Oct 12, 2020 | announcement, News, publication, Publications, Synthetic Biology
Biofaction’s Markus Schmidt, together with Nediljko Budisa and Vladimir Kubyshkin, had the opportunity to edit a special collection for ChemBioChem. The special issue is called “Xenobiology: A Journey towards Parallel Life Forms” and it deals, as the title...
Jun 23, 2020 | art-science, Creative, event, Events, News, science, Science Communication, Science in Society
We’ve been invited to participate in an exciting series of online breakfast discussions hosted by the Angewandte Innovation Laboratory, AIL – which is a unique initiative of the University of Applied Arts Vienna. It’s designed to bring scientists,...
May 7, 2020 | announcement, News, publication, Publications, Synthetic Biology
We’ve collaborated on two new open-access papers that we think will provide you with food for thought: The first, titled “The long journey towards standards for engineering biosystems”, featured in EMBO reports, springs out of an ongoing discussion about adopting...
Apr 29, 2020 | announcement, News, science, Science in Society, Synthetic Biology
Biofaction is seeking applications for new Artist in Residence programmes for MADONNA, NEWCOTIANA and SINFONIA. As an artist in residence, you will actively engage with scientists working on one of three Synthetic Biology related projects that delve into...
Apr 17, 2020 | announcement, News, science, Science in Society, Synthetic Biology
The SARS-COV-2 virus has caused one of the largest, devastating and socioeconomically staggering pandemics since the 1918 Spanish flu – the COVID-19 pandemic. A large number of public and private research groups are working around the clock in a race to develop...
Mar 13, 2020 | Creative, event, Media, News, project, Science Communication, Science in Society, Serious Games, Synthetic Biology
While we’re reaching the end of the successful project MycoSynVac, we had the chance to organize several communication activities with the project’s game Battle for Cattle. We ran a classroom session in Vienna on February 27th, 2020 and used our...
