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ebioome 2016 CoMotion Innovation Fund winner

More to come thanks to https://www.ee.washington.edu/news/2016/EEStudentsandFacultyReceive2016CoMotionInnovationFund.html (replace student by postdoc ^^)

Why Kickstarter’s Glowing Plant Left Backers in the Dark

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601884/why-kickstarters-glowing-plant-left-backers-in-the-dark/

Myconnect: interspecies connector

(en) https://projectmyconnect.wordpress.com Myconnect: interface humain-champignon (fr) http://rue89.nouvelobs.com/rue89-culture/2016/04/15/bio-art-connectee-a-interface-humain-champignon-263763  

Another controversial attempt of whether gene-modified people are possible.

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601235/chinese-researchers-experiment-with-making-hiv-proof-embryos/ His team collected more than 200 one-cell embryos and attempted to alter their DNA to install a gene that protects against HIV infection. The study, published two days ago in an obscure reproductive journal, was first spotted by reporters at Nature. The scientists cautioned that they believe making actual genetically modified babies should be “strictly prohibited”—but perhaps only …

Genome Editing listed as a WMD threat by DNI

Research in genome editing conducted by countries with different regulatory or ethical standards than those of Western countries probably increases the risk of the creation of potentially harmful biological agents or products. Given the broad distribution, low cost, and accelerated pace of development of this dual-use technology, its deliberate or unintentional misuse might lead to …

The reinvention of normal

Dominic Wilcox’s blog http://variationsonnormal.com/ and website http://dominicwilcox.com

Brainbow

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v450/n7166/full/nature06293.html

WHAT DOES SCIENCE MEAN FROM AFRICA? A VIEW FROM DZIMBAHWE

  A talk by CLAPPERTON CHAKANETSA MAVHUNGA Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga is associate professor of science, technology, and society at MIT and visiting associate professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Professor Mavhunga’s work engages the meanings of science, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship from Africa in the long historical context, and their implications on how …

Brewing bad: yeast >> opiates

  http://www.nature.com/news/drugs-regulate-home-brew-opiates-1.17563