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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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Spektrum der Wissenschaften, one of the most prolific science magazines in the German speaking countries, came across our animated music video starring a pathogenic bacterium, MC Grease da Disease, A.K.A. Mycoplasma bovis. They used it as a starting point to report about our project MycoSynVac, discussing in further detail the use…
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This is something new and different for us: We’ve published our first art-science booklet! It’s called “The Art of Antibiotics” and it documents the artist in residency program within the EC FP7 funded project SYNPEPTIDE, which aimed to design and test novel types of antimicrobial peptides. The residency program hosted Sarah Craske in Switzerland…
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As we’ve already announced, Biofaction is taking part in an exciting project, eForFuel and here is our press release to provide you detailed information. You can scroll down to have a look or follow the links to read it in (ENG) or (DE). eForFuel: Fuels from CO2 and Electricity …
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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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