Jan 26, 2016 | announcement, event, project, Uncategorized
Our BIO·FICTION Science Art and Film Festival started tremendously into the new year 2016. On 23rd of January, BIO·FICTION was hosted by the Center for Contemporary Culture Barcelona (CCCB) as part of their “Human+” exhibition. The film screening was...
Jan 12, 2016 | announcement, event, Uncategorized
Markus Schmidt of BIOFACTION will be in Irvine beginning of February as part of the symposium panel below. Gene Editing, Artificial Life and Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Symposium presented by The Newkirk Center for Science and Society, the Beall Center for Art +...
Jan 1, 2016 | announcement, event, Uncategorized
The „Prototype Nature“ symposium was initiated by the Fraunhofer UMSICHT Oberhausen and the Folkwang University of the Arts Essen, in order to learn from the enormous diversity of nature and to ascertain how this knowledge can help meet the challenges of the today’s...
Dec 18, 2015 | publication, Uncategorized
Final Opinion on Synthetic Biology III: Risks to the environment and biodiversity related to synthetic biology and research priorities in the field of synthetic biology Co-authored by Dr Markus Schmidt. Read the notes by clicking below: ...
Dec 18, 2015 | publication, Uncategorized
Synthetische Biologie: Zwischen Fiktion und Realität. Interview mit Dr. Markus Schmidt über das BIO·FICTION Science Art Film-Festival (23.–25. Oktober 2014, Wien, Österreich) mitTATuP – Zeitschrift des ITAS zur Technikfolgenabschätzung. Die pdf Version des...
Oct 28, 2015 | announcement, event, Uncategorized
On 10 December 2015 in Luxembourg, the European Commission will hold a workshop on Synthetic Biology, called “From science to policy and societal challenges”. Markus Schmidt from Biofaction will present the gaps and challenges to risk assessment in...
