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Vienna, 25th March 2020 Scientists from the five year EU funded project MycoSynVac report their findings and successes at a final meeting in Brussels. The project drew on cutting edge biotechnology to explore three important GOALS: TRANSFORM a living bacteria (Mycoplasma pneumoniae) into a vaccine chassis APPLY this vaccine chassis…
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2019 has been a busy year with many interesting events. One of the past events that we would like to highlight is our collaboration with Dr. Eva Stöger from the Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology from BOKU. We took part at the Fascination of Plants Day and presented…
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We created an animated short clip for the project SinFonia. The clip reflects the project’s aims and methods in an entertaining way with musical elements. Have a look at it below! Materials containing the element fluorine (F) are extremely important in our modern world, with applications in electronics, healthcare, automotive…
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Markus Schmidt explained de-extinction in the light of massive global biodiversity loss. The presentations were followed by an hour of Q&A with the audience in Theater Akzent. Thanks to the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) for the invitation, Helge Torgersen for the fruitful debate and Birgit Dalheimer for her excellent moderation!…
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The Austrian Life Science Magazine “Chemiereport” published an article (in German) by Biofaction’s Markus Schmidt about novel strategies to develop vaccines by reprograming pathogens.
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A publication by Biofaction’s Markus Schmidt about teamwork in insects and a unique hunting technique in tropical ants that resembles medieval torture racks, got wide media coverage. ★ New Scientist. Ants build a medieval ‘torture rack’ to catch grasshoppers ★ Pyhs.org. Ants found to use trapping technique to capture much larger…
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In this music video produced by Biofaction, MC Grease da Disease, A.K.A. Mycoplasma bovis, is a pathogenic bacteria that causes diseases in cows. Unharmed by even antibiotics, he lives unhindered like a rogue in the cow’s lung, until the researchers of the EC H2020 funded project MycoSynVac discover a really…
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In a recent guest blog in Nature biotechnology’s Bioentrepreneur Trade Secrets, Markus Schmidt reported about the latest developments in designing novel vaccines. The reprogramming of Mycoplasma bacteria from pathogens to vaccines is only made possible thanks to an international collaboration of synthetic biologists, systems biologists, bioinformaticians, animal health experts, biosafety specialist…
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Saturday 9th December, BBC 3 covered the works of our artist in residence Eduardo R. Miranda. Eduardo spent a few weeks as artist in residence of the EU SYNPETIDE project that aimed to design novel synthetic antibiotics. At the University of Regensburg, one of the partners in SYNPEPTIDE, Eduardo developed…
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Biofaction’s documentary film “The Berrymakers” was selected from 1300 film entries at the 7th International Festival of Documentary Films on Life Sciences in Prague! :-) Watch the film online: The Berrymakers from Biofaction on Vimeo.
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