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The Austrian Life Science Magazine “Chemiereport” published an article (in German) by Biofaction’s Markus Schmidt about novel strategies to develop vaccines by reprograming pathogens.
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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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We are happy to let you know about our new project, eForFuel. eForFuel develops an industrial biotechnology solution that uses electricity and microorganisms to convert CO2 into hydrocarbon fuels, thus providing a sustainable replacement of fossil carbons. For biorefineries to displace fossil fuels, a sustainable feedstock for microbial growth must be identified. As agricultural…
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Victor de Lorenzo (CSIC, Spain) and Markus Schmidt (Biofaction) published a review about the potential of Do-it-yourself Biology (DIYBio) in the journal Microbial Biotechnology. The article highlights the potential of for innovation, but also explores the many other implications of this movement. Democratization of the technology, social innovation, empowerment, education and…
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at BIOPROCESS LABORATORY, ETH Zürich, Basel, Switzerland in collaboration with BIOFACTION, Vienna CALL FOR ARTIST IN RESIDENCE The Bioprocess Laboratory (BPL), ETH Zürich in Basel, Switzerland – in collaboration with Biofaction, Vienna, Austria – is inviting applications for a four to six week long artist in residency during 2017. As…
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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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NATURE.COM | BIOENTREPRENEUR | TRADE SECRETS The Power Game Setting standards for synthetic biology By Victor de Lorenzo and Markus Schmidt (Biofaction) Standards[1] are traditionally claimed to be one of the pillars of modern engineering and as such they are also vindicated as one of the core tenets of contemporary synthetic biology –…
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Biofaction’s Dr. Lei Pei has presented a lecture titled ‘Novel Genetic Firewall to Improve Biocontainment‘ at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, TU Graz in June. During Dr. Pei’s visit in TU Graz, she discussed the project of the first Austrain iGEM team, which is also a combination team between TU…
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By Markus Schmidt published on nature.com on 22.06.2015 Although marine organisms are known as a source of bioactive compounds with pharmaceutical applications such as antibiotics, antivirals, analgetics, immunomodulatory-, antitumor-, anti-inflammatory-, antiallergenic compounds, their potential still remains largely unexplored. Synthetic biology, in combination with a better ecological understanding, has the potential…
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Biofaction’s Dr. Lei Pei will be holding a talk titled ‘Xenobiological Approaches to Improve Biocontainment‘ during Keysynbio (Perspectives and Key Issues in Synthetic Biology: Opportunities, Risks and Policies) in June. Keysynbio as part of the SYNERGENE project. The University of Ljubljana and the University of Padua are organizing an international…
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