biology, Biochemistry and Synthetic Biology to 15-19 years old...
Xenobiology Conference Video Summary
Missed the XB1 conference on Xenobiology May 6-8, 2014 in Genoa, Italy? Here you can watch our short video summary of the event:
Bio-fiction 2014: The second Synthetic Biology Film Festival
Second and FINAL Deadline: August 31, 2014 The new final deadline to submit your short film about synthetic biology and/or its societal ramifications is only 2 months away! We are encouraging filmmakers to share their cinematic visions of a present or future society...
Dutch kids explore SYNMOD game
Developing novel antibiotics has become a kids play. Developed by Biofaction as a fun and interactive learning tool for university students, the mobile SYNMOD game is now also played by younger high school students. Our SYNMOD project partner Auke van Heel from the...
Public Consultation in Synthetic Biology
The European Commission and its Scientific Committees have launched a public consultation on the first preliminary opinion on Synthetic Biology – Definition. Biofaction's Markus Schmidt has been one of the co-authors of this opinion. All interested parties are invited...
Bio Commons@Pixelache
THE BIO COMMONS Markus Schmidt will give a keynote presentation at the 2014 Pixelache Festival in Helsinki, Finnland, 6th June 2014. In the case of Bio-commons, developments in biotechnology rely mainly on patents as means to enable and secure innovations. The new...