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As part of our last BIO·FICTION on Tour round, we joined a thought-provoking conference organised by the Orient-Institut Istanbul, which gathered interdisciplinary and international perspectives on the topic “Upgrades of Nature, Future Bodies“. Organ being taken from surgical tray for transplant (Electrostabilis Cardium 2013) Invited to contribute to a book…
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We have some exciting news! We collaborated with Museon and produced two new installations for their “One Planet” exhibition. Photo credit: Museon Museon is a family friendly museum of science and culture based in The Hague (the Netherlands). Their permanent exhibition “One Planet” challenges visitors to learn about current global…
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This past spring, we opened a call for new Artist in Residence programs for MADONNA (2 residencies), NEWCOTIANA and SINFONIA. We received 166 submissions from 43 countries. The quality of the proposals was outstanding, and we were amazed by the exciting ideas of the artists and how they wanted to tackle the three Synthetic Biology…
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Biofaction’s Markus Schmidt, together with Nediljko Budisa and Vladimir Kubyshkin, had the opportunity to edit a special collection for ChemBioChem. The special issue is called “Xenobiology: A Journey towards Parallel Life Forms” and it deals, as the title suggests, with Xenobiology: the science of estranged life forms. Xenobiology uses the genetic…
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We’ve collaborated on two new open-access papers that we think will provide you with food for thought: The first, titled “The long journey towards standards for engineering biosystems”, featured in EMBO reports, springs out of an ongoing discussion about adopting scientific and industry-like standards within the field of Synthetic Biology.…
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Biofaction is seeking applications for new Artist in Residence programmes for MADONNA, NEWCOTIANA and SINFONIA. As an artist in residence, you will actively engage with scientists working on one of three Synthetic Biology related projects that delve into fascinating areas: plant molecular farming, new-to-nature reactions, and cell factories. We welcome applications…
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The SARS-COV-2 virus has caused one of the largest, devastating and socioeconomically staggering pandemics since the 1918 Spanish flu – the COVID-19 pandemic. A large number of public and private research groups are working around the clock in a race to develop protein-based diagnostic reagents and vaccines for fighting the…
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Vienna, 25th March 2020 Scientists from the five year EU funded project MycoSynVac report their findings and successes at a final meeting in Brussels. The project drew on cutting edge biotechnology to explore three important GOALS: TRANSFORM a living bacteria (Mycoplasma pneumoniae) into a vaccine chassis APPLY this vaccine chassis…
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New book publication by Biofaction: Schmidt M. (ed.) 2012: Synthetic Biology: Industrial and Environmental Applications
Tag: synthetic biology
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