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Submissions for the 2019 BIO·FICTION Science Art Film Festival are now open! Biofaction is organizing a new edition for the 2019 BIO·FICTION Science Art Film Festival. The theme of this year’s festival is: FUTUREBODY. We’re looking for short films dealing with how neurotechnology shapes the future of the human body,…
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We’re proud to present our latest animation clip, The Beast in Yeast: OPATHY. We had a great time developing the story line with OPATHY (Omics of PATHogenics Yeasts) to address something that is not very well known: how yeast, such as Candida, can turn into dangerous pathogens. The animation style…
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Two Biofaction films, The Berrymakers and MYCOSYNVAC feat. MC Grease (da disease), were part of the 2018 edition of the Science Film Festival. The films were shown at multiple events in Asia and Africa reaching over 250.000 viewers! The majority of the viewers were between seven and sixteen years of age,…
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The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) is organizing the talk “Designerbabys, Mammuts & Co”. The talk will take place on 03.04.2019 in Theater Akzent, Vienna. Markus Schmidt from Biofaction and Helge Torgersen from the Austrian Academy of Sciences will discuss about the possibilities of synthetic biology. Markus Schmidt will reflect about the…
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Biofaction founder Markus Schmidt has been invited to one of the LASER Talks in Vienna: Shenzen Molecular Speed. The event will take place on the 15th of December from 6:15 PM to 8:15 PM at the Angewandte Innovation Laboratory (AIL). The talk asks whether both, artistic media and new biotech markets go beyond the…
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European scientists are coming together in a high-level and public meeting in Brussels on 27 November 2018, to present and discuss how innovation improves the everyday life. Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament, and Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation will host the conference “EU Research and…
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Last month we had the great opportunity to join Open Cell’s “Biodesign Here Now” at London Design Festival, presenting “Plant Designer” from 15 – 23 September, 2018! We showcased the aims, goals, and cutting-edge technologies used by two large European research projects (Newcotiana and Pharma-Factory) to allow tobacco plants to…
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Biofaction has been working on a short clip over the summer for our EU funded project eForFuel. The animation explains what eForFuel is all about, including our approaches and processes. We designed the animation to be smooth, flowing and easy to understand. Have a look at the video below and let us know…
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We’re excited to tell you that we’ve kicked off a new project this summer: FUTUREBODY: The Future of the Body in the Light of Neurotechnology. This is an EU ERANET NEURON project in collaboration with KIT-ITAS (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), University of Freiburg and University of Calgary. The 3 year long FUTUREBODY deals with emerging…
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Biofaction created a new animated introductory clip for our EU funded project Newcotiana. Have a look at how tobacco can be redesigned to save its reputation and become a plant that’s good for you and your health. Taking advantage of cutting-edge molecular breeding methodologies, researchers will develop new varieties of…
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