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I can’t get rid of the horses
- Feb 14, 2013
- By admin
- In science, Science in Society
Recent findings throughout Europe demonstrated that “Beef” was in many cases horse meat. One can only speculate how long this foul practice has been going on and how many other products contain surprising ingredients. How often are food products tested once they have been approved for the market? Modern biotechnology,…
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Biosafety in synthetic biology
- Feb 11, 2013
- By admin
- In Publications, science, Science in Society
Biofaction published an article about the biosafety considerations in the synthetic biology competition iGEM, see: Guan Z, Schmidt M, Pei L, Wei W, Ma K. (2013). Biosafety considerations of synthetic biology in the international Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition. Bioscience. Vol. 63 (1):25-34
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Persistent genes for synthetic life
- Feb 01, 2013
- By admin
- In Publications, science
In collaboration with German, French and US colleagues we co-published an article about minimal life forms, titled: Acevedo-Rocha CG, Fang G, Schmidt M, Ussery DW, Danchin A. 2012. From essential to persistent genes: a functional approach to constructing synthetic life. Trends in Genetics. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2012.11.001. [Epub ahead of print]
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Synth-ethic in Fahrenheit° Magazine
- Jan 11, 2013
- By admin
- In art-science, Publications
Mexican art magazine Fahrenheit° published an extensive article about our Bioart exhibition “synth-ethic”. .
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Communicating Biotechnology
- Jan 03, 2013
- By admin
- In Publications, Science Communication, Science in Society
Together with Helge Torgersen, Markus Schmidt published a chapter in the recent ACATECH volume on Communicating Biotechnology with a special focus on synthetic biology.
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Synthetic Biology publication
- Nov 10, 2012
- By admin
- In Publications, science
New book publication by Biofaction: Schmidt M. (ed.) 2012: Synthetic Biology: Industrial and Environmental Applications
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Bioart – Art from the Laboratory
- Oct 17, 2012
- By admin
- In art-science, Events
Biofaction and Styblo TV presented the documentary film “Bioart, Art from the Laboratory”. More…
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Presenting World Wide Views on Biodiversity
- Oct 04, 2012
- By admin
- In Events, Film & Video, Science Communication
As part of the first-ever global citizen consultation on Biodiversity, Biofaction’s documentary film on biodiversity will be shown on Thursday October 18, 2012, in Hyderabd India at the COP11 meeting of the United Nations Convention of Biological Diversity.
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ESF EUROSYNBIO Conference Progress in synthetic biology. From 3rd-5th of October 2012
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World Wide Views on Biodiversity video
- Sep 15, 2012
- By admin
- In Film & Video, Science in Society
Video about the results of World Wide Views on Biodiversity is now available online. View video here: More…
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