Let’s start with the basic review: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioArt Browse Eduardo Kac’s thought–provoking projects at http://www.ekac.org/transgenicindex.html With the famous Alba, the fluorescent bunny. http://www.ekac.org/gfpbunny.html And Natural History of the Enigma, transgenic flower with artist’s own DNA expressed in the red veins, 2003/2008. Collection Weisman Art Museum. http://www.ekac.org/nat.hist.enig.html Making people think about synthetic biology, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg …
If you too dream of a sweater made with woolly mammoth wool….(or not) Read http://biobeans.blogspot.com/2013/06/making-chickens-lay-falcon-eggs-science.html The dawn of De-extinction TED talk by Stewart Brand. Reassembling Extinct Genomes Making Chickens Lay Falcon Eggs
DIY Bioterrorism Part I: The Age for Synthetic Biology and the Threat to Global Security January 27, 2014 By Adam Bernier and Patrick Rose DIY Bioterrorism Part I: The Age for Synthetic Biology and the Threat to Global Security Notes: Many countries have been promoting an economic plan that includes the biotechnology industry as a …
I think this is a good video to know about synthetic biology! Great starting point.
Can’t wait to try it……Ero.Coli!!!! I love the name. http://www.dsynbio.com/
Learn about the opportunity to participate in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Policy and Practices New Track Competition of Synthetic Biology at http://2014.igem.org/Tracks/Policy_Practices ! What is iGEM? http://vimeo.com/44891358 Teams will propose innovative ways of thinking about the ethical, legal, social, economic, biosafety, environmental or biosecurity landscape of synthetic biology. Share the flyer !>> iGEM_P&P_track_flyer_Feb2014
Interesting podcast about ‘writing life’, what to make and the implications. GO LISTEN >> https://soundcloud.com/royal-institution/life-is-what-you-make-it
here: http://www.design.philips.com/philips/sites/philipsdesign/about/design/designportfolio/design_futures/bio_light.page
Biosecurity for the Age of Redesigned Life (Science Friday) Forget dissecting frogs and building potato batteries. High school students today are learning genetic engineering–and some are even redesigning life. Bioethicists and the FBI have taken note and are rethinking biosecurity for the synthetic biology revolution. GO LISTEN! http://www.sciencefriday.com/segment/11/08/2013/biosecurity-for-the-age-of-redesigned-life.html
An excellent article by Ronald K. Noble http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/140157/ronald-k-noble/keeping-science-in-the-right-hands