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Updates on Battle for Cattle
- Mar 13, 2020
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- In 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 educational package that was developed for accompanying Battle for Cattle…
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Make LOVE not poison!
- Dec 14, 2019
- By admin
- In Creative, Film & Video, Media, News, project, Science Communication, Science in Society, Synthetic Biology
Sex sells, even in the form of pheromons. Have a look at our new animation produced for DTU Copenhagen which explains the sex pheromones that Olefine is developing using synthetic biology as a replacement for insecticides. Conventionally the pest insects are sprayed with toxic insecticides to keep plants safe from…
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Meet the KLI Fellows!
- Dec 14, 2019
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- In Film & Video, Media, News, project, Science Communication, Science in Society, Stories, Synthetic Biology
The Konrad Lorenz Institute (KLI) invited us to produce and direct a series of short clips about their research fellows and the exciting topics they are currently working on. The short videos clips delve into the incredibly diverse research topics at KLI – from cognitive capacities and skills involved in…
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Schlaulicht covers Battle for Cattle in the last episode!
- Dec 13, 2019
- By admin
- In Media, News, project, Science Communication, Science in Society, Stories, Synthetic Biology
© Schlaulicht Schlaulicht is a German children’s podcast that creates playful episodes around interesting topics with a science and critical thinking approach. Their last episode (#66), aired on 11 December 2019, was about Artificial Intelligence. One of the characters Emil Van Ram, who is a robot, talks briefly about our…
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Battle for Cattle in 12 Languages
- Dec 10, 2019
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- In News, project, Science Communication, Science in Society, Stories, Synthetic Biology
Adhityo Wicaksono who is the head division of Biotechnology at Genbinesia Foundation visited us here in Vienna. He translated our science game Battle for Cattle in Indonesian and was also in our jury of Bio-fiction Science Art Film Festival. Battle for Cattle is translated in 12 languages, 5 of them non-European. Thank…
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SinFonia: Introducing the element fluorine to the symphony of life!
- Oct 22, 2019
- By Markus Schmidt
- In Creative, Film & Video, Media, News, project, Science Communication, Science in Society, Synthetic Biology
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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Announcing Our New Project: BioRoboost
- Oct 17, 2019
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- In announcement, News, project, science, Science Communication, Science in Society, Synthetic Biology
We are participating in a new project: BioRoboost – Fostering snythetic biology standardisation through international collaboration. The project aims set up an international collaborative network on synthetic biology standards. Synthetic biology as any other enginieering field relies on the use of well-defined, universal and robust standard components. However, defining biological…
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BIO·FICTION 2019
- Oct 14, 2019
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- In announcement, art-science, Creative, Events, Film & Video, neurotechnology, News, project, science, Science Communication, Science in Society
The new edition of BIO·FICTION Science Art Film Festival took place on September 23 and 24, 2019 in Vienna. We had two days of rich and exciting content dealing with Neurotechnologies – with short film screenings, cross-disciplinary discussions, a brain-computer interface demo and an awards ceremony for the short film competition! In addition, we…
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Exciting Events for Our Science Game: Battle for Cattle
- Oct 02, 2019
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- In Creative, event, Media, News, project, Science Communication, Science in Society, Serious Games, Synthetic Biology
This summer, we held a workshop and competed in a serious game competition at the ISAGA Conference with Battle for Cattle. We were able to gain some great insights about simulation as well as gaming and had the chance to present our game at one of the most prestigious events about…
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Our New Serious Game: Battle for Cattle
- Sep 30, 2019
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- In Creative, Media, News, project, Science Communication, Science in Society, Serious Games, Synthetic Biology
We are very happy to announce the launch of our new serious game: Battle for Cattle. Battle for Cattle is a fun game where you learn everything about diseases, treatment, bacteria and viruses. As a player, you are in charge of a farm and are confronted with sick cows. You…
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