Oct 2, 2019 | 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...
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....
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...
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...
Mar 26, 2019 | art-science, Creative, Film & Video, Media, News, project, Science Communication, Science in Society, Synthetic Biology
Two Biofaction films, The Berrymakers and MYCOSYNVAC feat. MC Grease (da disease), were part of the 2018 edition of the Science Film Festival. The films were shown at multiple events in Asia and Africa reaching over 250.000 viewers! The majority of the viewers were...
