Fifty-two Bio-Fiction videos

May 2, 2011

*They’ve been busy as video curators over at Vienna’s “Synthetic Biology Science, Art and Film Festival.” *There are literally dozens of these remarkable efforts — and they invite you to spend all day rating them. http://bio-fiction.com/videos/

Biotech-labs around the world are busy in the field of Synthetic Biology – a new approach to engineer “life” and living systems. Synthetic biology aims at applying engineering principles to biology. The DNA of an organism is no longer manipulated, but programmed on a computer and built up from scratch. Bio:Fiction is the Synthetic Biology Science, Art and Film Festival, taking place at the Museum of Natural History in Vienna, Austria from 13-14th of May 2011. The Bio:Fiction festival provides information and dialogue about synthetic biology in an attractive, factual and entertaining way. (Wired)