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After the first Science Cafè in Barcelona, the second MycoSynVac Science Cafè took place June 25, 2016 in Amsterdam at the Nemo Science Museum. It was held as part of the two-day long Synergene Forum 2016, a large public event which discussed synthetic biology as well as responsible research and innovation…
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Join us tomorrow at the MycoSynVac Science café on “Synthetic biology vaccine engineering and its societal implications” during the Synenergene Forum 2016 Saturday June 25th. The event will be held at the NEMO Science Centre in Amsterdam (Theater, floor 2), from 13:00- 14:15. Mycoplasma is virtually resistant to all antibiotic interventions,…
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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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The next BIO·FICTION on Tour event takes place in Instanbul, Turkey on the 18th of June 2016 at the Orient-Institute Instanbul. Here some information about the event location: The Orient-Institut Istanbul is an independent Turcological and area studies research institute of the Max Weber Foundation. Much of their work is…
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Biofaction will contribute to a Science & Society Session jointly organized by the projects “Gene Technology Report” and the Annual Theme 2015|16 “Leibniz: The Task of Visions” of the Berlin- Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the Second Conference on Xenobiology. Wednesday, 25 May 2016 / 6 pm Berlin-Brandenburg…
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Synthetic Biology – visions of the future SYNENERGENE Forum 24-25th June 2016 Amsterdam The SYNENERGENE Forum is a large public event which will discuss the promises and implications of synthetic biology from a societal perspective. Synthetic biology From the beginning of this century synthetic biology has emerged as a new…
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Our BIO·FICTION Science Art and Film Festival started tremendously into the new year 2016. On 23rd of January, BIO·FICTION was hosted by the Center for Contemporary Culture Barcelona (CCCB) as part of their “Human+” exhibition. The film screening was followed-up by a panel discussion with Núria Conde (biologist), Arturo Fuentes (scientist and cineast)…
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Markus Schmidt of BIOFACTION will be in Irvine beginning of February as part of the symposium panel below. Gene Editing, Artificial Life and Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Symposium presented by The Newkirk Center for Science and Society, the Beall Center for Art + Technology and the Center for Complex Biological Systems taking…
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The „Prototype Nature“ symposium was initiated by the Fraunhofer UMSICHT Oberhausen and the Folkwang University of the Arts Essen, in order to learn from the enormous diversity of nature and to ascertain how this knowledge can help meet the challenges of the today’s world. How should our coexistence look like?…
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Final Opinion on Synthetic Biology III: Risks to the environment and biodiversity related to synthetic biology and research priorities in the field of synthetic biology Co-authored by Dr Markus Schmidt. Read the notes by clicking below:
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