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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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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 a recently published article titled “Homo Politicus meets Homo Ludens: Public participation in serious life science games” published in the journal “Public Understanding of Science”, the authors attempt to find out whether, and to what extent, public participation can be realized via dedicated science gamification. The article, written by…
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In the latest issues of Hacktivism Journal “Neural”, Eugenio Battaglia reports about the Vienna BIO·FICTION Science Art Film Festival, commenting on cultural amnesia, avoidance of self-referential artworks and the notion that we have always been Biohackers. Read more…
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Biofaction’s article in LEONARDO: Splicing boundaries: the experiences of bioart exhibition visitors
Take a look at the recently published article by Wolfgang Kerbe and Markus Schmidt: Splicing boundaries: the experiences of bioart exhibition visitors in Leonardo magazine Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 128–136; SPLICING BOUNDARIES: THE EXPERIENCES OF BIOART EXHIBITION VISITORS by Wolfgang Kerbe and Markus Schmidt ABSTRACT: Bioart can cross the line between the scientific domain and…
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“Human-engineered microbes are workhorses of the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, churning out biofuels, drugs, and many other products. But they can cause big problems if they become contaminated by other microbes or viruses or escape into the environment. Now, a new type of microbe that can survive only on artificial…
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As a member of the European Commission (EC) Scientific Advisory Group for New and Emerging Environmental and Health Risks, Markus Schmidt from Biofaction, helps to define the field of Synthetic Biology and advice EC on how to assess its benefits, risks, and research needs. An editorial published in Science Magazine, January 9,…
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PRESS RELEASE: Multidrug-resistant strains of microorganisms pose a significant threat to public health. When the first-line antibiotics can no longer help, there have always been the second-line options, at least for the majority of bacterial pathogens. For resistant and multi-resistant pathogens there are reserve antibiotics that are applied sparingly, limited…
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