Sep 30, 2019 | 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....
Aug 16, 2019 | announcement, art-science, Creative, Events, Film & Video, neurotechnology, News, project, science, Science Communication, Science in Society
Biofaction is organizing a new edition BIO·FICTION Science Art Film Festival. The theme of this edition is: FUTUREBODY. Neurotechnologies will be our focal points of convergences between: neural networks, the body, mind, intelligence, society,...
Jul 25, 2019 | announcement, News, project, science, Science Communication, Science in Society, Synthetic Biology
We are very happy to introduce you to our new project: SinFonia. SinFonia aims to produce novel fluorochemicals in a biological way. The project wants to engineer the metabolically-versatile bacterium Pseudomonas putida to execute biofluorinations for generating novel...
May 15, 2019 | announcement, art-science, Creative, Film & Video, Media, neurotechnology, News, project, Science Communication, Science in Society
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...
Apr 10, 2019 | Creative, Film & Video, Media, News, project, Science Communication, Science in Society, Synthetic Biology
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...
Apr 4, 2019 | event, Events, Science Communication, Science in Society, Synthetic Biology
Markus Schmidt explained de-extinction in the light of massive global biodiversity loss. The presentations were followed by an hour of Q&A with the audience in Theater Akzent. Thanks to the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) for the invitation, Helge Torgersen for the...
