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GMU:Synthetic Biology/Product Screening

2010-08-08T18:59:15Z

Dniopek: /* 2009 Wiki - possible products */

= 2009 Wiki - possible products =

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Aberdeen_Scotland Aberdeen_Scotland]'''

"Pico Plumber", a strand of bacteria that can find leaks and corrosion in pipes, reaching them by chemotaxis (although how this would work in realife is not clear from their wiki, since the bacteria need an attractant. would need to be some kind of chemical that is released from pipes when they break). Upon reaching high density at the leaking site, they start producing a glue enzyme (not really specified, they mention tropoelastin, a protein that makes blood vessels elastic. can't tell from their wiki if that's their "glue"). Can be something you can use on a small scale at home for your water pipes.

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:British_Columbia British Columbia]'''

E.coli Traffic Light

A strand of E.coli bacteria that senses chemicals of choices and gives a green, yellow or red fluorescent output. Could show a potentially dangerous rise in concentration for pollutants. Same as Cambridge, but with fluorescent proteins, which is very unhandy for at home use.

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Brown Brown]'''

Allergene

A naturally occuring bacterium in the human nasal flora, Staphylococcus epidermidis, is used as a vehicle for the delivery of an anti-allergic drug that is produced only upon allergic reaction. This would come in the form of a nasal spray, I assume.

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge Cambridge]'''

E. chromi

The E. Chromi strain of bacteria can be used for out- and indoor sensing of chemicals (i.e. pollutants) and gives a colour output in form of visible dye that can be directly analysed without fancy laser equipment. Plus the sensor is concentration sensitive.

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Chiba Chiba]'''

E. coli timer

A timer that is triggered by a chemical and depending on concentration gives an output after a certain time. Could be used together with E. chromi, or for boiling eggs.

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cornell Cornell]'''

again a biosensor in form of a bacteria. It can sense the toxic heavy metal cadmium (very important for agriculture). Output is a fluorescent protein.

-> for questions concerning these projects, please contact Laura 
[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 19:01, 6 August 2010 (CEST)

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'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:UAB-Barcelona UAB-Barcelona]''' and '''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:uChicago uChicago]'''

A biosenser for the recognition and removal of water pollutants (Trihalomethanes, Nitrite, Nitrate and orthophosphate ions), i.e. chloroform. The biosensor runs in E. coli or yeast and has (for detection purposes) a GFP fluorescent protein as output. This product could be used in order to perform an easy water-quality test at home and thereby to minimize health-risks.

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:UCSF UCSF]'''

They planned to program mammalian cells to perform a certain movement according to chemical gradients. They call it nano-bot in robot analogy. As future product possibilities they state: "Imagine, for example, therapeutic nanorobots that could home to a directed site in the body and execute complex, user-defined functions (e.g., kill tumors, deliver drugs, guide stem cell migration and differentiation)."

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:UC_Davis UC Davis]'''

This team envisions a medical product for curing Celiac Disease. Celiac Disease is the disease where people are unable to digest gliadin, a protein present in gluten. So they have to stick to a strong gluten-free diet. The team wants to engineer a microorganism able to produce the enzyme for digesting gliadin. Therefor they work on 
a) an enzyme secrition part
b) a pH detection part in order to limit the production of the enzyme to the stomach, where the digestion should be performed

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:ULB-Brussels ULB-Brussels]'''

Development of a synbio-Glu produced by an engineered E. coli strain. This project takes advantage of a natural, bacterial glu, that has the following properties:
a) 3 times stronger than actual glus
b) glu that is able to strongly bind a wet surface

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:UNIPV-Pavia UNIPV-Pavia]'''

Production of Ethanol from waste, i.e. toxic left over during cheese production. In general the approach to produce energy (i.e. ethanol) from engery-rich waste (i.e. plants, natural products) is one big goal of synthetic biology and would have a huge impact on energy production and the energy market.

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:UNIPV-Pavia UNIPV-Pavia]'''

Beating obesity by approaching the topic as follows: Our goal is to engineer a strain of Lacobacillus to express the enzymes required for the synthesis of cellulose (a biopolymer which is non-toxic and non-digestable for humans) from glucose (sugar) in an attempt to reduce the caloric intake of obese individuals.

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Uppsala-Sweden Uppsala-Sweden]'''

Biofuel (ethanol, butanol) production from sun light. Approach: using cyanobacteria (being able to use ligth as energy source) for the production of those biofuels.

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Valencia Valencia]'''

Lightnig Cell Display: Building of a bio-screen consisting of yeast being able to sense electric stimuli and produce light. Although such a display seems to have no advantage over normal, classic display, it has indeed some interesting properties:
a) dot-size is equal to the size of single cells (super-high resolution)
b) no electricity needed for color production --> energy saving
c) cells have interesting properties (can move etc.), which may leady to new possibilities in computer-screen engineering

please adress questions according to those projects to Dominik
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'''''please, always fill in 
a) Team name linked to the 2009er Team Homepage 
b) product name/short description 
c) add a longer comment or an explanation if necessary

GMU:Synthetic Biology/Product Screening

2010-08-08T18:22:57Z

Dniopek: /* 2009 Wiki - possible products */

= 2009 Wiki - possible products =

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Aberdeen_Scotland Aberdeen_Scotland]'''

"Pico Plumber", a strand of bacteria that can find leaks and corrosion in pipes, reaching them by chemotaxis (although how this would work in realife is not clear from their wiki, since the bacteria need an attractant. would need to be some kind of chemical that is released from pipes when they break). Upon reaching high density at the leaking site, they start producing a glue enzyme (not really specified, they mention tropoelastin, a protein that makes blood vessels elastic. can't tell from their wiki if that's their "glue"). Can be something you can use on a small scale at home for your water pipes.

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:British_Columbia British Columbia]'''

E.coli Traffic Light

A strand of E.coli bacteria that senses chemicals of choices and gives a green, yellow or red fluorescent output. Could show a potentially dangerous rise in concentration for pollutants. Same as Cambridge, but with fluorescent proteins, which is very unhandy for at home use.

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Brown Brown]'''

Allergene

A naturally occuring bacterium in the human nasal flora, Staphylococcus epidermidis, is used as a vehicle for the delivery of an anti-allergic drug that is produced only upon allergic reaction. This would come in the form of a nasal spray, I assume.

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge Cambridge]'''

E. chromi

The E. Chromi strain of bacteria can be used for out- and indoor sensing of chemicals (i.e. pollutants) and gives a colour output in form of visible dye that can be directly analysed without fancy laser equipment. Plus the sensor is concentration sensitive.

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Chiba Chiba]'''

E. coli timer

A timer that is triggered by a chemical and depending on concentration gives an output after a certain time. Could be used together with E. chromi, or for boiling eggs.

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cornell Cornell]'''

again a biosensor in form of a bacteria. It can sense the toxic heavy metal cadmium (very important for agriculture). Output is a fluorescent protein.

-> for questions concerning these projects, please contact Laura 
[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 19:01, 6 August 2010 (CEST)

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'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:UAB-Barcelona UAB-Barcelona]''' and '''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:uChicago uChicago]'''

A biosenser for the recognition and removal of water pollutants (Trihalomethanes, Nitrite, Nitrate and orthophosphate ions), i.e. chloroform. The biosensor runs in E. coli or yeast and has (for detection purposes) a GFP fluorescent protein as output. This product could be used in order to perform an easy water-quality test at home and thereby to minimize health-risks.

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:UCSF UCSF]'''

They planned to program mammalian cells to perform a certain movement according to chemical gradients. They call it nano-bot in robot analogy. As future product possibilities they state: "Imagine, for example, therapeutic nanorobots that could home to a directed site in the body and execute complex, user-defined functions (e.g., kill tumors, deliver drugs, guide stem cell migration and differentiation)."

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:UC_Davis UC Davis]'''

This team envisions a medical product for curing Celiac Disease. Celiac Disease is the disease where people are unable to digest gliadin, a protein present in gluten. So they have to stick to a strong gluten-free diet. The team wants to engineer a microorganism able to produce the enzyme for digesting gliadin. Therefor they work on 
a) an enzyme secrition part
b) a pH detection part in order to limit the production of the enzyme to the stomach, where the digestion should be performed

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:ULB-Brussels ULB-Brussels]'''

Development of a synbio-Glu produced by an engineered E. coli strain. This project takes advantage of a natural, bacterial glu, that has the following properties:
a) 3 times stronger than actual glus
b) glu that is able to strongly bind a wet surface

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:UNIPV-Pavia UNIPV-Pavia]'''

Production of Ethanol from waste, i.e. toxic left over during cheese production. In general the approach to produce energy (i.e. ethanol) from engery-rich waste (i.e. plants, natural products) is one big goal of synthetic biology and would have a huge impact on energy production and the energy market.

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:UNIPV-Pavia UNIPV-Pavia]'''

Beating obesity by approaching the topic as follows: Our goal is to engineer a strain of Lacobacillus to express the enzymes required for the synthesis of cellulose (a biopolymer which is non-toxic and non-digestable for humans) from glucose (sugar) in an attempt to reduce the caloric intake of obese individuals.

'''[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Uppsala-Sweden Uppsala-Sweden]'''

Biofuel (ethanol, butanol) production from sun light. Approach: using cyanobacteria (being able to use ligth as energy source) for the production of those biofuels.

please adress questions according to those projects to Dominik
----

'''''please, always fill in 
a) Team name linked to the 2009er Team Homepage 
b) product name/short description 
c) add a longer comment or an explanation if necessary

GMU:Synthetic Biology/Product Screening

2010-08-05T12:28:53Z

Dniopek:

= 2009 Wiki - possible products =

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a) Team name linked to the 2009er Team Homepage 
b) product name/short description 
c) add a longer comment or an explanation if necessary

GMU:Synthetic Biology/Product Screening

2010-08-05T12:28:37Z

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GMU:Synbio supermarket

2010-08-05T12:26:41Z

Dniopek:

[[File:kokomorotisch.png|right|thumb|250px|ko_ko_ro_mo: synbio enhanced moss as carpets]]
[[File:Logo_PB.jpg|right|thumb|250px|PERFECT BODY]]
[[File:Exhibition_PB1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|exchangable body part commodities from industrially grown human tissue]]
[[File:MG_4094_.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A New Plant:everyone can have a more healthy and better body.]]
[[File:Flower_vase.jpg|right|thumb|250px|My Flower]]
=WE-HD iGEM2010: The supermarket of synthetic biology! (working title)=
The synthetic biology supermarket is a public engagement project being developed for the iGEM competition 2010. It aims to create an awareness for presence and possible futures of synthetic biology products by putting already existing and far-out in the future applications next to each other on the shelfs of a fictional synthetic biology supermarket. 
The supermarket will be developed as webshop and a physical display for the igem competition.
A compilation of goods that are already commercially available will be presented and explained alongside with products inspired by previous igem projects and products developed by the students. 
Ideally, the format will be developed into an ongoing and open platform for new products and product speculation in the area of synthetic biology reaching beyond iGEM 2010.
The concept and its elements will be further developed and realised by the team in the course of the project.

===[[GMU:Synbio_supermarket/Concept|Supermarket]]===
"Supermarket" is the theme and the key element of the project. We are using the appearance of a retail facility that offers consumer products to communicate the implications and possibilities of synthetic biology for every day life. This metaphor will be developed and adapted to the projects purpose. 
One important aspect is the "Supermarket look&feel". What is it like to be and to shop in the synthetic biology supermarket? What is the customer experience? How can the idea of a supermarket be evoked, experienced and manifested in the minds of its visitors? 
The supermarket will primarily be realized in form of a web platform. It is its central interface element. Therefore a distinct visual language and a Corporate Design will be created and the platform will be technically developed and implemented. 
Though the supermarkets appearance complies with established web shop formats, its communicative goal is fundamentally different: To stimulate the engagement with synthetic biology, Its possibilities and implications, by means of offering exemplary "consumer products" in a retail environment. [[/Concept|read more...]]

===[[/Products|Products]]===
The ''synthetic biology supermarket'' will offer a range of consumer products, that employ the means of synthetic biology.
The range will cover already available goods, products that are implied by iGEM projects of previous years and items developed by tour Team.
All offered products will have a clear relation to synthetic biology. 
The Products will be represented by the use of images, videos and textual product descriptions. The role of synthetic biology in each product is stressed complimentary to explaining product usage and features. 
The product range shall be continiously developed beyond the iGEM competition 2010, aiming to create an active open platform focussing on the possibilities and implications of synthetic biology. [[GMU:Synbio_supermarket/Products|read more...]]

====[[/Products#Projects_in_Developement|Products in Developement]]====
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/PERFECT BODY|PERFECT BODY]] Mila Burghardt
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower|My Flower]] Yu Xiaorui
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/ko_ko_ro_mo|ko_ko_ro_mo]] Vanessa Walk
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/a new plant|a new plant]] Lu Jiayuan
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Primal Sound|Primal Sound]] Christian Schroeder
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Bacteria Game|Bacteria Game]] Jan-Ulrich Schad, Lorenz Adlung, LauraNadine Schumacher, Ursula Damm, Andreas Beyer, Matthias Breuer
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/RightLevel-SyntheticOrgans|The right level]] Jan Dittrich
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Magic Mirror|Magic mirror]] Dong Liang
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/ReCoBRAIN|ReCoBRAIN]] Laura, Lorenz, Philipp
*[[/Products#Projects_in_Developement|read more...]]

===Team===
*Students
**Andreas
**Bastian
**Christian
**Dominik (Scientific Bridging WE-HD)
**Dong
**Friederike
**Jan D.
**Jan-Ulrich
**Jiayuan
**Laura
**Lorenz
**Marcus
**Mila
**Philipp
**Vanessa
**Xiaorui
*Instructors
**Prof. Ursula Damm
**Prof. Roland Eils
**Bernd Hopfengärtner
**Sebastian Hundertmark
**Jens Keienburg

[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Product_Screening|Wiki Screening]]

GMU:Synbio

2010-06-09T23:29:29Z

Dniopek: /* Game and iGEM Project 2008 */

==== Game and iGEM Project 2008 ====

Just a first, (finally not so) brief comment on the idea of making a kind of computer game, but with genetically modified bacteria. As some of you might already know, the iGEM project of our team in 2008 was about creating an artificial preditor-prey system by genetically modifying bacteria. We wanted therefore to create bacteria that would: 

a) swim towards a target bacteria 
b) kill that target bacteria when it would reach it 

The second part (killing) worked really good, but the first part (swimming towards a certain target) didn't work out so good.
But anyway, there are interesting implications in both parts I want to comment on.
 
'''''a) making bacteria swim in a certain direction''''' 
It is pretty well known in literature, that bacteria have certain so-called chemotaxis receptors [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Sensing] on their surface. These receptors are, in nature, used for recognizing attractand molecules (nutrition, i.e. sugar) or repellents (i.e. toxic molecules).
It is possible to influence (I would not say control, but at least strongly influence) the direction in that bacterial colonies on an agar plate swim by putting repellent and attractand molecules at different points on the plate. To give you one example: If I would put aspartate in the middle of an agar plate with E. coli colonies on it, the E. coli would move in direction of the aspartate. Their are different E. coli strains, that do contain different chemotaxis receptors or even no receptors. Furthermore, there are bacteria that swim fast, slow or bacteria that can't even swim at all. Find a comparisn of swimming and not-swimming bacteria [http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/images/f/f3/SwarmingPic.jpg here].
In general that could be interesting if you wanted to make bacteria swim toward each other. To give you an impression on what swimming bacteria on a plate would look like, here some examples from my bachelor thesis [[media:Bacheloararbeit_Dominik_Niopek_druck.pdf]]. In the 'center' assays, I just put bacteria on either site of the plate. As you can see, the swim rings of the two bacterial colonies meet in the middle after 24 hours (even faster, ie. 6 or 12 hours, depends on the bacteria). In the 'centerline' assay I spottet immobilized bacteria in one line in the middle, and mobile bacteria again on either site of the line.

Those so called swarm assays or swarm agar plates are really simple to prepare, easy to use. If you used different bacteria expressing color pigments (red, green, black), I am sure you could see how one bacteria would take over the space of the others, mix up with them, kill them etc.
 
'''''b) making bacteria kill other bacteria''''' 
In 2008 we also developed a killing mechanism which worked pretty good. The principle is the following: One bacterial strain was engineered to secrete a certain messenger molecule, called Autoinducer-1. The other bacterial strain was engineered to recognize Autoinducer-1 and thereby activate the production of a bacterial toxin called colicin [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Killing_II]. This means: If both bacterial strains are nearby each other, the one would start to kill the other. It is no problem to label one bacterial strain in red and the other in green and to visualize how the green bacteria die if they are nearby the red ones under a microscope (figure 17 again on [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Killing_II this] page). The same should also be possible on swarm agar plates.
 
With swimming bacteria on swarm agar plates, you have many options to play around, as their are so many different bacterial strains (swimming slower, faster, not at all, recognizing substances etc.). Take this just as some general comments to think about. In case their is something in that comments, that interests you in particular, please don't hesitate to shoot me an e-mail (d.niopek@gmx.de) or call me (01577-4054784). As I did my bachelor thesis on this topic (swimming bacteria), I would be very happy to provide you with all necessary information and help.
 
--[[User:Dniopek|Dniopek]] 23:18, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Go with the flow====
[[File:Flow-game-screenshot-4.jpg]]

I found a very interessting game over the internet.
It's a MFA thesis project from 'thatgamecompany'
and called 'flow'.

The game is about a small organism flowing through a watery atmosphere while consuming other small organisms.
Through consuming you as a player can evolve the abilities and appearance of your organism.

[http://thatgamecompany.com/about/ 'Thatgamecompany'] is a small colloboration
of game designers which working only with experimental games like 'flow'.

Everything is mostly about gaining new experiences and inspiring their players
via special sound and atmosphere....and without words!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 22:14, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Horror Movie about a Human-Animal Synbio Hybrid====

There is a movie playing in cinemas in germany at the moment about a synthetically created human-animal monster.

It is rather silly and acutally the name "Splice" is scientifically completely incorrect, but if you like to check it out, I'm sure it's worth a laugh (now that you know more about genetics than the average person)

Here's a wiki link [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_%28film%29]

Enjoy!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

====BioArts in Austrian Magazine====

An Austrian magazine for genome research, "Genosphären", is running an issue on BioArts and Synthetic Biology this month [http://www.gen-au.at/artikel.jsp?id=932&base=vermitteln&lang=de]. Since you probably won't get your hands on it, here is a round-up of artists that I could not find on your link-list yet. I am sorry if this is somehow redundant in case I missed blog entries, I tried to search through all of them.

- Jun Takita [http://juntakita.com/eng/home.html] created a model of his brain and planted transgenic moss on it. This moss can glow in the dark due to the Luciferase-Gene. This resembles the complex signals that occur in the brain.

- Gary Schneider, who takes genetic portraits of people (which is admittedly not the most original thing to do) [http://garyschneider.net/Portfolio.cfm?nK=7856]

- Adam Brandejs, who presented his sci-fi product, "Genpets", on a website disguised as a normal webshop and raised some outrage with his anti-allergic perfect pet. [http://www.genpets.com]

- Karsten Panzer, who created a colour-coding for the visiual sensation of genetic information [http://www.perzan.de]

I hope this gives some inspiration!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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====Zeit Artikel====
Synthetische Biologie -Leben 2.0 
Was passiert, wenn es der Bio-Industrie gelingt, den menschlichen Körper neu zu programmieren
* http://www.zeit.de/2010/23/Schoepfungsphantasien
--[[User:Max|max]] 18:00, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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====The Procreative Dinner====
An ephemeral work between art, science and gastronomy. Happening by Prune. Nice way of bringing people in touch with the topic...and another example of a collabortation of art and science.
* http://www.prune-art.com/blog/en/index.php?menu_id=1

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 14:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Six part Series "Synthetische Biologie" on D-Radio====
[http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/forschak/1077533/ Schwerpunkt Synthetische Biologie] 

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====More Photos====

I have uploaded some photos which I took during the retreat. Enjoy [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|it]].! 

--[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 00:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)Lu Jiayuan
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====Back from the retreat====

The firs images of our lab experiences in Hedeilberg and our fruitful retreat to Asselheim can be found [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|here]]. Please feel free to add more pictures!
--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Richard Jones' comment on Craig Venters successful insertion of a synthetic genome into a bacteria====

"One might almost suspect that there is a symbiosis going on here, between those scientists anxious to maximise the significance of their work, and bioethicists in search of an issue to raise their own profile. After all, if a piece of science is worth worrying about, it must be important. It’s not that I don’t think that these developments have potentially important societal and ethical implications – but it seems to me that these would be better considered from a standpoint that was a little more critical." Richard Jones on his [http://www.softmachines.org/wordpress/ Blog].

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

====First human 'infected with computer virus'====
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10158517.stm Article] on BBC News
 --[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 15:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
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====A New Plant====
Hello! Everyone!

I have built my project page... 
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/a new plant| a new plant]] 
Welcome to do something! --[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 16:51, 24 May 2010 (UTC) 
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====To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life – the most pretentious bacterium ever====

''I'd create an animal that excretes meat, just to give vegetarians pause for thought. Ethically, what's the problem with eating a sausage, if it's been harmlessly pooed out by an animal? To sweeten the pill yet further, what if you put pleasure receptors in the animal's colon, so it actively enjoys the sausage-creation process – enjoys it to such a degree that it chases you down the street, yelping in orgasmic delight and producing a string of pan-ready chipolatas? If you think that's disgusting, I'd just like to point out that it's far less revolting than killing a pig with a bolt gun then mashing it up into sausagemeat.'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/24/charlie-brooker-artificial-life-here Charlie Brooker: So, artificial life is here, courtesy of Craig Venter. Time to remix humankind…]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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====Some more links on synthetic life====
[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18942-immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell.html Newscienist: Immaculate creation: birth of the first synthetic cell]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/science/21cell.html?ref=science NYTimes: Researchers Say They Created a ‘Synthetic Cell’]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:17, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
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===='''Kokoromo : My project is online====

So I also put up my project...
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/ko_ko_ro_mo| ko_ko_ro_mo]]

Please don't be shy and have a look.

I really look forward to discuss it with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 23:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Response to 'My Flower'====

First response is written ^^

Have fun!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 15:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

====Update on my page====
Hello everybody. 
There is new content on my project page. 
It's about my ideas of improving my project. 
The link is below: 
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]

Please visit and leave comment! 
Thanks!

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 12:02, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Pass the impossimpleble :)====
Oh my! Are they already this far in development?

I found a pretty amazing TV documentation-series,
(if you can call like that...because its more a idealistic utopia),
of the berlin TVchannel Phoenix.
It is about the possibilities which may occur while living in future with new technologies. It think it would be very interessting for some of you.

To my shame it is only in german at the moment,
but under the link you can find some informations to the technolgies and the scientists.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoVS_HvgFfw&feature=PlayList&p=C62483CC011D4E91&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=18] Here comes part 1 of 3

First Episode - Living in the future - Humans

--> houses and also clothes will be connected to the internet to control our
health und living status every single moment
electronic fibre by Dr. Prof. Sundaresan Jayaraman
(Georgie Institute of Technology)
--> cars will fly in the air with a satelite electronical guide system
to provied us from traffic jams and accidents
flying car by Dr. Paul Moller (Moller International)
--> stemcells can be used to create new organs
tissue engineering by Dr. Stefan Jockenhövel
(Helmholz-Institute for biomedical technique)
--> 3D genomic printer to create organs layer by layer
by Dr. Prof. Thomas Boland (Clemson University)
--> food wont make us fat anymore because of genetic engineered proteins
by Dr. Prof. Med. Rob Hammer (Wageningen Centre of Food Science)
--> cure paraplegia or other neural-muscular deseases
with electronic sensor body-implants you can control with your thoughts
sensors by Prof. Dr. John Donoghue (Brown University)
--> computer surgery sytems controlled by doctors for precise working
and without viral infections
by Dr. Oliver Burgert (innovation-centre for computer-assisted surgery)

But all that glitters is not gold? Or?

Here also a small outlook what may happend with our health system in future.
Also german *yeah I know I know thats stupid*.

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3961048]
It is called: 'Leichen im Keller' or like the englisch proverb 'scelletons in the (closet) cellar'

I think it is rather nice^^

I look foward to have some smalltalk about the chances and risks of synbio with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 18:29, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Its done====
How does it feel to have created artificial life, Dr Venter?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dr-craig-venter-so-doctor-how-does-it-feel-to-have-created-artificial-life-1978873.html

http://www.culturalfarming.com/Resources/civic_media/PostHuman.mov

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 07:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Craig Venter and his team have built the genome of a bacterium from scratch and incorporated it into a cell to make what they call the world's first synthetic life form

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-form article]@Guardian.co.uk. Watch the video.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Links to my project====
Hello everbody!
I'm Yu Xiaorui
I add a link to my Project.
You can Find it in the main page of Synthetic Biology Wiki
Or Click here:
* '''[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]''' I put my review about the presentation I made today on. 

'''Please go and leave comment or suggestion!
That's very important to me!'''
 BTW, thank the comment left by Dominic,very helpful! 

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 17:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Although one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATTACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATTACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal. But not only diseases lead to different gene expression: When you eat and drink, when you jump into cold water and in other situations gene expression might be altered.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic (pocket?) sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-06-09T23:28:00Z

Dniopek: /* Game and iGEM Project 2008 */

==== Game and iGEM Project 2008 ====

Just a first, (finally not so) brief comment on the idea of making a kind of computer game, but with genetically modified bacteria. As some of you might already know, the iGEM project of our team in 2008 was about creating an artificial preditor-prey system by genetically modifying bacteria. We wanted therefore to create bacteria that would: 

a) swim towards a target bacteria 
b) kill that target bacteria when it would reach it 

The second part (killing) worked really good, but the first part (swimming towards a certain target) didn't work out so good.
But anyway, there are interesting implications in both parts I want to comment on.
 
'''''a) making bacteria swim in a certain direction''''' 
It is pretty well known in literature, that bacteria have certain so-called chemotaxis receptors [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Sensing] on their surface. These receptors are, in nature, used for recognizing attractand molecules (nutrition, i.e. sugar) or repellents (i.e. toxic molecules).
It is possible to influence (I would not say control, but at least strongly influence) the direction in that bacterial colonies on an agar plate swim by putting repellent and attractand molecules at different points on the plate. To give you one example: If I would put aspartate in the middle of an agar plate with E. coli colonies on it, the E. coli would move in direction of the aspartate. Their are different E. coli strains, that do contain different chemotaxis receptors or even no receptors. Furthermore, there are bacteria that swim fast, slow or bacteria that can't even swim at all. Find a comparisn of swimming and not-swimming bacteria [http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/images/f/f3/SwarmingPic.jpg here].
In general that could be interesting if you wanted to make bacteria swim toward each other. To give you an impression on what swimming bacteria on a plate would look like, here some examples from my bachelor thesis [[media:Bacheloararbeit_Dominik_Niopek_druck.pdf]]. In the 'center' assays, I just put bacteria on either site of the plate. As you can see, the swim rings of the two bacterial colonies meet in the middle after 24 hours (even faster, ie. 6 or 12 hours, depends on the bacteria). In the 'centerline' assay I spottet immobilized bacteria in one line in the middle, and mobile bacteria again on either site of the line.

Those so called swarm assays or swarm agar plates are really simple to prepare, easy to use. If you used different bacteria expressing color pigments (red, green, black), I am sure you could see how one bacteria would take over the space of the others, mix up with them, kill them etc.
 
'''''b) making bacteria kill other bacteria''''' 
In 2008 we also developed a killing mechanism which worked pretty good. The principle is the following: One bacterial strain was engineered to secrete a certain messenger molecule, called Autoinducer-1. The other bacterial strain was engineered to recognize Autoinducer-1 and thereby activate the production of a bacterial toxin called colicin [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Killing_II]. This means: If both bacterial strains are nearby each other, the one would start to kill the other. It is no problem to label one bacterial strain in red and the other in green and to visualize how the green bacteria die if they are nearby the red ones under a microscope (figure 17 again on [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Killing_II this] page). The same should also be possible on swarm agar plates.
 
With swimming bacteria on swarm agar plates, you have many options to play around, as their are so many different bacterial strains (swimming slower, faster, not at all, recognizing substances etc.). Take this just as some general comments to think about. In case their is something in that comments, that interests you in particular, please don't hesitate to shoot me an e-mail. As I did my bachelor thesis on this topic (swimming bacteria), I would be very happy to provide all necessary information and help.
 
--[[User:Dniopek|Dniopek]] 23:18, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Go with the flow====
[[File:Flow-game-screenshot-4.jpg]]

I found a very interessting game over the internet.
It's a MFA thesis project from 'thatgamecompany'
and called 'flow'.

The game is about a small organism flowing through a watery atmosphere while consuming other small organisms.
Through consuming you as a player can evolve the abilities and appearance of your organism.

[http://thatgamecompany.com/about/ 'Thatgamecompany'] is a small colloboration
of game designers which working only with experimental games like 'flow'.

Everything is mostly about gaining new experiences and inspiring their players
via special sound and atmosphere....and without words!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 22:14, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Horror Movie about a Human-Animal Synbio Hybrid====

There is a movie playing in cinemas in germany at the moment about a synthetically created human-animal monster.

It is rather silly and acutally the name "Splice" is scientifically completely incorrect, but if you like to check it out, I'm sure it's worth a laugh (now that you know more about genetics than the average person)

Here's a wiki link [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_%28film%29]

Enjoy!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

====BioArts in Austrian Magazine====

An Austrian magazine for genome research, "Genosphären", is running an issue on BioArts and Synthetic Biology this month [http://www.gen-au.at/artikel.jsp?id=932&base=vermitteln&lang=de]. Since you probably won't get your hands on it, here is a round-up of artists that I could not find on your link-list yet. I am sorry if this is somehow redundant in case I missed blog entries, I tried to search through all of them.

- Jun Takita [http://juntakita.com/eng/home.html] created a model of his brain and planted transgenic moss on it. This moss can glow in the dark due to the Luciferase-Gene. This resembles the complex signals that occur in the brain.

- Gary Schneider, who takes genetic portraits of people (which is admittedly not the most original thing to do) [http://garyschneider.net/Portfolio.cfm?nK=7856]

- Adam Brandejs, who presented his sci-fi product, "Genpets", on a website disguised as a normal webshop and raised some outrage with his anti-allergic perfect pet. [http://www.genpets.com]

- Karsten Panzer, who created a colour-coding for the visiual sensation of genetic information [http://www.perzan.de]

I hope this gives some inspiration!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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====Zeit Artikel====
Synthetische Biologie -Leben 2.0 
Was passiert, wenn es der Bio-Industrie gelingt, den menschlichen Körper neu zu programmieren
* http://www.zeit.de/2010/23/Schoepfungsphantasien
--[[User:Max|max]] 18:00, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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====The Procreative Dinner====
An ephemeral work between art, science and gastronomy. Happening by Prune. Nice way of bringing people in touch with the topic...and another example of a collabortation of art and science.
* http://www.prune-art.com/blog/en/index.php?menu_id=1

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 14:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Six part Series "Synthetische Biologie" on D-Radio====
[http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/forschak/1077533/ Schwerpunkt Synthetische Biologie] 

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====More Photos====

I have uploaded some photos which I took during the retreat. Enjoy [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|it]].! 

--[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 00:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)Lu Jiayuan
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====Back from the retreat====

The firs images of our lab experiences in Hedeilberg and our fruitful retreat to Asselheim can be found [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|here]]. Please feel free to add more pictures!
--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Richard Jones' comment on Craig Venters successful insertion of a synthetic genome into a bacteria====

"One might almost suspect that there is a symbiosis going on here, between those scientists anxious to maximise the significance of their work, and bioethicists in search of an issue to raise their own profile. After all, if a piece of science is worth worrying about, it must be important. It’s not that I don’t think that these developments have potentially important societal and ethical implications – but it seems to me that these would be better considered from a standpoint that was a little more critical." Richard Jones on his [http://www.softmachines.org/wordpress/ Blog].

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

====First human 'infected with computer virus'====
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10158517.stm Article] on BBC News
 --[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 15:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
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====A New Plant====
Hello! Everyone!

I have built my project page... 
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/a new plant| a new plant]] 
Welcome to do something! --[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 16:51, 24 May 2010 (UTC) 
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====To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life – the most pretentious bacterium ever====

''I'd create an animal that excretes meat, just to give vegetarians pause for thought. Ethically, what's the problem with eating a sausage, if it's been harmlessly pooed out by an animal? To sweeten the pill yet further, what if you put pleasure receptors in the animal's colon, so it actively enjoys the sausage-creation process – enjoys it to such a degree that it chases you down the street, yelping in orgasmic delight and producing a string of pan-ready chipolatas? If you think that's disgusting, I'd just like to point out that it's far less revolting than killing a pig with a bolt gun then mashing it up into sausagemeat.'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/24/charlie-brooker-artificial-life-here Charlie Brooker: So, artificial life is here, courtesy of Craig Venter. Time to remix humankind…]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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====Some more links on synthetic life====
[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18942-immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell.html Newscienist: Immaculate creation: birth of the first synthetic cell]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/science/21cell.html?ref=science NYTimes: Researchers Say They Created a ‘Synthetic Cell’]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:17, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
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===='''Kokoromo : My project is online====

So I also put up my project...
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/ko_ko_ro_mo| ko_ko_ro_mo]]

Please don't be shy and have a look.

I really look forward to discuss it with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 23:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Response to 'My Flower'====

First response is written ^^

Have fun!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 15:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

====Update on my page====
Hello everybody. 
There is new content on my project page. 
It's about my ideas of improving my project. 
The link is below: 
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]

Please visit and leave comment! 
Thanks!

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 12:02, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Pass the impossimpleble :)====
Oh my! Are they already this far in development?

I found a pretty amazing TV documentation-series,
(if you can call like that...because its more a idealistic utopia),
of the berlin TVchannel Phoenix.
It is about the possibilities which may occur while living in future with new technologies. It think it would be very interessting for some of you.

To my shame it is only in german at the moment,
but under the link you can find some informations to the technolgies and the scientists.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoVS_HvgFfw&feature=PlayList&p=C62483CC011D4E91&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=18] Here comes part 1 of 3

First Episode - Living in the future - Humans

--> houses and also clothes will be connected to the internet to control our
health und living status every single moment
electronic fibre by Dr. Prof. Sundaresan Jayaraman
(Georgie Institute of Technology)
--> cars will fly in the air with a satelite electronical guide system
to provied us from traffic jams and accidents
flying car by Dr. Paul Moller (Moller International)
--> stemcells can be used to create new organs
tissue engineering by Dr. Stefan Jockenhövel
(Helmholz-Institute for biomedical technique)
--> 3D genomic printer to create organs layer by layer
by Dr. Prof. Thomas Boland (Clemson University)
--> food wont make us fat anymore because of genetic engineered proteins
by Dr. Prof. Med. Rob Hammer (Wageningen Centre of Food Science)
--> cure paraplegia or other neural-muscular deseases
with electronic sensor body-implants you can control with your thoughts
sensors by Prof. Dr. John Donoghue (Brown University)
--> computer surgery sytems controlled by doctors for precise working
and without viral infections
by Dr. Oliver Burgert (innovation-centre for computer-assisted surgery)

But all that glitters is not gold? Or?

Here also a small outlook what may happend with our health system in future.
Also german *yeah I know I know thats stupid*.

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3961048]
It is called: 'Leichen im Keller' or like the englisch proverb 'scelletons in the (closet) cellar'

I think it is rather nice^^

I look foward to have some smalltalk about the chances and risks of synbio with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 18:29, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Its done====
How does it feel to have created artificial life, Dr Venter?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dr-craig-venter-so-doctor-how-does-it-feel-to-have-created-artificial-life-1978873.html

http://www.culturalfarming.com/Resources/civic_media/PostHuman.mov

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 07:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Craig Venter and his team have built the genome of a bacterium from scratch and incorporated it into a cell to make what they call the world's first synthetic life form

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-form article]@Guardian.co.uk. Watch the video.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Links to my project====
Hello everbody!
I'm Yu Xiaorui
I add a link to my Project.
You can Find it in the main page of Synthetic Biology Wiki
Or Click here:
* '''[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]''' I put my review about the presentation I made today on. 

'''Please go and leave comment or suggestion!
That's very important to me!'''
 BTW, thank the comment left by Dominic,very helpful! 

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 17:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Although one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATTACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATTACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal. But not only diseases lead to different gene expression: When you eat and drink, when you jump into cold water and in other situations gene expression might be altered.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic (pocket?) sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-06-09T23:26:49Z

Dniopek: /* Game and iGEM Project 2008 */

==== Game and iGEM Project 2008 ====

Just a first, (finally not so) brief comment on the idea of making a kind of computer game, but with genetically modified bacteria. As some of you might already know, the iGEM project of our team in 2008 was about creating an artificial preditor-prey system by genetically modifying bacteria. We wanted therefore to create bacteria that would: 

a) swim towards a target bacteria 
b) kill that target bacteria when it would reach it 

The second part (killing) worked really good, but the first part (swimming towards a certain target) didn't work out so good.
But anyway, there are interesting implications in both parts I want to comment on.
 
'''''a) making bacteria swim in a certain direction''''' 
It is pretty well known in literature, that bacteria have certain so-called chemotaxis receptors [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Sensing] on their surface. These receptors are, in nature, used for recognizing attractand molecules (nutrition, i.e. sugar) or repellents (i.e. toxic molecules).
It is possible to influence (I would not say control, but at least strongly influence) the direction in that bacterial colonies on an agar plate swim by putting repellent and attractand molecules at different points on the plate. To give you one example: If I would put aspartate in the middle of an agar plate with E. coli colonies on it, the E. coli would move in direction of the aspartate. Their are different E. coli strains, that do contain different chemotaxis receptors or even no receptors. Furthermore, there are bacteria that swim fast, slow or bacteria that can't even swim at all. Find a comparisn of swimming and not-swimming bacteria [http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/images/f/f3/SwarmingPic.jpg here].
In general that could be interesting if you wanted to make bacteria swim toward each other. To give you an impression on what swimming bacteria on a plate would look like, here some examples from my bachelor thesis [[media:Bacheloararbeit_Dominik_Niopek_druck.pdf]]. In the 'center' assays, I just put bacteria on either site of the plate. As you can see, the swim rings of the two bacterial colonies meet in the middle after 24 hours (even faster, ie. 6 or 12 hours, depends on the bacteria). In the 'centerline' assay I spottet immobilized bacteria in one line in the middle, and mobile bacteria again on either site of the line.

Those so called swarm assays or swarm agar plates are really simple to prepare, easy to use. If you used different bacteria expressing color pigments (red, green, black), I am sure you could see how one bacteria would take over the space of the others, mix up with them, kill them etc.
 
'''''b) making bacteria kill other bacteria'''''
In 2008 we also developed a killing mechanism which worked pretty good. The principle is the following: One bacterial strain was engineered to secrete a certain messenger molecule, called Autoinducer-1. The other bacterial strain was engineered to recognize Autoinducer-1 and thereby activate the production of a bacterial toxin called colicin [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Killing_II]. This means: If both bacterial strains are nearby each other, the one would start to kill the other. It is no problem to label one bacterial strain in red and the other in green and to visualize how the green bacteria die if they are nearby the red ones (figure 17 again on [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Killing_II this] page). The same should also be possible on agar swarm plates.
 
With swimming bacteria on swarm agar plates, you have many options to play around, as their are so many different bacterial strains (swimming slower, faster, not at all, recognizing substances etc.). Take this just as some general comments to think about. In case their is something in that comments, that interests you in particular, please don't hesitate to shoot me an e-mail. As I did my bachelor thesis on this topic (swimming bacteria), I would be very happy to provide all necessary information and help.
 
--[[User:Dniopek|Dniopek]] 23:18, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Go with the flow====
[[File:Flow-game-screenshot-4.jpg]]

I found a very interessting game over the internet.
It's a MFA thesis project from 'thatgamecompany'
and called 'flow'.

The game is about a small organism flowing through a watery atmosphere while consuming other small organisms.
Through consuming you as a player can evolve the abilities and appearance of your organism.

[http://thatgamecompany.com/about/ 'Thatgamecompany'] is a small colloboration
of game designers which working only with experimental games like 'flow'.

Everything is mostly about gaining new experiences and inspiring their players
via special sound and atmosphere....and without words!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 22:14, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Horror Movie about a Human-Animal Synbio Hybrid====

There is a movie playing in cinemas in germany at the moment about a synthetically created human-animal monster.

It is rather silly and acutally the name "Splice" is scientifically completely incorrect, but if you like to check it out, I'm sure it's worth a laugh (now that you know more about genetics than the average person)

Here's a wiki link [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_%28film%29]

Enjoy!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

====BioArts in Austrian Magazine====

An Austrian magazine for genome research, "Genosphären", is running an issue on BioArts and Synthetic Biology this month [http://www.gen-au.at/artikel.jsp?id=932&base=vermitteln&lang=de]. Since you probably won't get your hands on it, here is a round-up of artists that I could not find on your link-list yet. I am sorry if this is somehow redundant in case I missed blog entries, I tried to search through all of them.

- Jun Takita [http://juntakita.com/eng/home.html] created a model of his brain and planted transgenic moss on it. This moss can glow in the dark due to the Luciferase-Gene. This resembles the complex signals that occur in the brain.

- Gary Schneider, who takes genetic portraits of people (which is admittedly not the most original thing to do) [http://garyschneider.net/Portfolio.cfm?nK=7856]

- Adam Brandejs, who presented his sci-fi product, "Genpets", on a website disguised as a normal webshop and raised some outrage with his anti-allergic perfect pet. [http://www.genpets.com]

- Karsten Panzer, who created a colour-coding for the visiual sensation of genetic information [http://www.perzan.de]

I hope this gives some inspiration!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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====Zeit Artikel====
Synthetische Biologie -Leben 2.0 
Was passiert, wenn es der Bio-Industrie gelingt, den menschlichen Körper neu zu programmieren
* http://www.zeit.de/2010/23/Schoepfungsphantasien
--[[User:Max|max]] 18:00, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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====The Procreative Dinner====
An ephemeral work between art, science and gastronomy. Happening by Prune. Nice way of bringing people in touch with the topic...and another example of a collabortation of art and science.
* http://www.prune-art.com/blog/en/index.php?menu_id=1

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 14:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Six part Series "Synthetische Biologie" on D-Radio====
[http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/forschak/1077533/ Schwerpunkt Synthetische Biologie] 

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====More Photos====

I have uploaded some photos which I took during the retreat. Enjoy [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|it]].! 

--[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 00:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)Lu Jiayuan
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====Back from the retreat====

The firs images of our lab experiences in Hedeilberg and our fruitful retreat to Asselheim can be found [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|here]]. Please feel free to add more pictures!
--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Richard Jones' comment on Craig Venters successful insertion of a synthetic genome into a bacteria====

"One might almost suspect that there is a symbiosis going on here, between those scientists anxious to maximise the significance of their work, and bioethicists in search of an issue to raise their own profile. After all, if a piece of science is worth worrying about, it must be important. It’s not that I don’t think that these developments have potentially important societal and ethical implications – but it seems to me that these would be better considered from a standpoint that was a little more critical." Richard Jones on his [http://www.softmachines.org/wordpress/ Blog].

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

====First human 'infected with computer virus'====
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10158517.stm Article] on BBC News
 --[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 15:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
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====A New Plant====
Hello! Everyone!

I have built my project page... 
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/a new plant| a new plant]] 
Welcome to do something! --[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 16:51, 24 May 2010 (UTC) 
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====To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life – the most pretentious bacterium ever====

''I'd create an animal that excretes meat, just to give vegetarians pause for thought. Ethically, what's the problem with eating a sausage, if it's been harmlessly pooed out by an animal? To sweeten the pill yet further, what if you put pleasure receptors in the animal's colon, so it actively enjoys the sausage-creation process – enjoys it to such a degree that it chases you down the street, yelping in orgasmic delight and producing a string of pan-ready chipolatas? If you think that's disgusting, I'd just like to point out that it's far less revolting than killing a pig with a bolt gun then mashing it up into sausagemeat.'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/24/charlie-brooker-artificial-life-here Charlie Brooker: So, artificial life is here, courtesy of Craig Venter. Time to remix humankind…]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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====Some more links on synthetic life====
[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18942-immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell.html Newscienist: Immaculate creation: birth of the first synthetic cell]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/science/21cell.html?ref=science NYTimes: Researchers Say They Created a ‘Synthetic Cell’]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:17, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
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===='''Kokoromo : My project is online====

So I also put up my project...
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/ko_ko_ro_mo| ko_ko_ro_mo]]

Please don't be shy and have a look.

I really look forward to discuss it with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 23:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Response to 'My Flower'====

First response is written ^^

Have fun!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 15:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

====Update on my page====
Hello everybody. 
There is new content on my project page. 
It's about my ideas of improving my project. 
The link is below: 
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]

Please visit and leave comment! 
Thanks!

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 12:02, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Pass the impossimpleble :)====
Oh my! Are they already this far in development?

I found a pretty amazing TV documentation-series,
(if you can call like that...because its more a idealistic utopia),
of the berlin TVchannel Phoenix.
It is about the possibilities which may occur while living in future with new technologies. It think it would be very interessting for some of you.

To my shame it is only in german at the moment,
but under the link you can find some informations to the technolgies and the scientists.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoVS_HvgFfw&feature=PlayList&p=C62483CC011D4E91&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=18] Here comes part 1 of 3

First Episode - Living in the future - Humans

--> houses and also clothes will be connected to the internet to control our
health und living status every single moment
electronic fibre by Dr. Prof. Sundaresan Jayaraman
(Georgie Institute of Technology)
--> cars will fly in the air with a satelite electronical guide system
to provied us from traffic jams and accidents
flying car by Dr. Paul Moller (Moller International)
--> stemcells can be used to create new organs
tissue engineering by Dr. Stefan Jockenhövel
(Helmholz-Institute for biomedical technique)
--> 3D genomic printer to create organs layer by layer
by Dr. Prof. Thomas Boland (Clemson University)
--> food wont make us fat anymore because of genetic engineered proteins
by Dr. Prof. Med. Rob Hammer (Wageningen Centre of Food Science)
--> cure paraplegia or other neural-muscular deseases
with electronic sensor body-implants you can control with your thoughts
sensors by Prof. Dr. John Donoghue (Brown University)
--> computer surgery sytems controlled by doctors for precise working
and without viral infections
by Dr. Oliver Burgert (innovation-centre for computer-assisted surgery)

But all that glitters is not gold? Or?

Here also a small outlook what may happend with our health system in future.
Also german *yeah I know I know thats stupid*.

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3961048]
It is called: 'Leichen im Keller' or like the englisch proverb 'scelletons in the (closet) cellar'

I think it is rather nice^^

I look foward to have some smalltalk about the chances and risks of synbio with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 18:29, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Its done====
How does it feel to have created artificial life, Dr Venter?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dr-craig-venter-so-doctor-how-does-it-feel-to-have-created-artificial-life-1978873.html

http://www.culturalfarming.com/Resources/civic_media/PostHuman.mov

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 07:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Craig Venter and his team have built the genome of a bacterium from scratch and incorporated it into a cell to make what they call the world's first synthetic life form

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-form article]@Guardian.co.uk. Watch the video.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Links to my project====
Hello everbody!
I'm Yu Xiaorui
I add a link to my Project.
You can Find it in the main page of Synthetic Biology Wiki
Or Click here:
* '''[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]''' I put my review about the presentation I made today on. 

'''Please go and leave comment or suggestion!
That's very important to me!'''
 BTW, thank the comment left by Dominic,very helpful! 

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 17:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Although one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATTACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATTACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal. But not only diseases lead to different gene expression: When you eat and drink, when you jump into cold water and in other situations gene expression might be altered.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic (pocket?) sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-06-09T23:23:40Z

Dniopek: /* Game and iGEM Project 2008 */

==== Game and iGEM Project 2008 ====

Just a first, (finally not so) brief comment on the idea of making a kind of computer game, but with genetically modified bacteria. As some of you might already know, the iGEM project of our team in 2008 was about creating an artificial preditor-prey system by genetically modifying bacteria. We wanted therefore to create bacteria that would: 

a) swim towards a target bacteria 
b) kill that target bacteria when it would reach it 

The second part (killing) worked really good, but the first part (swimming towards a certain target) didn't work out so good.
But anyway, there are interesting implications in both parts I want to comment on.
 
'''''a) making bacteria swim in a certain direction''''' 
It is pretty well known in literature, that bacteria have certain so-called chemotaxis receptors [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Sensing] on their surface. These receptors are, in nature, used for recognizing attractand molecules (nutrition, i.e. sugar) or repellents (i.e. toxic molecules).
It is possible to influence (I would not say control, but at least strongly influence) the direction in that bacterial colonies on an agar plate swim by putting repellent and attractand molecules at different points on the plate. To give you one example: If I would put aspartate in the middle of an agar plate with E. coli colonies on it, the E. coli would move in direction of the aspartate. Their are different E. coli strains, that do contain different chemotaxis receptors or even no receptors. Furthermore, there are bacteria that swim fast, slow or bacteria that can't even swim at all. Find a comparisn of swimming and not-swimming bacteria [http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/images/f/f3/SwarmingPic.jpg here].
In general that could be interesting if you wanted to make bacteria swim toward each other. To give you an impression on what swimming bacteria on a plate would look like, here some examples from my bachelor thesis [[media:Bacheloararbeit_Dominik_Niopek_druck.pdf]]. In the 'center' assays, I just put bacteria on either site of the plate. As you can see, the swim rings of the two bacterial colonies meet in the middle after 24 hours (even faster, ie. 6 or 12 hours, depends on the bacteria). In the 'centerline' assay I spottet immobilized bacteria in one line in the middle, and mobile bacteria again on either site of the line.

Those so called swarm assays or swarm agar plates are really simple to prepare, easy to use. If you used different bacteria expressing color pigments (red, green, black), I am sure you could see how one bacteria would take over the space of the others, mix up with them, kill them etc.
 
'''''b) making bacteria kill other bacteria'''''
In 2008 we also developed a killing mechanism which worked pretty good. The principle is the following: One bacterial strain was engineered to secrete a certain messenger molecule, called Autoinducer-1. The other bacterial strain was engineered to recognize Autoinducer-1 and thereby activate the production of a bacterial toxin called colicin [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Killing_II]. This means: If both bacterial strains are nearby each other, the one would start to kill the other. It is no problem to label on bacterial strain in red and the other in green and to visualize how the green bacteria die if they are nearby the red ones (figure 17 again on [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Killing_II this] page). The same should also be possible on agar swarm plates.
 
With swimming bacteria on swarm agar plates, you have many options to play around, as their are so many different bacterial strains (swimming slower, faster, not at all, recognizing substances etc.). Take this just as some general comments to think about. In case their is something in that comments, that interests you in particular, please don't hesitate to shoot me an e-mail. As I did my bachelor thesis on this topic (swimming bacteria), I would be very happy to provide all necessary information and help.
 
--[[User:Dniopek|Dniopek]] 23:18, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Go with the flow====
[[File:Flow-game-screenshot-4.jpg]]

I found a very interessting game over the internet.
It's a MFA thesis project from 'thatgamecompany'
and called 'flow'.

The game is about a small organism flowing through a watery atmosphere while consuming other small organisms.
Through consuming you as a player can evolve the abilities and appearance of your organism.

[http://thatgamecompany.com/about/ 'Thatgamecompany'] is a small colloboration
of game designers which working only with experimental games like 'flow'.

Everything is mostly about gaining new experiences and inspiring their players
via special sound and atmosphere....and without words!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 22:14, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Horror Movie about a Human-Animal Synbio Hybrid====

There is a movie playing in cinemas in germany at the moment about a synthetically created human-animal monster.

It is rather silly and acutally the name "Splice" is scientifically completely incorrect, but if you like to check it out, I'm sure it's worth a laugh (now that you know more about genetics than the average person)

Here's a wiki link [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_%28film%29]

Enjoy!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

====BioArts in Austrian Magazine====

An Austrian magazine for genome research, "Genosphären", is running an issue on BioArts and Synthetic Biology this month [http://www.gen-au.at/artikel.jsp?id=932&base=vermitteln&lang=de]. Since you probably won't get your hands on it, here is a round-up of artists that I could not find on your link-list yet. I am sorry if this is somehow redundant in case I missed blog entries, I tried to search through all of them.

- Jun Takita [http://juntakita.com/eng/home.html] created a model of his brain and planted transgenic moss on it. This moss can glow in the dark due to the Luciferase-Gene. This resembles the complex signals that occur in the brain.

- Gary Schneider, who takes genetic portraits of people (which is admittedly not the most original thing to do) [http://garyschneider.net/Portfolio.cfm?nK=7856]

- Adam Brandejs, who presented his sci-fi product, "Genpets", on a website disguised as a normal webshop and raised some outrage with his anti-allergic perfect pet. [http://www.genpets.com]

- Karsten Panzer, who created a colour-coding for the visiual sensation of genetic information [http://www.perzan.de]

I hope this gives some inspiration!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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====Zeit Artikel====
Synthetische Biologie -Leben 2.0 
Was passiert, wenn es der Bio-Industrie gelingt, den menschlichen Körper neu zu programmieren
* http://www.zeit.de/2010/23/Schoepfungsphantasien
--[[User:Max|max]] 18:00, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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====The Procreative Dinner====
An ephemeral work between art, science and gastronomy. Happening by Prune. Nice way of bringing people in touch with the topic...and another example of a collabortation of art and science.
* http://www.prune-art.com/blog/en/index.php?menu_id=1

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 14:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Six part Series "Synthetische Biologie" on D-Radio====
[http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/forschak/1077533/ Schwerpunkt Synthetische Biologie] 

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====More Photos====

I have uploaded some photos which I took during the retreat. Enjoy [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|it]].! 

--[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 00:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)Lu Jiayuan
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====Back from the retreat====

The firs images of our lab experiences in Hedeilberg and our fruitful retreat to Asselheim can be found [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|here]]. Please feel free to add more pictures!
--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Richard Jones' comment on Craig Venters successful insertion of a synthetic genome into a bacteria====

"One might almost suspect that there is a symbiosis going on here, between those scientists anxious to maximise the significance of their work, and bioethicists in search of an issue to raise their own profile. After all, if a piece of science is worth worrying about, it must be important. It’s not that I don’t think that these developments have potentially important societal and ethical implications – but it seems to me that these would be better considered from a standpoint that was a little more critical." Richard Jones on his [http://www.softmachines.org/wordpress/ Blog].

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

====First human 'infected with computer virus'====
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10158517.stm Article] on BBC News
 --[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 15:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
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====A New Plant====
Hello! Everyone!

I have built my project page... 
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/a new plant| a new plant]] 
Welcome to do something! --[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 16:51, 24 May 2010 (UTC) 
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====To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life – the most pretentious bacterium ever====

''I'd create an animal that excretes meat, just to give vegetarians pause for thought. Ethically, what's the problem with eating a sausage, if it's been harmlessly pooed out by an animal? To sweeten the pill yet further, what if you put pleasure receptors in the animal's colon, so it actively enjoys the sausage-creation process – enjoys it to such a degree that it chases you down the street, yelping in orgasmic delight and producing a string of pan-ready chipolatas? If you think that's disgusting, I'd just like to point out that it's far less revolting than killing a pig with a bolt gun then mashing it up into sausagemeat.'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/24/charlie-brooker-artificial-life-here Charlie Brooker: So, artificial life is here, courtesy of Craig Venter. Time to remix humankind…]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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====Some more links on synthetic life====
[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18942-immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell.html Newscienist: Immaculate creation: birth of the first synthetic cell]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/science/21cell.html?ref=science NYTimes: Researchers Say They Created a ‘Synthetic Cell’]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:17, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
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===='''Kokoromo : My project is online====

So I also put up my project...
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/ko_ko_ro_mo| ko_ko_ro_mo]]

Please don't be shy and have a look.

I really look forward to discuss it with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 23:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Response to 'My Flower'====

First response is written ^^

Have fun!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 15:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

====Update on my page====
Hello everybody. 
There is new content on my project page. 
It's about my ideas of improving my project. 
The link is below: 
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]

Please visit and leave comment! 
Thanks!

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 12:02, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Pass the impossimpleble :)====
Oh my! Are they already this far in development?

I found a pretty amazing TV documentation-series,
(if you can call like that...because its more a idealistic utopia),
of the berlin TVchannel Phoenix.
It is about the possibilities which may occur while living in future with new technologies. It think it would be very interessting for some of you.

To my shame it is only in german at the moment,
but under the link you can find some informations to the technolgies and the scientists.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoVS_HvgFfw&feature=PlayList&p=C62483CC011D4E91&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=18] Here comes part 1 of 3

First Episode - Living in the future - Humans

--> houses and also clothes will be connected to the internet to control our
health und living status every single moment
electronic fibre by Dr. Prof. Sundaresan Jayaraman
(Georgie Institute of Technology)
--> cars will fly in the air with a satelite electronical guide system
to provied us from traffic jams and accidents
flying car by Dr. Paul Moller (Moller International)
--> stemcells can be used to create new organs
tissue engineering by Dr. Stefan Jockenhövel
(Helmholz-Institute for biomedical technique)
--> 3D genomic printer to create organs layer by layer
by Dr. Prof. Thomas Boland (Clemson University)
--> food wont make us fat anymore because of genetic engineered proteins
by Dr. Prof. Med. Rob Hammer (Wageningen Centre of Food Science)
--> cure paraplegia or other neural-muscular deseases
with electronic sensor body-implants you can control with your thoughts
sensors by Prof. Dr. John Donoghue (Brown University)
--> computer surgery sytems controlled by doctors for precise working
and without viral infections
by Dr. Oliver Burgert (innovation-centre for computer-assisted surgery)

But all that glitters is not gold? Or?

Here also a small outlook what may happend with our health system in future.
Also german *yeah I know I know thats stupid*.

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3961048]
It is called: 'Leichen im Keller' or like the englisch proverb 'scelletons in the (closet) cellar'

I think it is rather nice^^

I look foward to have some smalltalk about the chances and risks of synbio with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 18:29, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Its done====
How does it feel to have created artificial life, Dr Venter?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dr-craig-venter-so-doctor-how-does-it-feel-to-have-created-artificial-life-1978873.html

http://www.culturalfarming.com/Resources/civic_media/PostHuman.mov

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 07:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Craig Venter and his team have built the genome of a bacterium from scratch and incorporated it into a cell to make what they call the world's first synthetic life form

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-form article]@Guardian.co.uk. Watch the video.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Links to my project====
Hello everbody!
I'm Yu Xiaorui
I add a link to my Project.
You can Find it in the main page of Synthetic Biology Wiki
Or Click here:
* '''[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]''' I put my review about the presentation I made today on. 

'''Please go and leave comment or suggestion!
That's very important to me!'''
 BTW, thank the comment left by Dominic,very helpful! 

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 17:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Although one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATTACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATTACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal. But not only diseases lead to different gene expression: When you eat and drink, when you jump into cold water and in other situations gene expression might be altered.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic (pocket?) sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-06-09T23:22:36Z

Dniopek: /* Game and iGEM Project 2008 */

==== Game and iGEM Project 2008 ====

Just a first, (finally not so) brief comment on the idea of making a kind of computer game, but with genetically modified bacteria. As some of you might already know, the iGEM project of our team in 2008 was about creating an artificial preditor-prey system by genetically modifying bacteria. We wanted therefore to create bacteria that would: 

a) swim towards a target bacteria 
b) kill that target bacteria when it would reach it 

The second part (killing) worked really good, but the first part (swimming towards a certain target) didn't work out so good.
But anyway, there are interesting implications in both parts I want to comment on.
 
'''''a) making bacteria swim in a certain direction''''' 
It is pretty well known in literature, that bacteria have certain so-called chemotaxis receptors [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Sensing] on their surface. These receptors are, in nature, used for recognizing attractand molecules (nutrition, i.e. sugar) or repellents (i.e. toxic molecules).
It is possible to influence (I would not say control, but at least strongly influence) the direction in that bacterial colonies on an agar plate swim by putting repellent and attractand molecules at different points on the plate. To give you one example: If I would put aspartate in the middle of an agar plate with E. coli colonies on it, the E. coli would move in direction of the aspartate. Their are different E. coli strains, that do contain different chemotaxis receptors or even no receptors. Furthermore, there are bacteria that swim fast, slow or bacteria that can't even swim at all. Find a comparisn of swimming and not-swimming bacteria [http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/images/f/f3/SwarmingPic.jpg here].
In general that could be interesting if you wanted to make bacteria swim toward each other. To give you an impression on what swimming bacteria on a plate would look like, here some examples from my bachelor thesis [[media:Bacheloararbeit_Dominik_Niopek_druck.pdf]]. In the center assays, I just put bacteria on either site of the plate. As you can see, the swim rings of the two bacterial colonies meet in the middle after 24 hours (even faster). In the centerline assay I spottet immobilized bacteria in one line in the middle, and mobile bacteria again on either site of the line.

Those so called swarm assays or swarm agar plates are really simple to prepare, easy to use. If you used different bacteria expressing color pigments (red, green, black), I am sure you could see how one bacteria would take over the space of the others, mix up with them, kill them etc.
 
'''''b) making bacteria kill other bacteria'''''
In 2008 we also developed a killing mechanism which worked pretty good. The principle is the following: One bacterial strain was engineered to secrete a certain messenger molecule, called Autoinducer-1. The other bacterial strain was engineered to recognize Autoinducer-1 and thereby activate the production of a bacterial toxin called colicin [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Killing_II]. This means: If both bacterial strains are nearby each other, the one would start to kill the other. It is no problem to label on bacterial strain in red and the other in green and to visualize how the green bacteria die if they are nearby the red ones (figure 17 again on [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Killing_II this] page). The same should also be possible on agar swarm plates.
 
With swimming bacteria on swarm agar plates, you have many options to play around, as their are so many different bacterial strains (swimming slower, faster, not at all, recognizing substances etc.). Take this just as some general comments to think about. In case their is something in that comments, that interests you in particular, please don't hesitate to shoot me an e-mail. As I did my bachelor thesis on this topic (swimming bacteria), I would be very happy to provide all necessary information and help.
 
--[[User:Dniopek|Dniopek]] 23:18, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Go with the flow====
[[File:Flow-game-screenshot-4.jpg]]

I found a very interessting game over the internet.
It's a MFA thesis project from 'thatgamecompany'
and called 'flow'.

The game is about a small organism flowing through a watery atmosphere while consuming other small organisms.
Through consuming you as a player can evolve the abilities and appearance of your organism.

[http://thatgamecompany.com/about/ 'Thatgamecompany'] is a small colloboration
of game designers which working only with experimental games like 'flow'.

Everything is mostly about gaining new experiences and inspiring their players
via special sound and atmosphere....and without words!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 22:14, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Horror Movie about a Human-Animal Synbio Hybrid====

There is a movie playing in cinemas in germany at the moment about a synthetically created human-animal monster.

It is rather silly and acutally the name "Splice" is scientifically completely incorrect, but if you like to check it out, I'm sure it's worth a laugh (now that you know more about genetics than the average person)

Here's a wiki link [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_%28film%29]

Enjoy!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

====BioArts in Austrian Magazine====

An Austrian magazine for genome research, "Genosphären", is running an issue on BioArts and Synthetic Biology this month [http://www.gen-au.at/artikel.jsp?id=932&base=vermitteln&lang=de]. Since you probably won't get your hands on it, here is a round-up of artists that I could not find on your link-list yet. I am sorry if this is somehow redundant in case I missed blog entries, I tried to search through all of them.

- Jun Takita [http://juntakita.com/eng/home.html] created a model of his brain and planted transgenic moss on it. This moss can glow in the dark due to the Luciferase-Gene. This resembles the complex signals that occur in the brain.

- Gary Schneider, who takes genetic portraits of people (which is admittedly not the most original thing to do) [http://garyschneider.net/Portfolio.cfm?nK=7856]

- Adam Brandejs, who presented his sci-fi product, "Genpets", on a website disguised as a normal webshop and raised some outrage with his anti-allergic perfect pet. [http://www.genpets.com]

- Karsten Panzer, who created a colour-coding for the visiual sensation of genetic information [http://www.perzan.de]

I hope this gives some inspiration!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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====Zeit Artikel====
Synthetische Biologie -Leben 2.0 
Was passiert, wenn es der Bio-Industrie gelingt, den menschlichen Körper neu zu programmieren
* http://www.zeit.de/2010/23/Schoepfungsphantasien
--[[User:Max|max]] 18:00, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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====The Procreative Dinner====
An ephemeral work between art, science and gastronomy. Happening by Prune. Nice way of bringing people in touch with the topic...and another example of a collabortation of art and science.
* http://www.prune-art.com/blog/en/index.php?menu_id=1

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 14:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Six part Series "Synthetische Biologie" on D-Radio====
[http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/forschak/1077533/ Schwerpunkt Synthetische Biologie] 

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====More Photos====

I have uploaded some photos which I took during the retreat. Enjoy [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|it]].! 

--[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 00:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)Lu Jiayuan
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====Back from the retreat====

The firs images of our lab experiences in Hedeilberg and our fruitful retreat to Asselheim can be found [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|here]]. Please feel free to add more pictures!
--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Richard Jones' comment on Craig Venters successful insertion of a synthetic genome into a bacteria====

"One might almost suspect that there is a symbiosis going on here, between those scientists anxious to maximise the significance of their work, and bioethicists in search of an issue to raise their own profile. After all, if a piece of science is worth worrying about, it must be important. It’s not that I don’t think that these developments have potentially important societal and ethical implications – but it seems to me that these would be better considered from a standpoint that was a little more critical." Richard Jones on his [http://www.softmachines.org/wordpress/ Blog].

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

====First human 'infected with computer virus'====
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10158517.stm Article] on BBC News
 --[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 15:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
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====A New Plant====
Hello! Everyone!

I have built my project page... 
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/a new plant| a new plant]] 
Welcome to do something! --[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 16:51, 24 May 2010 (UTC) 
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====To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life – the most pretentious bacterium ever====

''I'd create an animal that excretes meat, just to give vegetarians pause for thought. Ethically, what's the problem with eating a sausage, if it's been harmlessly pooed out by an animal? To sweeten the pill yet further, what if you put pleasure receptors in the animal's colon, so it actively enjoys the sausage-creation process – enjoys it to such a degree that it chases you down the street, yelping in orgasmic delight and producing a string of pan-ready chipolatas? If you think that's disgusting, I'd just like to point out that it's far less revolting than killing a pig with a bolt gun then mashing it up into sausagemeat.'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/24/charlie-brooker-artificial-life-here Charlie Brooker: So, artificial life is here, courtesy of Craig Venter. Time to remix humankind…]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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====Some more links on synthetic life====
[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18942-immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell.html Newscienist: Immaculate creation: birth of the first synthetic cell]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/science/21cell.html?ref=science NYTimes: Researchers Say They Created a ‘Synthetic Cell’]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:17, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
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===='''Kokoromo : My project is online====

So I also put up my project...
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/ko_ko_ro_mo| ko_ko_ro_mo]]

Please don't be shy and have a look.

I really look forward to discuss it with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 23:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Response to 'My Flower'====

First response is written ^^

Have fun!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 15:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

====Update on my page====
Hello everybody. 
There is new content on my project page. 
It's about my ideas of improving my project. 
The link is below: 
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]

Please visit and leave comment! 
Thanks!

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 12:02, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Pass the impossimpleble :)====
Oh my! Are they already this far in development?

I found a pretty amazing TV documentation-series,
(if you can call like that...because its more a idealistic utopia),
of the berlin TVchannel Phoenix.
It is about the possibilities which may occur while living in future with new technologies. It think it would be very interessting for some of you.

To my shame it is only in german at the moment,
but under the link you can find some informations to the technolgies and the scientists.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoVS_HvgFfw&feature=PlayList&p=C62483CC011D4E91&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=18] Here comes part 1 of 3

First Episode - Living in the future - Humans

--> houses and also clothes will be connected to the internet to control our
health und living status every single moment
electronic fibre by Dr. Prof. Sundaresan Jayaraman
(Georgie Institute of Technology)
--> cars will fly in the air with a satelite electronical guide system
to provied us from traffic jams and accidents
flying car by Dr. Paul Moller (Moller International)
--> stemcells can be used to create new organs
tissue engineering by Dr. Stefan Jockenhövel
(Helmholz-Institute for biomedical technique)
--> 3D genomic printer to create organs layer by layer
by Dr. Prof. Thomas Boland (Clemson University)
--> food wont make us fat anymore because of genetic engineered proteins
by Dr. Prof. Med. Rob Hammer (Wageningen Centre of Food Science)
--> cure paraplegia or other neural-muscular deseases
with electronic sensor body-implants you can control with your thoughts
sensors by Prof. Dr. John Donoghue (Brown University)
--> computer surgery sytems controlled by doctors for precise working
and without viral infections
by Dr. Oliver Burgert (innovation-centre for computer-assisted surgery)

But all that glitters is not gold? Or?

Here also a small outlook what may happend with our health system in future.
Also german *yeah I know I know thats stupid*.

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3961048]
It is called: 'Leichen im Keller' or like the englisch proverb 'scelletons in the (closet) cellar'

I think it is rather nice^^

I look foward to have some smalltalk about the chances and risks of synbio with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 18:29, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Its done====
How does it feel to have created artificial life, Dr Venter?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dr-craig-venter-so-doctor-how-does-it-feel-to-have-created-artificial-life-1978873.html

http://www.culturalfarming.com/Resources/civic_media/PostHuman.mov

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 07:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Craig Venter and his team have built the genome of a bacterium from scratch and incorporated it into a cell to make what they call the world's first synthetic life form

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-form article]@Guardian.co.uk. Watch the video.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Links to my project====
Hello everbody!
I'm Yu Xiaorui
I add a link to my Project.
You can Find it in the main page of Synthetic Biology Wiki
Or Click here:
* '''[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]''' I put my review about the presentation I made today on. 

'''Please go and leave comment or suggestion!
That's very important to me!'''
 BTW, thank the comment left by Dominic,very helpful! 

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 17:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Although one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATTACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATTACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal. But not only diseases lead to different gene expression: When you eat and drink, when you jump into cold water and in other situations gene expression might be altered.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic (pocket?) sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-06-09T23:19:37Z

Dniopek: /* Game and iGEM Project 2008 */

==== Game and iGEM Project 2008 ====

Just a first, (finally not so) brief comment on the idea of making a kind of computer game, but with genetically modified bacteria. As some of you might already know, the iGEM project of our team in 2008 was about creating an artificial preditor-prey system by genetically modifying bacteria. We wanted therefore to create bacteria that would: 

a) swim towards a target bacteria 
b) kill that target bacteria when it would reach it 

The second part (killing) worked really good, but the first part (swimming towards a certain target) didn't work out so good.
But anyway, there are interesting implications in both parts I want to comment on.
 
'''''a) making bacteria swim in a certain direction''''' 
It is pretty well known in literature, that bacteria have certain so-called chemotaxis receptors [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Sensing] on their surface. These receptors are, in nature, used for recognizing attractand molecules (nutrition, i.e. sugar) or repellents (i.e. toxic molecules).
It is possible to influence (I would not say control, but at least strongly influence) the direction in that bacterial colonies on an agar plate swim by putting repellent and attractand molecules at different points on the plate. To give you one example: If I would put aspartate in the middle of an agar plate with E. coli colonies on it, the E. coli would move in direction of the aspartate. Their are different E. coli strains, that do contain different or even no receptors. Find a comparisn of swimming and not-swimming bacteria [http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/images/f/f3/SwarmingPic.jpg here].
In general that could be interesting if you wanted to make bacteria swim toward each other. To give you an impression on what swimming bacteria on a plate would look like, here some examples from my bachelor thesis [[media:Bacheloararbeit_Dominik_Niopek_druck.pdf]]. In the center assays, I just put bacteria on either site of the plate. As you can see, the swim rings of the two bacterial colonies meet in the middle after 24 hours (even faster). In the centerline assay I spottet immobilized bacteria in one line in the middle, and mobile bacteria again on either site of the line.

Those so called swarm assays or swarm agar plates are really simple to prepare, easy to use. If you used different bacteria expressing color pigments (red, green, black), I am sure you could see how one bacteria would take over the space of the others, mix up with them, kill them etc.
 
'''''b) making bacteria kill other bacteria'''''
In 2008 we also developed a killing mechanism which worked pretty good. The principle is the following: One bacterial strain was engineered to secrete a certain messenger molecule, called Autoinducer-1. The other bacterial strain was engineered to recognize Autoinducer-1 and thereby activate the production of a bacterial toxin called colicin [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Killing_II]. This means: If both bacterial strains are nearby each other, the one would start to kill the other. It is no problem to label on bacterial strain in red and the other in green and to visualize how the green bacteria die if they are nearby the red ones (figure 17 again on [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Killing_II this] page). The same should also be possible on agar swarm plates.
 
With swimming bacteria on swarm agar plates, you have many options to play around, as their are so many different bacterial strains (swimming slower, faster, not at all, recognizing substances etc.). Take this just as some general comments to think about. In case their is something in that comments, that interests you in particular, please don't hesitate to shoot me an e-mail. As I did my bachelor thesis on this topic (swimming bacteria), I would be very happy to provide all necessary information and help.
 
--[[User:Dniopek|Dniopek]] 23:18, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Go with the flow====
[[File:Flow-game-screenshot-4.jpg]]

I found a very interessting game over the internet.
It's a MFA thesis project from 'thatgamecompany'
and called 'flow'.

The game is about a small organism flowing through a watery atmosphere while consuming other small organisms.
Through consuming you as a player can evolve the abilities and appearance of your organism.

[http://thatgamecompany.com/about/ 'Thatgamecompany'] is a small colloboration
of game designers which working only with experimental games like 'flow'.

Everything is mostly about gaining new experiences and inspiring their players
via special sound and atmosphere....and without words!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 22:14, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Horror Movie about a Human-Animal Synbio Hybrid====

There is a movie playing in cinemas in germany at the moment about a synthetically created human-animal monster.

It is rather silly and acutally the name "Splice" is scientifically completely incorrect, but if you like to check it out, I'm sure it's worth a laugh (now that you know more about genetics than the average person)

Here's a wiki link [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_%28film%29]

Enjoy!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

====BioArts in Austrian Magazine====

An Austrian magazine for genome research, "Genosphären", is running an issue on BioArts and Synthetic Biology this month [http://www.gen-au.at/artikel.jsp?id=932&base=vermitteln&lang=de]. Since you probably won't get your hands on it, here is a round-up of artists that I could not find on your link-list yet. I am sorry if this is somehow redundant in case I missed blog entries, I tried to search through all of them.

- Jun Takita [http://juntakita.com/eng/home.html] created a model of his brain and planted transgenic moss on it. This moss can glow in the dark due to the Luciferase-Gene. This resembles the complex signals that occur in the brain.

- Gary Schneider, who takes genetic portraits of people (which is admittedly not the most original thing to do) [http://garyschneider.net/Portfolio.cfm?nK=7856]

- Adam Brandejs, who presented his sci-fi product, "Genpets", on a website disguised as a normal webshop and raised some outrage with his anti-allergic perfect pet. [http://www.genpets.com]

- Karsten Panzer, who created a colour-coding for the visiual sensation of genetic information [http://www.perzan.de]

I hope this gives some inspiration!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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====Zeit Artikel====
Synthetische Biologie -Leben 2.0 
Was passiert, wenn es der Bio-Industrie gelingt, den menschlichen Körper neu zu programmieren
* http://www.zeit.de/2010/23/Schoepfungsphantasien
--[[User:Max|max]] 18:00, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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====The Procreative Dinner====
An ephemeral work between art, science and gastronomy. Happening by Prune. Nice way of bringing people in touch with the topic...and another example of a collabortation of art and science.
* http://www.prune-art.com/blog/en/index.php?menu_id=1

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 14:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Six part Series "Synthetische Biologie" on D-Radio====
[http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/forschak/1077533/ Schwerpunkt Synthetische Biologie] 

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====More Photos====

I have uploaded some photos which I took during the retreat. Enjoy [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|it]].! 

--[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 00:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)Lu Jiayuan
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====Back from the retreat====

The firs images of our lab experiences in Hedeilberg and our fruitful retreat to Asselheim can be found [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|here]]. Please feel free to add more pictures!
--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Richard Jones' comment on Craig Venters successful insertion of a synthetic genome into a bacteria====

"One might almost suspect that there is a symbiosis going on here, between those scientists anxious to maximise the significance of their work, and bioethicists in search of an issue to raise their own profile. After all, if a piece of science is worth worrying about, it must be important. It’s not that I don’t think that these developments have potentially important societal and ethical implications – but it seems to me that these would be better considered from a standpoint that was a little more critical." Richard Jones on his [http://www.softmachines.org/wordpress/ Blog].

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

====First human 'infected with computer virus'====
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10158517.stm Article] on BBC News
 --[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 15:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
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====A New Plant====
Hello! Everyone!

I have built my project page... 
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/a new plant| a new plant]] 
Welcome to do something! --[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 16:51, 24 May 2010 (UTC) 
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====To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life – the most pretentious bacterium ever====

''I'd create an animal that excretes meat, just to give vegetarians pause for thought. Ethically, what's the problem with eating a sausage, if it's been harmlessly pooed out by an animal? To sweeten the pill yet further, what if you put pleasure receptors in the animal's colon, so it actively enjoys the sausage-creation process – enjoys it to such a degree that it chases you down the street, yelping in orgasmic delight and producing a string of pan-ready chipolatas? If you think that's disgusting, I'd just like to point out that it's far less revolting than killing a pig with a bolt gun then mashing it up into sausagemeat.'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/24/charlie-brooker-artificial-life-here Charlie Brooker: So, artificial life is here, courtesy of Craig Venter. Time to remix humankind…]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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====Some more links on synthetic life====
[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18942-immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell.html Newscienist: Immaculate creation: birth of the first synthetic cell]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/science/21cell.html?ref=science NYTimes: Researchers Say They Created a ‘Synthetic Cell’]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:17, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
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===='''Kokoromo : My project is online====

So I also put up my project...
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/ko_ko_ro_mo| ko_ko_ro_mo]]

Please don't be shy and have a look.

I really look forward to discuss it with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 23:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Response to 'My Flower'====

First response is written ^^

Have fun!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 15:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

====Update on my page====
Hello everybody. 
There is new content on my project page. 
It's about my ideas of improving my project. 
The link is below: 
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]

Please visit and leave comment! 
Thanks!

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 12:02, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Pass the impossimpleble :)====
Oh my! Are they already this far in development?

I found a pretty amazing TV documentation-series,
(if you can call like that...because its more a idealistic utopia),
of the berlin TVchannel Phoenix.
It is about the possibilities which may occur while living in future with new technologies. It think it would be very interessting for some of you.

To my shame it is only in german at the moment,
but under the link you can find some informations to the technolgies and the scientists.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoVS_HvgFfw&feature=PlayList&p=C62483CC011D4E91&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=18] Here comes part 1 of 3

First Episode - Living in the future - Humans

--> houses and also clothes will be connected to the internet to control our
health und living status every single moment
electronic fibre by Dr. Prof. Sundaresan Jayaraman
(Georgie Institute of Technology)
--> cars will fly in the air with a satelite electronical guide system
to provied us from traffic jams and accidents
flying car by Dr. Paul Moller (Moller International)
--> stemcells can be used to create new organs
tissue engineering by Dr. Stefan Jockenhövel
(Helmholz-Institute for biomedical technique)
--> 3D genomic printer to create organs layer by layer
by Dr. Prof. Thomas Boland (Clemson University)
--> food wont make us fat anymore because of genetic engineered proteins
by Dr. Prof. Med. Rob Hammer (Wageningen Centre of Food Science)
--> cure paraplegia or other neural-muscular deseases
with electronic sensor body-implants you can control with your thoughts
sensors by Prof. Dr. John Donoghue (Brown University)
--> computer surgery sytems controlled by doctors for precise working
and without viral infections
by Dr. Oliver Burgert (innovation-centre for computer-assisted surgery)

But all that glitters is not gold? Or?

Here also a small outlook what may happend with our health system in future.
Also german *yeah I know I know thats stupid*.

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3961048]
It is called: 'Leichen im Keller' or like the englisch proverb 'scelletons in the (closet) cellar'

I think it is rather nice^^

I look foward to have some smalltalk about the chances and risks of synbio with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 18:29, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Its done====
How does it feel to have created artificial life, Dr Venter?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dr-craig-venter-so-doctor-how-does-it-feel-to-have-created-artificial-life-1978873.html

http://www.culturalfarming.com/Resources/civic_media/PostHuman.mov

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 07:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Craig Venter and his team have built the genome of a bacterium from scratch and incorporated it into a cell to make what they call the world's first synthetic life form

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-form article]@Guardian.co.uk. Watch the video.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Links to my project====
Hello everbody!
I'm Yu Xiaorui
I add a link to my Project.
You can Find it in the main page of Synthetic Biology Wiki
Or Click here:
* '''[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]''' I put my review about the presentation I made today on. 

'''Please go and leave comment or suggestion!
That's very important to me!'''
 BTW, thank the comment left by Dominic,very helpful! 

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 17:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Although one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATTACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATTACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal. But not only diseases lead to different gene expression: When you eat and drink, when you jump into cold water and in other situations gene expression might be altered.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic (pocket?) sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-06-09T23:19:12Z

Dniopek: /* Game and iGEM Project 2008 */

==== Game and iGEM Project 2008 ====

Just a first, brief comment on the idea of making a kind of computer game, but with genetically modified bacteria. As some of you might already know, the iGEM project of our team in 2008 was about creating an artificial preditor-prey system by genetically modifying bacteria. We wanted therefore to create bacteria that would: 

a) swim towards a target bacteria 
b) kill that target bacteria when it would reach it 

The second part (killing) worked really good, but the first part (swimming towards a certain target) didn't work out so good.
But anyway, there are interesting implications in both parts I want to comment on.
 
'''''a) making bacteria swim in a certain direction''''' 
It is pretty well known in literature, that bacteria have certain so-called chemotaxis receptors [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Sensing] on their surface. These receptors are, in nature, used for recognizing attractand molecules (nutrition, i.e. sugar) or repellents (i.e. toxic molecules).
It is possible to influence (I would not say control, but at least strongly influence) the direction in that bacterial colonies on an agar plate swim by putting repellent and attractand molecules at different points on the plate. To give you one example: If I would put aspartate in the middle of an agar plate with E. coli colonies on it, the E. coli would move in direction of the aspartate. Their are different E. coli strains, that do contain different or even no receptors. Find a comparisn of swimming and not-swimming bacteria [http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/images/f/f3/SwarmingPic.jpg here].
In general that could be interesting if you wanted to make bacteria swim toward each other. To give you an impression on what swimming bacteria on a plate would look like, here some examples from my bachelor thesis [[media:Bacheloararbeit_Dominik_Niopek_druck.pdf]]. In the center assays, I just put bacteria on either site of the plate. As you can see, the swim rings of the two bacterial colonies meet in the middle after 24 hours (even faster). In the centerline assay I spottet immobilized bacteria in one line in the middle, and mobile bacteria again on either site of the line.

Those so called swarm assays or swarm agar plates are really simple to prepare, easy to use. If you used different bacteria expressing color pigments (red, green, black), I am sure you could see how one bacteria would take over the space of the others, mix up with them, kill them etc.
 
'''''b) making bacteria kill other bacteria'''''
In 2008 we also developed a killing mechanism which worked pretty good. The principle is the following: One bacterial strain was engineered to secrete a certain messenger molecule, called Autoinducer-1. The other bacterial strain was engineered to recognize Autoinducer-1 and thereby activate the production of a bacterial toxin called colicin [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Killing_II]. This means: If both bacterial strains are nearby each other, the one would start to kill the other. It is no problem to label on bacterial strain in red and the other in green and to visualize how the green bacteria die if they are nearby the red ones (figure 17 again on [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Killing_II this] page). The same should also be possible on agar swarm plates.
 
With swimming bacteria on swarm agar plates, you have many options to play around, as their are so many different bacterial strains (swimming slower, faster, not at all, recognizing substances etc.). Take this just as some general comments to think about. In case their is something in that comments, that interests you in particular, please don't hesitate to shoot me an e-mail. As I did my bachelor thesis on this topic (swimming bacteria), I would be very happy to provide all necessary information and help.
 
--[[User:Dniopek|Dniopek]] 23:18, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Go with the flow====
[[File:Flow-game-screenshot-4.jpg]]

I found a very interessting game over the internet.
It's a MFA thesis project from 'thatgamecompany'
and called 'flow'.

The game is about a small organism flowing through a watery atmosphere while consuming other small organisms.
Through consuming you as a player can evolve the abilities and appearance of your organism.

[http://thatgamecompany.com/about/ 'Thatgamecompany'] is a small colloboration
of game designers which working only with experimental games like 'flow'.

Everything is mostly about gaining new experiences and inspiring their players
via special sound and atmosphere....and without words!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 22:14, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Horror Movie about a Human-Animal Synbio Hybrid====

There is a movie playing in cinemas in germany at the moment about a synthetically created human-animal monster.

It is rather silly and acutally the name "Splice" is scientifically completely incorrect, but if you like to check it out, I'm sure it's worth a laugh (now that you know more about genetics than the average person)

Here's a wiki link [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_%28film%29]

Enjoy!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

====BioArts in Austrian Magazine====

An Austrian magazine for genome research, "Genosphären", is running an issue on BioArts and Synthetic Biology this month [http://www.gen-au.at/artikel.jsp?id=932&base=vermitteln&lang=de]. Since you probably won't get your hands on it, here is a round-up of artists that I could not find on your link-list yet. I am sorry if this is somehow redundant in case I missed blog entries, I tried to search through all of them.

- Jun Takita [http://juntakita.com/eng/home.html] created a model of his brain and planted transgenic moss on it. This moss can glow in the dark due to the Luciferase-Gene. This resembles the complex signals that occur in the brain.

- Gary Schneider, who takes genetic portraits of people (which is admittedly not the most original thing to do) [http://garyschneider.net/Portfolio.cfm?nK=7856]

- Adam Brandejs, who presented his sci-fi product, "Genpets", on a website disguised as a normal webshop and raised some outrage with his anti-allergic perfect pet. [http://www.genpets.com]

- Karsten Panzer, who created a colour-coding for the visiual sensation of genetic information [http://www.perzan.de]

I hope this gives some inspiration!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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====Zeit Artikel====
Synthetische Biologie -Leben 2.0 
Was passiert, wenn es der Bio-Industrie gelingt, den menschlichen Körper neu zu programmieren
* http://www.zeit.de/2010/23/Schoepfungsphantasien
--[[User:Max|max]] 18:00, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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====The Procreative Dinner====
An ephemeral work between art, science and gastronomy. Happening by Prune. Nice way of bringing people in touch with the topic...and another example of a collabortation of art and science.
* http://www.prune-art.com/blog/en/index.php?menu_id=1

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 14:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Six part Series "Synthetische Biologie" on D-Radio====
[http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/forschak/1077533/ Schwerpunkt Synthetische Biologie] 

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====More Photos====

I have uploaded some photos which I took during the retreat. Enjoy [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|it]].! 

--[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 00:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)Lu Jiayuan
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====Back from the retreat====

The firs images of our lab experiences in Hedeilberg and our fruitful retreat to Asselheim can be found [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|here]]. Please feel free to add more pictures!
--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Richard Jones' comment on Craig Venters successful insertion of a synthetic genome into a bacteria====

"One might almost suspect that there is a symbiosis going on here, between those scientists anxious to maximise the significance of their work, and bioethicists in search of an issue to raise their own profile. After all, if a piece of science is worth worrying about, it must be important. It’s not that I don’t think that these developments have potentially important societal and ethical implications – but it seems to me that these would be better considered from a standpoint that was a little more critical." Richard Jones on his [http://www.softmachines.org/wordpress/ Blog].

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

====First human 'infected with computer virus'====
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10158517.stm Article] on BBC News
 --[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 15:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
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====A New Plant====
Hello! Everyone!

I have built my project page... 
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/a new plant| a new plant]] 
Welcome to do something! --[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 16:51, 24 May 2010 (UTC) 
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====To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life – the most pretentious bacterium ever====

''I'd create an animal that excretes meat, just to give vegetarians pause for thought. Ethically, what's the problem with eating a sausage, if it's been harmlessly pooed out by an animal? To sweeten the pill yet further, what if you put pleasure receptors in the animal's colon, so it actively enjoys the sausage-creation process – enjoys it to such a degree that it chases you down the street, yelping in orgasmic delight and producing a string of pan-ready chipolatas? If you think that's disgusting, I'd just like to point out that it's far less revolting than killing a pig with a bolt gun then mashing it up into sausagemeat.'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/24/charlie-brooker-artificial-life-here Charlie Brooker: So, artificial life is here, courtesy of Craig Venter. Time to remix humankind…]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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====Some more links on synthetic life====
[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18942-immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell.html Newscienist: Immaculate creation: birth of the first synthetic cell]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/science/21cell.html?ref=science NYTimes: Researchers Say They Created a ‘Synthetic Cell’]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:17, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
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===='''Kokoromo : My project is online====

So I also put up my project...
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/ko_ko_ro_mo| ko_ko_ro_mo]]

Please don't be shy and have a look.

I really look forward to discuss it with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 23:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Response to 'My Flower'====

First response is written ^^

Have fun!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 15:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

====Update on my page====
Hello everybody. 
There is new content on my project page. 
It's about my ideas of improving my project. 
The link is below: 
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]

Please visit and leave comment! 
Thanks!

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 12:02, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Pass the impossimpleble :)====
Oh my! Are they already this far in development?

I found a pretty amazing TV documentation-series,
(if you can call like that...because its more a idealistic utopia),
of the berlin TVchannel Phoenix.
It is about the possibilities which may occur while living in future with new technologies. It think it would be very interessting for some of you.

To my shame it is only in german at the moment,
but under the link you can find some informations to the technolgies and the scientists.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoVS_HvgFfw&feature=PlayList&p=C62483CC011D4E91&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=18] Here comes part 1 of 3

First Episode - Living in the future - Humans

--> houses and also clothes will be connected to the internet to control our
health und living status every single moment
electronic fibre by Dr. Prof. Sundaresan Jayaraman
(Georgie Institute of Technology)
--> cars will fly in the air with a satelite electronical guide system
to provied us from traffic jams and accidents
flying car by Dr. Paul Moller (Moller International)
--> stemcells can be used to create new organs
tissue engineering by Dr. Stefan Jockenhövel
(Helmholz-Institute for biomedical technique)
--> 3D genomic printer to create organs layer by layer
by Dr. Prof. Thomas Boland (Clemson University)
--> food wont make us fat anymore because of genetic engineered proteins
by Dr. Prof. Med. Rob Hammer (Wageningen Centre of Food Science)
--> cure paraplegia or other neural-muscular deseases
with electronic sensor body-implants you can control with your thoughts
sensors by Prof. Dr. John Donoghue (Brown University)
--> computer surgery sytems controlled by doctors for precise working
and without viral infections
by Dr. Oliver Burgert (innovation-centre for computer-assisted surgery)

But all that glitters is not gold? Or?

Here also a small outlook what may happend with our health system in future.
Also german *yeah I know I know thats stupid*.

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3961048]
It is called: 'Leichen im Keller' or like the englisch proverb 'scelletons in the (closet) cellar'

I think it is rather nice^^

I look foward to have some smalltalk about the chances and risks of synbio with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 18:29, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Its done====
How does it feel to have created artificial life, Dr Venter?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dr-craig-venter-so-doctor-how-does-it-feel-to-have-created-artificial-life-1978873.html

http://www.culturalfarming.com/Resources/civic_media/PostHuman.mov

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 07:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Craig Venter and his team have built the genome of a bacterium from scratch and incorporated it into a cell to make what they call the world's first synthetic life form

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-form article]@Guardian.co.uk. Watch the video.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Links to my project====
Hello everbody!
I'm Yu Xiaorui
I add a link to my Project.
You can Find it in the main page of Synthetic Biology Wiki
Or Click here:
* '''[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]''' I put my review about the presentation I made today on. 

'''Please go and leave comment or suggestion!
That's very important to me!'''
 BTW, thank the comment left by Dominic,very helpful! 

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 17:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Although one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATTACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATTACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal. But not only diseases lead to different gene expression: When you eat and drink, when you jump into cold water and in other situations gene expression might be altered.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic (pocket?) sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-06-09T23:18:04Z

Dniopek: /* Game and iGEM Project 2008 */

==== Game and iGEM Project 2008 ====
 
Just a first, brief comment on the idea of making a kind of computer game, but with genetically modified bacteria. As some of you might already know, the iGEM project of our team in 2008 was about creating an artificial preditor-prey system by genetically modifying bacteria. We wanted therefore to create bacteria that would: 

a) swim towards a target bacteria 
b) kill that target bacteria when it would reach it 

The second part (killing) worked really good, but the first part (swimming towards a certain target) didn't work out so good.
But anyway, there are interesting implications in both parts I want to comment on.
 
'''''a) making bacteria swim in a certain direction''''' 
It is pretty well known in literature, that bacteria have certain so-called chemotaxis receptors [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Sensing] on their surface. These receptors are, in nature, used for recognizing attractand molecules (nutrition, i.e. sugar) or repellents (i.e. toxic molecules).
It is possible to influence (I would not say control, but at least strongly influence) the direction in that bacterial colonies on an agar plate swim by putting repellent and attractand molecules at different points on the plate. To give you one example: If I would put aspartate in the middle of an agar plate with E. coli colonies on it, the E. coli would move in direction of the aspartate. Their are different E. coli strains, that do contain different or even no receptors. Find a comparisn of swimming and not-swimming bacteria [http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/images/f/f3/SwarmingPic.jpg here].
In general that could be interesting if you wanted to make bacteria swim toward each other. To give you an impression on what swimming bacteria on a plate would look like, here some examples from my bachelor thesis [[media:Bacheloararbeit_Dominik_Niopek_druck.pdf]]. In the center assays, I just put bacteria on either site of the plate. As you can see, the swim rings of the two bacterial colonies meet in the middle after 24 hours (even faster). In the centerline assay I spottet immobilized bacteria in one line in the middle, and mobile bacteria again on either site of the line.

Those so called swarm assays or swarm agar plates are really simple to prepare, easy to use. If you used different bacteria expressing color pigments (red, green, black), I am sure you could see how one bacteria would take over the space of the others, mix up with them, kill them etc.
 
'''''b) making bacteria kill other bacteria'''''
In 2008 we also developed a killing mechanism which worked pretty good. The principle is the following: One bacterial strain was engineered to secrete a certain messenger molecule, called Autoinducer-1. The other bacterial strain was engineered to recognize Autoinducer-1 and thereby activate the production of a bacterial toxin called colicin [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Killing_II]. This means: If both bacterial strains are nearby each other, the one would start to kill the other. It is no problem to label on bacterial strain in red and the other in green and to visualize how the green bacteria die if they are nearby the red ones (figure 17 again on [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Killing_II this] page). The same should also be possible on agar swarm plates.
 
With swimming bacteria on swarm agar plates, you have many options to play around, as their are so many different bacterial strains (swimming slower, faster, not at all, recognizing substances etc.). Take this just as some general comments to think about. In case their is something in that comments, that interests you in particular, please don't hesitate to shoot me an e-mail. As I did my bachelor thesis on this topic (swimming bacteria), I would be very happy to provide all necessary information and help.
 
--[[User:Dniopek|Dniopek]] 23:18, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Go with the flow====
[[File:Flow-game-screenshot-4.jpg]]

I found a very interessting game over the internet.
It's a MFA thesis project from 'thatgamecompany'
and called 'flow'.

The game is about a small organism flowing through a watery atmosphere while consuming other small organisms.
Through consuming you as a player can evolve the abilities and appearance of your organism.

[http://thatgamecompany.com/about/ 'Thatgamecompany'] is a small colloboration
of game designers which working only with experimental games like 'flow'.

Everything is mostly about gaining new experiences and inspiring their players
via special sound and atmosphere....and without words!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 22:14, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Horror Movie about a Human-Animal Synbio Hybrid====

There is a movie playing in cinemas in germany at the moment about a synthetically created human-animal monster.

It is rather silly and acutally the name "Splice" is scientifically completely incorrect, but if you like to check it out, I'm sure it's worth a laugh (now that you know more about genetics than the average person)

Here's a wiki link [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_%28film%29]

Enjoy!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

====BioArts in Austrian Magazine====

An Austrian magazine for genome research, "Genosphären", is running an issue on BioArts and Synthetic Biology this month [http://www.gen-au.at/artikel.jsp?id=932&base=vermitteln&lang=de]. Since you probably won't get your hands on it, here is a round-up of artists that I could not find on your link-list yet. I am sorry if this is somehow redundant in case I missed blog entries, I tried to search through all of them.

- Jun Takita [http://juntakita.com/eng/home.html] created a model of his brain and planted transgenic moss on it. This moss can glow in the dark due to the Luciferase-Gene. This resembles the complex signals that occur in the brain.

- Gary Schneider, who takes genetic portraits of people (which is admittedly not the most original thing to do) [http://garyschneider.net/Portfolio.cfm?nK=7856]

- Adam Brandejs, who presented his sci-fi product, "Genpets", on a website disguised as a normal webshop and raised some outrage with his anti-allergic perfect pet. [http://www.genpets.com]

- Karsten Panzer, who created a colour-coding for the visiual sensation of genetic information [http://www.perzan.de]

I hope this gives some inspiration!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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====Zeit Artikel====
Synthetische Biologie -Leben 2.0 
Was passiert, wenn es der Bio-Industrie gelingt, den menschlichen Körper neu zu programmieren
* http://www.zeit.de/2010/23/Schoepfungsphantasien
--[[User:Max|max]] 18:00, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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====The Procreative Dinner====
An ephemeral work between art, science and gastronomy. Happening by Prune. Nice way of bringing people in touch with the topic...and another example of a collabortation of art and science.
* http://www.prune-art.com/blog/en/index.php?menu_id=1

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 14:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Six part Series "Synthetische Biologie" on D-Radio====
[http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/forschak/1077533/ Schwerpunkt Synthetische Biologie] 

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====More Photos====

I have uploaded some photos which I took during the retreat. Enjoy [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|it]].! 

--[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 00:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)Lu Jiayuan
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====Back from the retreat====

The firs images of our lab experiences in Hedeilberg and our fruitful retreat to Asselheim can be found [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|here]]. Please feel free to add more pictures!
--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Richard Jones' comment on Craig Venters successful insertion of a synthetic genome into a bacteria====

"One might almost suspect that there is a symbiosis going on here, between those scientists anxious to maximise the significance of their work, and bioethicists in search of an issue to raise their own profile. After all, if a piece of science is worth worrying about, it must be important. It’s not that I don’t think that these developments have potentially important societal and ethical implications – but it seems to me that these would be better considered from a standpoint that was a little more critical." Richard Jones on his [http://www.softmachines.org/wordpress/ Blog].

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

====First human 'infected with computer virus'====
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10158517.stm Article] on BBC News
 --[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 15:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
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====A New Plant====
Hello! Everyone!

I have built my project page... 
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/a new plant| a new plant]] 
Welcome to do something! --[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 16:51, 24 May 2010 (UTC) 
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====To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life – the most pretentious bacterium ever====

''I'd create an animal that excretes meat, just to give vegetarians pause for thought. Ethically, what's the problem with eating a sausage, if it's been harmlessly pooed out by an animal? To sweeten the pill yet further, what if you put pleasure receptors in the animal's colon, so it actively enjoys the sausage-creation process – enjoys it to such a degree that it chases you down the street, yelping in orgasmic delight and producing a string of pan-ready chipolatas? If you think that's disgusting, I'd just like to point out that it's far less revolting than killing a pig with a bolt gun then mashing it up into sausagemeat.'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/24/charlie-brooker-artificial-life-here Charlie Brooker: So, artificial life is here, courtesy of Craig Venter. Time to remix humankind…]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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====Some more links on synthetic life====
[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18942-immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell.html Newscienist: Immaculate creation: birth of the first synthetic cell]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/science/21cell.html?ref=science NYTimes: Researchers Say They Created a ‘Synthetic Cell’]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:17, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
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===='''Kokoromo : My project is online====

So I also put up my project...
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/ko_ko_ro_mo| ko_ko_ro_mo]]

Please don't be shy and have a look.

I really look forward to discuss it with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 23:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Response to 'My Flower'====

First response is written ^^

Have fun!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 15:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

====Update on my page====
Hello everybody. 
There is new content on my project page. 
It's about my ideas of improving my project. 
The link is below: 
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]

Please visit and leave comment! 
Thanks!

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 12:02, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Pass the impossimpleble :)====
Oh my! Are they already this far in development?

I found a pretty amazing TV documentation-series,
(if you can call like that...because its more a idealistic utopia),
of the berlin TVchannel Phoenix.
It is about the possibilities which may occur while living in future with new technologies. It think it would be very interessting for some of you.

To my shame it is only in german at the moment,
but under the link you can find some informations to the technolgies and the scientists.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoVS_HvgFfw&feature=PlayList&p=C62483CC011D4E91&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=18] Here comes part 1 of 3

First Episode - Living in the future - Humans

--> houses and also clothes will be connected to the internet to control our
health und living status every single moment
electronic fibre by Dr. Prof. Sundaresan Jayaraman
(Georgie Institute of Technology)
--> cars will fly in the air with a satelite electronical guide system
to provied us from traffic jams and accidents
flying car by Dr. Paul Moller (Moller International)
--> stemcells can be used to create new organs
tissue engineering by Dr. Stefan Jockenhövel
(Helmholz-Institute for biomedical technique)
--> 3D genomic printer to create organs layer by layer
by Dr. Prof. Thomas Boland (Clemson University)
--> food wont make us fat anymore because of genetic engineered proteins
by Dr. Prof. Med. Rob Hammer (Wageningen Centre of Food Science)
--> cure paraplegia or other neural-muscular deseases
with electronic sensor body-implants you can control with your thoughts
sensors by Prof. Dr. John Donoghue (Brown University)
--> computer surgery sytems controlled by doctors for precise working
and without viral infections
by Dr. Oliver Burgert (innovation-centre for computer-assisted surgery)

But all that glitters is not gold? Or?

Here also a small outlook what may happend with our health system in future.
Also german *yeah I know I know thats stupid*.

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3961048]
It is called: 'Leichen im Keller' or like the englisch proverb 'scelletons in the (closet) cellar'

I think it is rather nice^^

I look foward to have some smalltalk about the chances and risks of synbio with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 18:29, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Its done====
How does it feel to have created artificial life, Dr Venter?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dr-craig-venter-so-doctor-how-does-it-feel-to-have-created-artificial-life-1978873.html

http://www.culturalfarming.com/Resources/civic_media/PostHuman.mov

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 07:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Craig Venter and his team have built the genome of a bacterium from scratch and incorporated it into a cell to make what they call the world's first synthetic life form

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-form article]@Guardian.co.uk. Watch the video.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Links to my project====
Hello everbody!
I'm Yu Xiaorui
I add a link to my Project.
You can Find it in the main page of Synthetic Biology Wiki
Or Click here:
* '''[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]''' I put my review about the presentation I made today on. 

'''Please go and leave comment or suggestion!
That's very important to me!'''
 BTW, thank the comment left by Dominic,very helpful! 

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 17:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Although one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATTACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATTACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal. But not only diseases lead to different gene expression: When you eat and drink, when you jump into cold water and in other situations gene expression might be altered.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic (pocket?) sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-06-09T23:03:15Z

Dniopek: /* Game and iGEM Project 2008 */

==== Game and iGEM Project 2008 ====
 
Just a first, brief comment on the idea of making a kind of computer game, but with genetically modified bacteria. As some of you might already know, the iGEM project of our team in 2008 was about creating an artificial preditor-prey system by genetically modifying bacteria. We wanted therefore to create bacteria that would: 

a) swim towards a target bacteria 
b) kill that target bacteria when it would reach it 

The second part (killing) worked really good, but the first part (swimming towards a certain target) didn't work out so good.
But anyway, there are interesting implications in both parts I want to comment on.
 
'''''a) making bacteria swim in a certain direction'''''
It is pretty well known in literature, that bacteria have certain so-called chemotaxis receptors [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Sensing] on their surface. These receptors are, in nature, used for recognizing attractand molecules (nutrition, i.e. sugar) or repellents (i.e. toxic molecules).
It is possible to influence (I would not say control, but at least strongly influence) the direction in that bacterial colonies on an agar plate swim by putting repellent and attractand molecules at different points on the plate. To give you one example: If I would put aspartate in the middle of an agar plate with E. coli colonies on it, the E. coli would move in direction of the aspartate. Their are different E. coli strains, that do contain different or even no receptors. Find a comparisn of swimming and not-swimming bacteria [http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/images/f/f3/SwarmingPic.jpg here].
In general that could be interesting if you wanted to make bacteria swim toward each other. To give you an impression on what swimming bacteria on a plate would look like, find some examples I took from my bachelor thesis [[media:Bacheloararbeit_Dominik_Niopek_druck.pdf]]

====Go with the flow====
[[File:Flow-game-screenshot-4.jpg]]

I found a very interessting game over the internet.
It's a MFA thesis project from 'thatgamecompany'
and called 'flow'.

The game is about a small organism flowing through a watery atmosphere while consuming other small organisms.
Through consuming you as a player can evolve the abilities and appearance of your organism.

[http://thatgamecompany.com/about/ 'Thatgamecompany'] is a small colloboration
of game designers which working only with experimental games like 'flow'.

Everything is mostly about gaining new experiences and inspiring their players
via special sound and atmosphere....and without words!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 22:14, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Horror Movie about a Human-Animal Synbio Hybrid====

There is a movie playing in cinemas in germany at the moment about a synthetically created human-animal monster.

It is rather silly and acutally the name "Splice" is scientifically completely incorrect, but if you like to check it out, I'm sure it's worth a laugh (now that you know more about genetics than the average person)

Here's a wiki link [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_%28film%29]

Enjoy!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

====BioArts in Austrian Magazine====

An Austrian magazine for genome research, "Genosphären", is running an issue on BioArts and Synthetic Biology this month [http://www.gen-au.at/artikel.jsp?id=932&base=vermitteln&lang=de]. Since you probably won't get your hands on it, here is a round-up of artists that I could not find on your link-list yet. I am sorry if this is somehow redundant in case I missed blog entries, I tried to search through all of them.

- Jun Takita [http://juntakita.com/eng/home.html] created a model of his brain and planted transgenic moss on it. This moss can glow in the dark due to the Luciferase-Gene. This resembles the complex signals that occur in the brain.

- Gary Schneider, who takes genetic portraits of people (which is admittedly not the most original thing to do) [http://garyschneider.net/Portfolio.cfm?nK=7856]

- Adam Brandejs, who presented his sci-fi product, "Genpets", on a website disguised as a normal webshop and raised some outrage with his anti-allergic perfect pet. [http://www.genpets.com]

- Karsten Panzer, who created a colour-coding for the visiual sensation of genetic information [http://www.perzan.de]

I hope this gives some inspiration!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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====Zeit Artikel====
Synthetische Biologie -Leben 2.0 
Was passiert, wenn es der Bio-Industrie gelingt, den menschlichen Körper neu zu programmieren
* http://www.zeit.de/2010/23/Schoepfungsphantasien
--[[User:Max|max]] 18:00, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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====The Procreative Dinner====
An ephemeral work between art, science and gastronomy. Happening by Prune. Nice way of bringing people in touch with the topic...and another example of a collabortation of art and science.
* http://www.prune-art.com/blog/en/index.php?menu_id=1

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 14:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Six part Series "Synthetische Biologie" on D-Radio====
[http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/forschak/1077533/ Schwerpunkt Synthetische Biologie] 

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====More Photos====

I have uploaded some photos which I took during the retreat. Enjoy [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|it]].! 

--[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 00:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)Lu Jiayuan
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====Back from the retreat====

The firs images of our lab experiences in Hedeilberg and our fruitful retreat to Asselheim can be found [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|here]]. Please feel free to add more pictures!
--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Richard Jones' comment on Craig Venters successful insertion of a synthetic genome into a bacteria====

"One might almost suspect that there is a symbiosis going on here, between those scientists anxious to maximise the significance of their work, and bioethicists in search of an issue to raise their own profile. After all, if a piece of science is worth worrying about, it must be important. It’s not that I don’t think that these developments have potentially important societal and ethical implications – but it seems to me that these would be better considered from a standpoint that was a little more critical." Richard Jones on his [http://www.softmachines.org/wordpress/ Blog].

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

====First human 'infected with computer virus'====
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10158517.stm Article] on BBC News
 --[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 15:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
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====A New Plant====
Hello! Everyone!

I have built my project page... 
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/a new plant| a new plant]] 
Welcome to do something! --[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 16:51, 24 May 2010 (UTC) 
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====To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life – the most pretentious bacterium ever====

''I'd create an animal that excretes meat, just to give vegetarians pause for thought. Ethically, what's the problem with eating a sausage, if it's been harmlessly pooed out by an animal? To sweeten the pill yet further, what if you put pleasure receptors in the animal's colon, so it actively enjoys the sausage-creation process – enjoys it to such a degree that it chases you down the street, yelping in orgasmic delight and producing a string of pan-ready chipolatas? If you think that's disgusting, I'd just like to point out that it's far less revolting than killing a pig with a bolt gun then mashing it up into sausagemeat.'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/24/charlie-brooker-artificial-life-here Charlie Brooker: So, artificial life is here, courtesy of Craig Venter. Time to remix humankind…]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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====Some more links on synthetic life====
[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18942-immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell.html Newscienist: Immaculate creation: birth of the first synthetic cell]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/science/21cell.html?ref=science NYTimes: Researchers Say They Created a ‘Synthetic Cell’]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:17, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
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===='''Kokoromo : My project is online====

So I also put up my project...
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/ko_ko_ro_mo| ko_ko_ro_mo]]

Please don't be shy and have a look.

I really look forward to discuss it with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 23:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Response to 'My Flower'====

First response is written ^^

Have fun!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 15:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

====Update on my page====
Hello everybody. 
There is new content on my project page. 
It's about my ideas of improving my project. 
The link is below: 
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]

Please visit and leave comment! 
Thanks!

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 12:02, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Pass the impossimpleble :)====
Oh my! Are they already this far in development?

I found a pretty amazing TV documentation-series,
(if you can call like that...because its more a idealistic utopia),
of the berlin TVchannel Phoenix.
It is about the possibilities which may occur while living in future with new technologies. It think it would be very interessting for some of you.

To my shame it is only in german at the moment,
but under the link you can find some informations to the technolgies and the scientists.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoVS_HvgFfw&feature=PlayList&p=C62483CC011D4E91&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=18] Here comes part 1 of 3

First Episode - Living in the future - Humans

--> houses and also clothes will be connected to the internet to control our
health und living status every single moment
electronic fibre by Dr. Prof. Sundaresan Jayaraman
(Georgie Institute of Technology)
--> cars will fly in the air with a satelite electronical guide system
to provied us from traffic jams and accidents
flying car by Dr. Paul Moller (Moller International)
--> stemcells can be used to create new organs
tissue engineering by Dr. Stefan Jockenhövel
(Helmholz-Institute for biomedical technique)
--> 3D genomic printer to create organs layer by layer
by Dr. Prof. Thomas Boland (Clemson University)
--> food wont make us fat anymore because of genetic engineered proteins
by Dr. Prof. Med. Rob Hammer (Wageningen Centre of Food Science)
--> cure paraplegia or other neural-muscular deseases
with electronic sensor body-implants you can control with your thoughts
sensors by Prof. Dr. John Donoghue (Brown University)
--> computer surgery sytems controlled by doctors for precise working
and without viral infections
by Dr. Oliver Burgert (innovation-centre for computer-assisted surgery)

But all that glitters is not gold? Or?

Here also a small outlook what may happend with our health system in future.
Also german *yeah I know I know thats stupid*.

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3961048]
It is called: 'Leichen im Keller' or like the englisch proverb 'scelletons in the (closet) cellar'

I think it is rather nice^^

I look foward to have some smalltalk about the chances and risks of synbio with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 18:29, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Its done====
How does it feel to have created artificial life, Dr Venter?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dr-craig-venter-so-doctor-how-does-it-feel-to-have-created-artificial-life-1978873.html

http://www.culturalfarming.com/Resources/civic_media/PostHuman.mov

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 07:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Craig Venter and his team have built the genome of a bacterium from scratch and incorporated it into a cell to make what they call the world's first synthetic life form

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-form article]@Guardian.co.uk. Watch the video.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Links to my project====
Hello everbody!
I'm Yu Xiaorui
I add a link to my Project.
You can Find it in the main page of Synthetic Biology Wiki
Or Click here:
* '''[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]''' I put my review about the presentation I made today on. 

'''Please go and leave comment or suggestion!
That's very important to me!'''
 BTW, thank the comment left by Dominic,very helpful! 

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 17:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Although one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATTACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATTACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal. But not only diseases lead to different gene expression: When you eat and drink, when you jump into cold water and in other situations gene expression might be altered.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic (pocket?) sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-06-09T23:02:52Z

Dniopek: /* Game and iGEM Project 2008 */

==== Game and iGEM Project 2008 ====
 
Just a first, brief comment on the idea of making a kind of computer game, but with genetically modified bacteria. As some of you might already know, the iGEM project of our team in 2008 was about creating an artificial preditor-prey system by genetically modifying bacteria. We wanted therefore to create bacteria that would: 

a) swim towards a target bacteria 
b) kill that target bacteria when it would reach it 

The second part (killing) worked really good, but the first part (swimming towards a certain target) didn't work out so good.
But anyway, there are interesting implications in both parts I want to comment on.
 
'''''a) making bacteria swim in a certain direction'''''
It is pretty well known in literature, that bacteria have certain so-called chemotaxis receptors [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Sensing] on their surface. These receptors are, in nature, used for recognizing attractand molecules (nutrition, i.e. sugar) or repellents (i.e. toxic molecules).
It is possible to influence (I would not say control, but at least strongly influence) the direction in that bacterial colonies on an agar plate swim by putting repellent and attractand molecules at different points on the plate. To give you one example: If I would put aspartate in the middle of an agar plate with E. coli colonies on it, the E. coli would move in direction of the aspartate. Their are different E. coli strains, that do contain different or even no receptors. Find a comparisn of swimming and not-swimming bacteria [http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/images/f/f3/SwarmingPic.jpg here].
In general that could be interesting if you wanted to make bacteria swim toward each other. To give you an impression on what swimming bacteria on a plate would look like, find some examples I took from my bachelor thesis [[media:Bacheloararbeit_Dominik_Niopek_druck.pdf here]]

====Go with the flow====
[[File:Flow-game-screenshot-4.jpg]]

I found a very interessting game over the internet.
It's a MFA thesis project from 'thatgamecompany'
and called 'flow'.

The game is about a small organism flowing through a watery atmosphere while consuming other small organisms.
Through consuming you as a player can evolve the abilities and appearance of your organism.

[http://thatgamecompany.com/about/ 'Thatgamecompany'] is a small colloboration
of game designers which working only with experimental games like 'flow'.

Everything is mostly about gaining new experiences and inspiring their players
via special sound and atmosphere....and without words!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 22:14, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Horror Movie about a Human-Animal Synbio Hybrid====

There is a movie playing in cinemas in germany at the moment about a synthetically created human-animal monster.

It is rather silly and acutally the name "Splice" is scientifically completely incorrect, but if you like to check it out, I'm sure it's worth a laugh (now that you know more about genetics than the average person)

Here's a wiki link [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_%28film%29]

Enjoy!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

====BioArts in Austrian Magazine====

An Austrian magazine for genome research, "Genosphären", is running an issue on BioArts and Synthetic Biology this month [http://www.gen-au.at/artikel.jsp?id=932&base=vermitteln&lang=de]. Since you probably won't get your hands on it, here is a round-up of artists that I could not find on your link-list yet. I am sorry if this is somehow redundant in case I missed blog entries, I tried to search through all of them.

- Jun Takita [http://juntakita.com/eng/home.html] created a model of his brain and planted transgenic moss on it. This moss can glow in the dark due to the Luciferase-Gene. This resembles the complex signals that occur in the brain.

- Gary Schneider, who takes genetic portraits of people (which is admittedly not the most original thing to do) [http://garyschneider.net/Portfolio.cfm?nK=7856]

- Adam Brandejs, who presented his sci-fi product, "Genpets", on a website disguised as a normal webshop and raised some outrage with his anti-allergic perfect pet. [http://www.genpets.com]

- Karsten Panzer, who created a colour-coding for the visiual sensation of genetic information [http://www.perzan.de]

I hope this gives some inspiration!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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====Zeit Artikel====
Synthetische Biologie -Leben 2.0 
Was passiert, wenn es der Bio-Industrie gelingt, den menschlichen Körper neu zu programmieren
* http://www.zeit.de/2010/23/Schoepfungsphantasien
--[[User:Max|max]] 18:00, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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====The Procreative Dinner====
An ephemeral work between art, science and gastronomy. Happening by Prune. Nice way of bringing people in touch with the topic...and another example of a collabortation of art and science.
* http://www.prune-art.com/blog/en/index.php?menu_id=1

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 14:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Six part Series "Synthetische Biologie" on D-Radio====
[http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/forschak/1077533/ Schwerpunkt Synthetische Biologie] 

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====More Photos====

I have uploaded some photos which I took during the retreat. Enjoy [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|it]].! 

--[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 00:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)Lu Jiayuan
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====Back from the retreat====

The firs images of our lab experiences in Hedeilberg and our fruitful retreat to Asselheim can be found [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|here]]. Please feel free to add more pictures!
--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Richard Jones' comment on Craig Venters successful insertion of a synthetic genome into a bacteria====

"One might almost suspect that there is a symbiosis going on here, between those scientists anxious to maximise the significance of their work, and bioethicists in search of an issue to raise their own profile. After all, if a piece of science is worth worrying about, it must be important. It’s not that I don’t think that these developments have potentially important societal and ethical implications – but it seems to me that these would be better considered from a standpoint that was a little more critical." Richard Jones on his [http://www.softmachines.org/wordpress/ Blog].

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

====First human 'infected with computer virus'====
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10158517.stm Article] on BBC News
 --[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 15:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
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====A New Plant====
Hello! Everyone!

I have built my project page... 
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/a new plant| a new plant]] 
Welcome to do something! --[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 16:51, 24 May 2010 (UTC) 
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====To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life – the most pretentious bacterium ever====

''I'd create an animal that excretes meat, just to give vegetarians pause for thought. Ethically, what's the problem with eating a sausage, if it's been harmlessly pooed out by an animal? To sweeten the pill yet further, what if you put pleasure receptors in the animal's colon, so it actively enjoys the sausage-creation process – enjoys it to such a degree that it chases you down the street, yelping in orgasmic delight and producing a string of pan-ready chipolatas? If you think that's disgusting, I'd just like to point out that it's far less revolting than killing a pig with a bolt gun then mashing it up into sausagemeat.'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/24/charlie-brooker-artificial-life-here Charlie Brooker: So, artificial life is here, courtesy of Craig Venter. Time to remix humankind…]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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====Some more links on synthetic life====
[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18942-immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell.html Newscienist: Immaculate creation: birth of the first synthetic cell]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/science/21cell.html?ref=science NYTimes: Researchers Say They Created a ‘Synthetic Cell’]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:17, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
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===='''Kokoromo : My project is online====

So I also put up my project...
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/ko_ko_ro_mo| ko_ko_ro_mo]]

Please don't be shy and have a look.

I really look forward to discuss it with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 23:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Response to 'My Flower'====

First response is written ^^

Have fun!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 15:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

====Update on my page====
Hello everybody. 
There is new content on my project page. 
It's about my ideas of improving my project. 
The link is below: 
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]

Please visit and leave comment! 
Thanks!

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 12:02, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Pass the impossimpleble :)====
Oh my! Are they already this far in development?

I found a pretty amazing TV documentation-series,
(if you can call like that...because its more a idealistic utopia),
of the berlin TVchannel Phoenix.
It is about the possibilities which may occur while living in future with new technologies. It think it would be very interessting for some of you.

To my shame it is only in german at the moment,
but under the link you can find some informations to the technolgies and the scientists.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoVS_HvgFfw&feature=PlayList&p=C62483CC011D4E91&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=18] Here comes part 1 of 3

First Episode - Living in the future - Humans

--> houses and also clothes will be connected to the internet to control our
health und living status every single moment
electronic fibre by Dr. Prof. Sundaresan Jayaraman
(Georgie Institute of Technology)
--> cars will fly in the air with a satelite electronical guide system
to provied us from traffic jams and accidents
flying car by Dr. Paul Moller (Moller International)
--> stemcells can be used to create new organs
tissue engineering by Dr. Stefan Jockenhövel
(Helmholz-Institute for biomedical technique)
--> 3D genomic printer to create organs layer by layer
by Dr. Prof. Thomas Boland (Clemson University)
--> food wont make us fat anymore because of genetic engineered proteins
by Dr. Prof. Med. Rob Hammer (Wageningen Centre of Food Science)
--> cure paraplegia or other neural-muscular deseases
with electronic sensor body-implants you can control with your thoughts
sensors by Prof. Dr. John Donoghue (Brown University)
--> computer surgery sytems controlled by doctors for precise working
and without viral infections
by Dr. Oliver Burgert (innovation-centre for computer-assisted surgery)

But all that glitters is not gold? Or?

Here also a small outlook what may happend with our health system in future.
Also german *yeah I know I know thats stupid*.

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3961048]
It is called: 'Leichen im Keller' or like the englisch proverb 'scelletons in the (closet) cellar'

I think it is rather nice^^

I look foward to have some smalltalk about the chances and risks of synbio with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 18:29, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Its done====
How does it feel to have created artificial life, Dr Venter?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dr-craig-venter-so-doctor-how-does-it-feel-to-have-created-artificial-life-1978873.html

http://www.culturalfarming.com/Resources/civic_media/PostHuman.mov

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 07:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Craig Venter and his team have built the genome of a bacterium from scratch and incorporated it into a cell to make what they call the world's first synthetic life form

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-form article]@Guardian.co.uk. Watch the video.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Links to my project====
Hello everbody!
I'm Yu Xiaorui
I add a link to my Project.
You can Find it in the main page of Synthetic Biology Wiki
Or Click here:
* '''[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]''' I put my review about the presentation I made today on. 

'''Please go and leave comment or suggestion!
That's very important to me!'''
 BTW, thank the comment left by Dominic,very helpful! 

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 17:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Although one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATTACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATTACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal. But not only diseases lead to different gene expression: When you eat and drink, when you jump into cold water and in other situations gene expression might be altered.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic (pocket?) sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-06-09T23:02:26Z

Dniopek: /* Game and iGEM Project 2008 */

==== Game and iGEM Project 2008 ====
 
Just a first, brief comment on the idea of making a kind of computer game, but with genetically modified bacteria. As some of you might already know, the iGEM project of our team in 2008 was about creating an artificial preditor-prey system by genetically modifying bacteria. We wanted therefore to create bacteria that would: 

a) swim towards a target bacteria 
b) kill that target bacteria when it would reach it 

The second part (killing) worked really good, but the first part (swimming towards a certain target) didn't work out so good.
But anyway, there are interesting implications in both parts I want to comment on.
 
'''''a) making bacteria swim in a certain direction'''''
It is pretty well known in literature, that bacteria have certain so-called chemotaxis receptors [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Sensing] on their surface. These receptors are, in nature, used for recognizing attractand molecules (nutrition, i.e. sugar) or repellents (i.e. toxic molecules).
It is possible to influence (I would not say control, but at least strongly influence) the direction in that bacterial colonies on an agar plate swim by putting repellent and attractand molecules at different points on the plate. To give you one example: If I would put aspartate in the middle of an agar plate with E. coli colonies on it, the E. coli would move in direction of the aspartate. Their are different E. coli strains, that do contain different or even no receptors. Find a comparisn of swimming and not-swimming bacteria [http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/images/f/f3/SwarmingPic.jpg here].
In general that could be interesting if you wanted to make bacteria swim toward each other. To give you an impression on what swimming bacteria on a plate would look like, find some examples I took from my bachelor thesis here[[Bacheloararbeit_Dominik_Niopek_druck.pdf]]

====Go with the flow====
[[File:Flow-game-screenshot-4.jpg]]

I found a very interessting game over the internet.
It's a MFA thesis project from 'thatgamecompany'
and called 'flow'.

The game is about a small organism flowing through a watery atmosphere while consuming other small organisms.
Through consuming you as a player can evolve the abilities and appearance of your organism.

[http://thatgamecompany.com/about/ 'Thatgamecompany'] is a small colloboration
of game designers which working only with experimental games like 'flow'.

Everything is mostly about gaining new experiences and inspiring their players
via special sound and atmosphere....and without words!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 22:14, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Horror Movie about a Human-Animal Synbio Hybrid====

There is a movie playing in cinemas in germany at the moment about a synthetically created human-animal monster.

It is rather silly and acutally the name "Splice" is scientifically completely incorrect, but if you like to check it out, I'm sure it's worth a laugh (now that you know more about genetics than the average person)

Here's a wiki link [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_%28film%29]

Enjoy!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

====BioArts in Austrian Magazine====

An Austrian magazine for genome research, "Genosphären", is running an issue on BioArts and Synthetic Biology this month [http://www.gen-au.at/artikel.jsp?id=932&base=vermitteln&lang=de]. Since you probably won't get your hands on it, here is a round-up of artists that I could not find on your link-list yet. I am sorry if this is somehow redundant in case I missed blog entries, I tried to search through all of them.

- Jun Takita [http://juntakita.com/eng/home.html] created a model of his brain and planted transgenic moss on it. This moss can glow in the dark due to the Luciferase-Gene. This resembles the complex signals that occur in the brain.

- Gary Schneider, who takes genetic portraits of people (which is admittedly not the most original thing to do) [http://garyschneider.net/Portfolio.cfm?nK=7856]

- Adam Brandejs, who presented his sci-fi product, "Genpets", on a website disguised as a normal webshop and raised some outrage with his anti-allergic perfect pet. [http://www.genpets.com]

- Karsten Panzer, who created a colour-coding for the visiual sensation of genetic information [http://www.perzan.de]

I hope this gives some inspiration!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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====Zeit Artikel====
Synthetische Biologie -Leben 2.0 
Was passiert, wenn es der Bio-Industrie gelingt, den menschlichen Körper neu zu programmieren
* http://www.zeit.de/2010/23/Schoepfungsphantasien
--[[User:Max|max]] 18:00, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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====The Procreative Dinner====
An ephemeral work between art, science and gastronomy. Happening by Prune. Nice way of bringing people in touch with the topic...and another example of a collabortation of art and science.
* http://www.prune-art.com/blog/en/index.php?menu_id=1

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 14:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Six part Series "Synthetische Biologie" on D-Radio====
[http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/forschak/1077533/ Schwerpunkt Synthetische Biologie] 

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====More Photos====

I have uploaded some photos which I took during the retreat. Enjoy [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|it]].! 

--[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 00:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)Lu Jiayuan
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====Back from the retreat====

The firs images of our lab experiences in Hedeilberg and our fruitful retreat to Asselheim can be found [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|here]]. Please feel free to add more pictures!
--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Richard Jones' comment on Craig Venters successful insertion of a synthetic genome into a bacteria====

"One might almost suspect that there is a symbiosis going on here, between those scientists anxious to maximise the significance of their work, and bioethicists in search of an issue to raise their own profile. After all, if a piece of science is worth worrying about, it must be important. It’s not that I don’t think that these developments have potentially important societal and ethical implications – but it seems to me that these would be better considered from a standpoint that was a little more critical." Richard Jones on his [http://www.softmachines.org/wordpress/ Blog].

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

====First human 'infected with computer virus'====
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10158517.stm Article] on BBC News
 --[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 15:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
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====A New Plant====
Hello! Everyone!

I have built my project page... 
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/a new plant| a new plant]] 
Welcome to do something! --[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 16:51, 24 May 2010 (UTC) 
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====To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life – the most pretentious bacterium ever====

''I'd create an animal that excretes meat, just to give vegetarians pause for thought. Ethically, what's the problem with eating a sausage, if it's been harmlessly pooed out by an animal? To sweeten the pill yet further, what if you put pleasure receptors in the animal's colon, so it actively enjoys the sausage-creation process – enjoys it to such a degree that it chases you down the street, yelping in orgasmic delight and producing a string of pan-ready chipolatas? If you think that's disgusting, I'd just like to point out that it's far less revolting than killing a pig with a bolt gun then mashing it up into sausagemeat.'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/24/charlie-brooker-artificial-life-here Charlie Brooker: So, artificial life is here, courtesy of Craig Venter. Time to remix humankind…]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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====Some more links on synthetic life====
[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18942-immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell.html Newscienist: Immaculate creation: birth of the first synthetic cell]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/science/21cell.html?ref=science NYTimes: Researchers Say They Created a ‘Synthetic Cell’]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:17, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
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===='''Kokoromo : My project is online====

So I also put up my project...
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/ko_ko_ro_mo| ko_ko_ro_mo]]

Please don't be shy and have a look.

I really look forward to discuss it with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 23:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Response to 'My Flower'====

First response is written ^^

Have fun!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 15:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

====Update on my page====
Hello everybody. 
There is new content on my project page. 
It's about my ideas of improving my project. 
The link is below: 
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]

Please visit and leave comment! 
Thanks!

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 12:02, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Pass the impossimpleble :)====
Oh my! Are they already this far in development?

I found a pretty amazing TV documentation-series,
(if you can call like that...because its more a idealistic utopia),
of the berlin TVchannel Phoenix.
It is about the possibilities which may occur while living in future with new technologies. It think it would be very interessting for some of you.

To my shame it is only in german at the moment,
but under the link you can find some informations to the technolgies and the scientists.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoVS_HvgFfw&feature=PlayList&p=C62483CC011D4E91&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=18] Here comes part 1 of 3

First Episode - Living in the future - Humans

--> houses and also clothes will be connected to the internet to control our
health und living status every single moment
electronic fibre by Dr. Prof. Sundaresan Jayaraman
(Georgie Institute of Technology)
--> cars will fly in the air with a satelite electronical guide system
to provied us from traffic jams and accidents
flying car by Dr. Paul Moller (Moller International)
--> stemcells can be used to create new organs
tissue engineering by Dr. Stefan Jockenhövel
(Helmholz-Institute for biomedical technique)
--> 3D genomic printer to create organs layer by layer
by Dr. Prof. Thomas Boland (Clemson University)
--> food wont make us fat anymore because of genetic engineered proteins
by Dr. Prof. Med. Rob Hammer (Wageningen Centre of Food Science)
--> cure paraplegia or other neural-muscular deseases
with electronic sensor body-implants you can control with your thoughts
sensors by Prof. Dr. John Donoghue (Brown University)
--> computer surgery sytems controlled by doctors for precise working
and without viral infections
by Dr. Oliver Burgert (innovation-centre for computer-assisted surgery)

But all that glitters is not gold? Or?

Here also a small outlook what may happend with our health system in future.
Also german *yeah I know I know thats stupid*.

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3961048]
It is called: 'Leichen im Keller' or like the englisch proverb 'scelletons in the (closet) cellar'

I think it is rather nice^^

I look foward to have some smalltalk about the chances and risks of synbio with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 18:29, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Its done====
How does it feel to have created artificial life, Dr Venter?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dr-craig-venter-so-doctor-how-does-it-feel-to-have-created-artificial-life-1978873.html

http://www.culturalfarming.com/Resources/civic_media/PostHuman.mov

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 07:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Craig Venter and his team have built the genome of a bacterium from scratch and incorporated it into a cell to make what they call the world's first synthetic life form

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-form article]@Guardian.co.uk. Watch the video.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Links to my project====
Hello everbody!
I'm Yu Xiaorui
I add a link to my Project.
You can Find it in the main page of Synthetic Biology Wiki
Or Click here:
* '''[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]''' I put my review about the presentation I made today on. 

'''Please go and leave comment or suggestion!
That's very important to me!'''
 BTW, thank the comment left by Dominic,very helpful! 

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 17:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Although one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATTACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATTACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal. But not only diseases lead to different gene expression: When you eat and drink, when you jump into cold water and in other situations gene expression might be altered.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic (pocket?) sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-06-09T23:01:54Z

Dniopek: /* Game and iGEM Project 2008 */

==== Game and iGEM Project 2008 ====
 
Just a first, brief comment on the idea of making a kind of computer game, but with genetically modified bacteria. As some of you might already know, the iGEM project of our team in 2008 was about creating an artificial preditor-prey system by genetically modifying bacteria. We wanted therefore to create bacteria that would: 

a) swim towards a target bacteria 
b) kill that target bacteria when it would reach it 

The second part (killing) worked really good, but the first part (swimming towards a certain target) didn't work out so good.
But anyway, there are interesting implications in both parts I want to comment on.
 
'''''a) making bacteria swim in a certain direction'''''
It is pretty well known in literature, that bacteria have certain so-called chemotaxis receptors [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Sensing] on their surface. These receptors are, in nature, used for recognizing attractand molecules (nutrition, i.e. sugar) or repellents (i.e. toxic molecules).
It is possible to influence (I would not say control, but at least strongly influence) the direction in that bacterial colonies on an agar plate swim by putting repellent and attractand molecules at different points on the plate. To give you one example: If I would put aspartate in the middle of an agar plate with E. coli colonies on it, the E. coli would move in direction of the aspartate. Their are different E. coli strains, that do contain different or even no receptors. Find a comparisn of swimming and not-swimming bacteria [http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/images/f/f3/SwarmingPic.jpg here].
In general that could be interesting if you wanted to make bacteria swim toward each other. To give you an impression on what swimming bacteria on a plate would look like, find some examples I took from my bachelor thesis [[Bacheloararbeit_Dominik_Niopek_druck.pdf here]]

====Go with the flow====
[[File:Flow-game-screenshot-4.jpg]]

I found a very interessting game over the internet.
It's a MFA thesis project from 'thatgamecompany'
and called 'flow'.

The game is about a small organism flowing through a watery atmosphere while consuming other small organisms.
Through consuming you as a player can evolve the abilities and appearance of your organism.

[http://thatgamecompany.com/about/ 'Thatgamecompany'] is a small colloboration
of game designers which working only with experimental games like 'flow'.

Everything is mostly about gaining new experiences and inspiring their players
via special sound and atmosphere....and without words!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 22:14, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Horror Movie about a Human-Animal Synbio Hybrid====

There is a movie playing in cinemas in germany at the moment about a synthetically created human-animal monster.

It is rather silly and acutally the name "Splice" is scientifically completely incorrect, but if you like to check it out, I'm sure it's worth a laugh (now that you know more about genetics than the average person)

Here's a wiki link [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_%28film%29]

Enjoy!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

====BioArts in Austrian Magazine====

An Austrian magazine for genome research, "Genosphären", is running an issue on BioArts and Synthetic Biology this month [http://www.gen-au.at/artikel.jsp?id=932&base=vermitteln&lang=de]. Since you probably won't get your hands on it, here is a round-up of artists that I could not find on your link-list yet. I am sorry if this is somehow redundant in case I missed blog entries, I tried to search through all of them.

- Jun Takita [http://juntakita.com/eng/home.html] created a model of his brain and planted transgenic moss on it. This moss can glow in the dark due to the Luciferase-Gene. This resembles the complex signals that occur in the brain.

- Gary Schneider, who takes genetic portraits of people (which is admittedly not the most original thing to do) [http://garyschneider.net/Portfolio.cfm?nK=7856]

- Adam Brandejs, who presented his sci-fi product, "Genpets", on a website disguised as a normal webshop and raised some outrage with his anti-allergic perfect pet. [http://www.genpets.com]

- Karsten Panzer, who created a colour-coding for the visiual sensation of genetic information [http://www.perzan.de]

I hope this gives some inspiration!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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====Zeit Artikel====
Synthetische Biologie -Leben 2.0 
Was passiert, wenn es der Bio-Industrie gelingt, den menschlichen Körper neu zu programmieren
* http://www.zeit.de/2010/23/Schoepfungsphantasien
--[[User:Max|max]] 18:00, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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====The Procreative Dinner====
An ephemeral work between art, science and gastronomy. Happening by Prune. Nice way of bringing people in touch with the topic...and another example of a collabortation of art and science.
* http://www.prune-art.com/blog/en/index.php?menu_id=1

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 14:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Six part Series "Synthetische Biologie" on D-Radio====
[http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/forschak/1077533/ Schwerpunkt Synthetische Biologie] 

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====More Photos====

I have uploaded some photos which I took during the retreat. Enjoy [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|it]].! 

--[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 00:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)Lu Jiayuan
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====Back from the retreat====

The firs images of our lab experiences in Hedeilberg and our fruitful retreat to Asselheim can be found [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|here]]. Please feel free to add more pictures!
--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Richard Jones' comment on Craig Venters successful insertion of a synthetic genome into a bacteria====

"One might almost suspect that there is a symbiosis going on here, between those scientists anxious to maximise the significance of their work, and bioethicists in search of an issue to raise their own profile. After all, if a piece of science is worth worrying about, it must be important. It’s not that I don’t think that these developments have potentially important societal and ethical implications – but it seems to me that these would be better considered from a standpoint that was a little more critical." Richard Jones on his [http://www.softmachines.org/wordpress/ Blog].

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

====First human 'infected with computer virus'====
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10158517.stm Article] on BBC News
 --[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 15:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
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====A New Plant====
Hello! Everyone!

I have built my project page... 
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/a new plant| a new plant]] 
Welcome to do something! --[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 16:51, 24 May 2010 (UTC) 
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====To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life – the most pretentious bacterium ever====

''I'd create an animal that excretes meat, just to give vegetarians pause for thought. Ethically, what's the problem with eating a sausage, if it's been harmlessly pooed out by an animal? To sweeten the pill yet further, what if you put pleasure receptors in the animal's colon, so it actively enjoys the sausage-creation process – enjoys it to such a degree that it chases you down the street, yelping in orgasmic delight and producing a string of pan-ready chipolatas? If you think that's disgusting, I'd just like to point out that it's far less revolting than killing a pig with a bolt gun then mashing it up into sausagemeat.'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/24/charlie-brooker-artificial-life-here Charlie Brooker: So, artificial life is here, courtesy of Craig Venter. Time to remix humankind…]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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====Some more links on synthetic life====
[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18942-immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell.html Newscienist: Immaculate creation: birth of the first synthetic cell]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/science/21cell.html?ref=science NYTimes: Researchers Say They Created a ‘Synthetic Cell’]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:17, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
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===='''Kokoromo : My project is online====

So I also put up my project...
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/ko_ko_ro_mo| ko_ko_ro_mo]]

Please don't be shy and have a look.

I really look forward to discuss it with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 23:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Response to 'My Flower'====

First response is written ^^

Have fun!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 15:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

====Update on my page====
Hello everybody. 
There is new content on my project page. 
It's about my ideas of improving my project. 
The link is below: 
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]

Please visit and leave comment! 
Thanks!

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 12:02, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Pass the impossimpleble :)====
Oh my! Are they already this far in development?

I found a pretty amazing TV documentation-series,
(if you can call like that...because its more a idealistic utopia),
of the berlin TVchannel Phoenix.
It is about the possibilities which may occur while living in future with new technologies. It think it would be very interessting for some of you.

To my shame it is only in german at the moment,
but under the link you can find some informations to the technolgies and the scientists.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoVS_HvgFfw&feature=PlayList&p=C62483CC011D4E91&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=18] Here comes part 1 of 3

First Episode - Living in the future - Humans

--> houses and also clothes will be connected to the internet to control our
health und living status every single moment
electronic fibre by Dr. Prof. Sundaresan Jayaraman
(Georgie Institute of Technology)
--> cars will fly in the air with a satelite electronical guide system
to provied us from traffic jams and accidents
flying car by Dr. Paul Moller (Moller International)
--> stemcells can be used to create new organs
tissue engineering by Dr. Stefan Jockenhövel
(Helmholz-Institute for biomedical technique)
--> 3D genomic printer to create organs layer by layer
by Dr. Prof. Thomas Boland (Clemson University)
--> food wont make us fat anymore because of genetic engineered proteins
by Dr. Prof. Med. Rob Hammer (Wageningen Centre of Food Science)
--> cure paraplegia or other neural-muscular deseases
with electronic sensor body-implants you can control with your thoughts
sensors by Prof. Dr. John Donoghue (Brown University)
--> computer surgery sytems controlled by doctors for precise working
and without viral infections
by Dr. Oliver Burgert (innovation-centre for computer-assisted surgery)

But all that glitters is not gold? Or?

Here also a small outlook what may happend with our health system in future.
Also german *yeah I know I know thats stupid*.

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3961048]
It is called: 'Leichen im Keller' or like the englisch proverb 'scelletons in the (closet) cellar'

I think it is rather nice^^

I look foward to have some smalltalk about the chances and risks of synbio with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 18:29, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Its done====
How does it feel to have created artificial life, Dr Venter?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dr-craig-venter-so-doctor-how-does-it-feel-to-have-created-artificial-life-1978873.html

http://www.culturalfarming.com/Resources/civic_media/PostHuman.mov

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 07:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Craig Venter and his team have built the genome of a bacterium from scratch and incorporated it into a cell to make what they call the world's first synthetic life form

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-form article]@Guardian.co.uk. Watch the video.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Links to my project====
Hello everbody!
I'm Yu Xiaorui
I add a link to my Project.
You can Find it in the main page of Synthetic Biology Wiki
Or Click here:
* '''[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]''' I put my review about the presentation I made today on. 

'''Please go and leave comment or suggestion!
That's very important to me!'''
 BTW, thank the comment left by Dominic,very helpful! 

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 17:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Although one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATTACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATTACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal. But not only diseases lead to different gene expression: When you eat and drink, when you jump into cold water and in other situations gene expression might be altered.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic (pocket?) sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-06-09T22:59:53Z

Dniopek: /* Game and iGEM Project 2008 */

==== Game and iGEM Project 2008 ====
 
Just a first, brief comment on the idea of making a kind of computer game, but with genetically modified bacteria. As some of you might already know, the iGEM project of our team in 2008 was about creating an artificial preditor-prey system by genetically modifying bacteria. We wanted therefore to create bacteria that would: 

a) swim towards a target bacteria 
b) kill that target bacteria when it would reach it 

The second part (killing) worked really good, but the first part (swimming towards a certain target) didn't work out so good.
But anyway, there are interesting implications in both parts I want to comment on.
 
'''''a) making bacteria swim in a certain direction'''''
It is pretty well known in literature, that bacteria have certain so-called chemotaxis receptors [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Sensing] on their surface. These receptors are, in nature, used for recognizing attractand molecules (nutrition, i.e. sugar) or repellents (i.e. toxic molecules).
It is possible to influence (I would not say control, but at least strongly influence) the direction in that bacterial colonies on an agar plate swim by putting repellent and attractand molecules at different points on the plate. To give you one example: If I would put aspartate in the middle of an agar plate with E. coli colonies on it, the E. coli would move in direction of the aspartate. Their are different E. coli strains, that do contain different or even no receptors. Find a comparisn of swimming and not-swimming bacteria [http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/images/f/f3/SwarmingPic.jpg here].
In general that could be interesting if you wanted to make bacteria swim toward each other. To give you an impression on what swimming bacteria on a plate would look like, find some examples I took from my bachelor thesis here [[media:Bacheloararbeit_Dominik_Niopek_druck.pdf]]

====Go with the flow====
[[File:Flow-game-screenshot-4.jpg]]

I found a very interessting game over the internet.
It's a MFA thesis project from 'thatgamecompany'
and called 'flow'.

The game is about a small organism flowing through a watery atmosphere while consuming other small organisms.
Through consuming you as a player can evolve the abilities and appearance of your organism.

[http://thatgamecompany.com/about/ 'Thatgamecompany'] is a small colloboration
of game designers which working only with experimental games like 'flow'.

Everything is mostly about gaining new experiences and inspiring their players
via special sound and atmosphere....and without words!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 22:14, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Horror Movie about a Human-Animal Synbio Hybrid====

There is a movie playing in cinemas in germany at the moment about a synthetically created human-animal monster.

It is rather silly and acutally the name "Splice" is scientifically completely incorrect, but if you like to check it out, I'm sure it's worth a laugh (now that you know more about genetics than the average person)

Here's a wiki link [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_%28film%29]

Enjoy!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

====BioArts in Austrian Magazine====

An Austrian magazine for genome research, "Genosphären", is running an issue on BioArts and Synthetic Biology this month [http://www.gen-au.at/artikel.jsp?id=932&base=vermitteln&lang=de]. Since you probably won't get your hands on it, here is a round-up of artists that I could not find on your link-list yet. I am sorry if this is somehow redundant in case I missed blog entries, I tried to search through all of them.

- Jun Takita [http://juntakita.com/eng/home.html] created a model of his brain and planted transgenic moss on it. This moss can glow in the dark due to the Luciferase-Gene. This resembles the complex signals that occur in the brain.

- Gary Schneider, who takes genetic portraits of people (which is admittedly not the most original thing to do) [http://garyschneider.net/Portfolio.cfm?nK=7856]

- Adam Brandejs, who presented his sci-fi product, "Genpets", on a website disguised as a normal webshop and raised some outrage with his anti-allergic perfect pet. [http://www.genpets.com]

- Karsten Panzer, who created a colour-coding for the visiual sensation of genetic information [http://www.perzan.de]

I hope this gives some inspiration!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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====Zeit Artikel====
Synthetische Biologie -Leben 2.0 
Was passiert, wenn es der Bio-Industrie gelingt, den menschlichen Körper neu zu programmieren
* http://www.zeit.de/2010/23/Schoepfungsphantasien
--[[User:Max|max]] 18:00, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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====The Procreative Dinner====
An ephemeral work between art, science and gastronomy. Happening by Prune. Nice way of bringing people in touch with the topic...and another example of a collabortation of art and science.
* http://www.prune-art.com/blog/en/index.php?menu_id=1

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 14:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Six part Series "Synthetische Biologie" on D-Radio====
[http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/forschak/1077533/ Schwerpunkt Synthetische Biologie] 

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====More Photos====

I have uploaded some photos which I took during the retreat. Enjoy [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|it]].! 

--[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 00:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)Lu Jiayuan
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====Back from the retreat====

The firs images of our lab experiences in Hedeilberg and our fruitful retreat to Asselheim can be found [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|here]]. Please feel free to add more pictures!
--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Richard Jones' comment on Craig Venters successful insertion of a synthetic genome into a bacteria====

"One might almost suspect that there is a symbiosis going on here, between those scientists anxious to maximise the significance of their work, and bioethicists in search of an issue to raise their own profile. After all, if a piece of science is worth worrying about, it must be important. It’s not that I don’t think that these developments have potentially important societal and ethical implications – but it seems to me that these would be better considered from a standpoint that was a little more critical." Richard Jones on his [http://www.softmachines.org/wordpress/ Blog].

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

====First human 'infected with computer virus'====
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10158517.stm Article] on BBC News
 --[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 15:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
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====A New Plant====
Hello! Everyone!

I have built my project page... 
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/a new plant| a new plant]] 
Welcome to do something! --[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 16:51, 24 May 2010 (UTC) 
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====To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life – the most pretentious bacterium ever====

''I'd create an animal that excretes meat, just to give vegetarians pause for thought. Ethically, what's the problem with eating a sausage, if it's been harmlessly pooed out by an animal? To sweeten the pill yet further, what if you put pleasure receptors in the animal's colon, so it actively enjoys the sausage-creation process – enjoys it to such a degree that it chases you down the street, yelping in orgasmic delight and producing a string of pan-ready chipolatas? If you think that's disgusting, I'd just like to point out that it's far less revolting than killing a pig with a bolt gun then mashing it up into sausagemeat.'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/24/charlie-brooker-artificial-life-here Charlie Brooker: So, artificial life is here, courtesy of Craig Venter. Time to remix humankind…]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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====Some more links on synthetic life====
[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18942-immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell.html Newscienist: Immaculate creation: birth of the first synthetic cell]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/science/21cell.html?ref=science NYTimes: Researchers Say They Created a ‘Synthetic Cell’]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:17, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
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===='''Kokoromo : My project is online====

So I also put up my project...
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/ko_ko_ro_mo| ko_ko_ro_mo]]

Please don't be shy and have a look.

I really look forward to discuss it with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 23:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Response to 'My Flower'====

First response is written ^^

Have fun!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 15:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

====Update on my page====
Hello everybody. 
There is new content on my project page. 
It's about my ideas of improving my project. 
The link is below: 
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]

Please visit and leave comment! 
Thanks!

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 12:02, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Pass the impossimpleble :)====
Oh my! Are they already this far in development?

I found a pretty amazing TV documentation-series,
(if you can call like that...because its more a idealistic utopia),
of the berlin TVchannel Phoenix.
It is about the possibilities which may occur while living in future with new technologies. It think it would be very interessting for some of you.

To my shame it is only in german at the moment,
but under the link you can find some informations to the technolgies and the scientists.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoVS_HvgFfw&feature=PlayList&p=C62483CC011D4E91&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=18] Here comes part 1 of 3

First Episode - Living in the future - Humans

--> houses and also clothes will be connected to the internet to control our
health und living status every single moment
electronic fibre by Dr. Prof. Sundaresan Jayaraman
(Georgie Institute of Technology)
--> cars will fly in the air with a satelite electronical guide system
to provied us from traffic jams and accidents
flying car by Dr. Paul Moller (Moller International)
--> stemcells can be used to create new organs
tissue engineering by Dr. Stefan Jockenhövel
(Helmholz-Institute for biomedical technique)
--> 3D genomic printer to create organs layer by layer
by Dr. Prof. Thomas Boland (Clemson University)
--> food wont make us fat anymore because of genetic engineered proteins
by Dr. Prof. Med. Rob Hammer (Wageningen Centre of Food Science)
--> cure paraplegia or other neural-muscular deseases
with electronic sensor body-implants you can control with your thoughts
sensors by Prof. Dr. John Donoghue (Brown University)
--> computer surgery sytems controlled by doctors for precise working
and without viral infections
by Dr. Oliver Burgert (innovation-centre for computer-assisted surgery)

But all that glitters is not gold? Or?

Here also a small outlook what may happend with our health system in future.
Also german *yeah I know I know thats stupid*.

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3961048]
It is called: 'Leichen im Keller' or like the englisch proverb 'scelletons in the (closet) cellar'

I think it is rather nice^^

I look foward to have some smalltalk about the chances and risks of synbio with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 18:29, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Its done====
How does it feel to have created artificial life, Dr Venter?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dr-craig-venter-so-doctor-how-does-it-feel-to-have-created-artificial-life-1978873.html

http://www.culturalfarming.com/Resources/civic_media/PostHuman.mov

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 07:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Craig Venter and his team have built the genome of a bacterium from scratch and incorporated it into a cell to make what they call the world's first synthetic life form

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-form article]@Guardian.co.uk. Watch the video.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Links to my project====
Hello everbody!
I'm Yu Xiaorui
I add a link to my Project.
You can Find it in the main page of Synthetic Biology Wiki
Or Click here:
* '''[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]''' I put my review about the presentation I made today on. 

'''Please go and leave comment or suggestion!
That's very important to me!'''
 BTW, thank the comment left by Dominic,very helpful! 

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 17:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Although one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATTACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATTACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal. But not only diseases lead to different gene expression: When you eat and drink, when you jump into cold water and in other situations gene expression might be altered.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic (pocket?) sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-06-09T22:55:33Z

Dniopek: /* Game and iGEM Project 2008 */

==== Game and iGEM Project 2008 ====
 
Just a first, brief comment on the idea of making a kind of computer game, but with genetically modified bacteria. As some of you might already know, the iGEM project of our team in 2008 was about creating an artificial preditor-prey system by genetically modifying bacteria. We wanted therefore to create bacteria that would: 

a) swim towards a target bacteria 
b) kill that target bacteria when it would reach it 

The second part (killing) worked really good, but the first part (swimming towards a certain target) didn't work out so good.
But anyway, there are interesting implications in both parts I want to comment on.
 
'''''a) making bacteria swim in a certain direction'''''
It is pretty well known in literature, that bacteria have certain so-called chemotaxis receptors [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Sensing] on their surface. These receptors are, in nature, used for recognizing attractand molecules (nutrition, i.e. sugar) or repellents (i.e. toxic molecules).
It is possible to influence (I would not say control, but at least strongly influence) the direction in that bacterial colonies on an agar plate swim by putting repellent and attractand molecules at different points on the plate. To give you one example: If I would put aspartate in the middle of an agar plate with E. coli colonies on it, the E. coli would move in direction of the aspartate. Their are different E. coli strains, that do contain different or even no receptors. Find a comparisn of swimming and not-swimming bacteria [http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/images/f/f3/SwarmingPic.jpg here].
In general that could be interesting if you wanted to make bacteria swim toward each other.

====Go with the flow====
[[File:Flow-game-screenshot-4.jpg]]

I found a very interessting game over the internet.
It's a MFA thesis project from 'thatgamecompany'
and called 'flow'.

The game is about a small organism flowing through a watery atmosphere while consuming other small organisms.
Through consuming you as a player can evolve the abilities and appearance of your organism.

[http://thatgamecompany.com/about/ 'Thatgamecompany'] is a small colloboration
of game designers which working only with experimental games like 'flow'.

Everything is mostly about gaining new experiences and inspiring their players
via special sound and atmosphere....and without words!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 22:14, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Horror Movie about a Human-Animal Synbio Hybrid====

There is a movie playing in cinemas in germany at the moment about a synthetically created human-animal monster.

It is rather silly and acutally the name "Splice" is scientifically completely incorrect, but if you like to check it out, I'm sure it's worth a laugh (now that you know more about genetics than the average person)

Here's a wiki link [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_%28film%29]

Enjoy!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

====BioArts in Austrian Magazine====

An Austrian magazine for genome research, "Genosphären", is running an issue on BioArts and Synthetic Biology this month [http://www.gen-au.at/artikel.jsp?id=932&base=vermitteln&lang=de]. Since you probably won't get your hands on it, here is a round-up of artists that I could not find on your link-list yet. I am sorry if this is somehow redundant in case I missed blog entries, I tried to search through all of them.

- Jun Takita [http://juntakita.com/eng/home.html] created a model of his brain and planted transgenic moss on it. This moss can glow in the dark due to the Luciferase-Gene. This resembles the complex signals that occur in the brain.

- Gary Schneider, who takes genetic portraits of people (which is admittedly not the most original thing to do) [http://garyschneider.net/Portfolio.cfm?nK=7856]

- Adam Brandejs, who presented his sci-fi product, "Genpets", on a website disguised as a normal webshop and raised some outrage with his anti-allergic perfect pet. [http://www.genpets.com]

- Karsten Panzer, who created a colour-coding for the visiual sensation of genetic information [http://www.perzan.de]

I hope this gives some inspiration!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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====Zeit Artikel====
Synthetische Biologie -Leben 2.0 
Was passiert, wenn es der Bio-Industrie gelingt, den menschlichen Körper neu zu programmieren
* http://www.zeit.de/2010/23/Schoepfungsphantasien
--[[User:Max|max]] 18:00, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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====The Procreative Dinner====
An ephemeral work between art, science and gastronomy. Happening by Prune. Nice way of bringing people in touch with the topic...and another example of a collabortation of art and science.
* http://www.prune-art.com/blog/en/index.php?menu_id=1

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 14:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Six part Series "Synthetische Biologie" on D-Radio====
[http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/forschak/1077533/ Schwerpunkt Synthetische Biologie] 

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====More Photos====

I have uploaded some photos which I took during the retreat. Enjoy [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|it]].! 

--[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 00:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)Lu Jiayuan
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====Back from the retreat====

The firs images of our lab experiences in Hedeilberg and our fruitful retreat to Asselheim can be found [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|here]]. Please feel free to add more pictures!
--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Richard Jones' comment on Craig Venters successful insertion of a synthetic genome into a bacteria====

"One might almost suspect that there is a symbiosis going on here, between those scientists anxious to maximise the significance of their work, and bioethicists in search of an issue to raise their own profile. After all, if a piece of science is worth worrying about, it must be important. It’s not that I don’t think that these developments have potentially important societal and ethical implications – but it seems to me that these would be better considered from a standpoint that was a little more critical." Richard Jones on his [http://www.softmachines.org/wordpress/ Blog].

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

====First human 'infected with computer virus'====
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10158517.stm Article] on BBC News
 --[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 15:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
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====A New Plant====
Hello! Everyone!

I have built my project page... 
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/a new plant| a new plant]] 
Welcome to do something! --[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 16:51, 24 May 2010 (UTC) 
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====To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life – the most pretentious bacterium ever====

''I'd create an animal that excretes meat, just to give vegetarians pause for thought. Ethically, what's the problem with eating a sausage, if it's been harmlessly pooed out by an animal? To sweeten the pill yet further, what if you put pleasure receptors in the animal's colon, so it actively enjoys the sausage-creation process – enjoys it to such a degree that it chases you down the street, yelping in orgasmic delight and producing a string of pan-ready chipolatas? If you think that's disgusting, I'd just like to point out that it's far less revolting than killing a pig with a bolt gun then mashing it up into sausagemeat.'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/24/charlie-brooker-artificial-life-here Charlie Brooker: So, artificial life is here, courtesy of Craig Venter. Time to remix humankind…]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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====Some more links on synthetic life====
[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18942-immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell.html Newscienist: Immaculate creation: birth of the first synthetic cell]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/science/21cell.html?ref=science NYTimes: Researchers Say They Created a ‘Synthetic Cell’]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:17, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
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===='''Kokoromo : My project is online====

So I also put up my project...
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/ko_ko_ro_mo| ko_ko_ro_mo]]

Please don't be shy and have a look.

I really look forward to discuss it with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 23:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Response to 'My Flower'====

First response is written ^^

Have fun!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 15:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

====Update on my page====
Hello everybody. 
There is new content on my project page. 
It's about my ideas of improving my project. 
The link is below: 
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]

Please visit and leave comment! 
Thanks!

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 12:02, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Pass the impossimpleble :)====
Oh my! Are they already this far in development?

I found a pretty amazing TV documentation-series,
(if you can call like that...because its more a idealistic utopia),
of the berlin TVchannel Phoenix.
It is about the possibilities which may occur while living in future with new technologies. It think it would be very interessting for some of you.

To my shame it is only in german at the moment,
but under the link you can find some informations to the technolgies and the scientists.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoVS_HvgFfw&feature=PlayList&p=C62483CC011D4E91&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=18] Here comes part 1 of 3

First Episode - Living in the future - Humans

--> houses and also clothes will be connected to the internet to control our
health und living status every single moment
electronic fibre by Dr. Prof. Sundaresan Jayaraman
(Georgie Institute of Technology)
--> cars will fly in the air with a satelite electronical guide system
to provied us from traffic jams and accidents
flying car by Dr. Paul Moller (Moller International)
--> stemcells can be used to create new organs
tissue engineering by Dr. Stefan Jockenhövel
(Helmholz-Institute for biomedical technique)
--> 3D genomic printer to create organs layer by layer
by Dr. Prof. Thomas Boland (Clemson University)
--> food wont make us fat anymore because of genetic engineered proteins
by Dr. Prof. Med. Rob Hammer (Wageningen Centre of Food Science)
--> cure paraplegia or other neural-muscular deseases
with electronic sensor body-implants you can control with your thoughts
sensors by Prof. Dr. John Donoghue (Brown University)
--> computer surgery sytems controlled by doctors for precise working
and without viral infections
by Dr. Oliver Burgert (innovation-centre for computer-assisted surgery)

But all that glitters is not gold? Or?

Here also a small outlook what may happend with our health system in future.
Also german *yeah I know I know thats stupid*.

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3961048]
It is called: 'Leichen im Keller' or like the englisch proverb 'scelletons in the (closet) cellar'

I think it is rather nice^^

I look foward to have some smalltalk about the chances and risks of synbio with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 18:29, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Its done====
How does it feel to have created artificial life, Dr Venter?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dr-craig-venter-so-doctor-how-does-it-feel-to-have-created-artificial-life-1978873.html

http://www.culturalfarming.com/Resources/civic_media/PostHuman.mov

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 07:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Craig Venter and his team have built the genome of a bacterium from scratch and incorporated it into a cell to make what they call the world's first synthetic life form

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-form article]@Guardian.co.uk. Watch the video.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Links to my project====
Hello everbody!
I'm Yu Xiaorui
I add a link to my Project.
You can Find it in the main page of Synthetic Biology Wiki
Or Click here:
* '''[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]''' I put my review about the presentation I made today on. 

'''Please go and leave comment or suggestion!
That's very important to me!'''
 BTW, thank the comment left by Dominic,very helpful! 

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 17:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Although one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATTACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATTACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal. But not only diseases lead to different gene expression: When you eat and drink, when you jump into cold water and in other situations gene expression might be altered.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic (pocket?) sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-06-09T22:54:51Z

Dniopek: /* Game and iGEM Project 2008 */

==== Game and iGEM Project 2008 ====
 
Just a first, brief comment on the idea of making a kind of computer game, but with genetically modified bacteria. As some of you might already know, the iGEM project of our team in 2008 was about creating an artificial preditor-prey system by genetically modifying bacteria. We wanted therefore to create bacteria that would:

a) swim towards a target bacteria
b) kill that target bacteria when it would reach it

The second part (killing) worked really good, but the first part (swimming towards a certain target) didn't work out so good.
But anyway, there are interesting implications in both parts I want to comment on.

'''''a) making bacteria swim in a certain direction'''''
It is pretty well known in literature, that bacteria have certain so-called chemotaxis receptors [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Sensing] on their surface. These receptors are, in nature, used for recognizing attractand molecules (nutrition, i.e. sugar) or repellents (i.e. toxic molecules).
It is possible to influence (I would not say control, but at least strongly influence) the direction in that bacterial colonies on an agar plate swim by putting repellent and attractand molecules at different points on the plate. To give you one example: If I would put aspartate in the middle of an agar plate with E. coli colonies on it, the E. coli would move in direction of the aspartate. Their are different E. coli strains, that do contain different or even no receptors. Find a comparisn of swimming and not-swimming bacteria [http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/images/f/f3/SwarmingPic.jpg here].
In general that could be interesting if you wanted to make bacteria swim toward each other.

====Go with the flow====
[[File:Flow-game-screenshot-4.jpg]]

I found a very interessting game over the internet.
It's a MFA thesis project from 'thatgamecompany'
and called 'flow'.

The game is about a small organism flowing through a watery atmosphere while consuming other small organisms.
Through consuming you as a player can evolve the abilities and appearance of your organism.

[http://thatgamecompany.com/about/ 'Thatgamecompany'] is a small colloboration
of game designers which working only with experimental games like 'flow'.

Everything is mostly about gaining new experiences and inspiring their players
via special sound and atmosphere....and without words!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 22:14, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Horror Movie about a Human-Animal Synbio Hybrid====

There is a movie playing in cinemas in germany at the moment about a synthetically created human-animal monster.

It is rather silly and acutally the name "Splice" is scientifically completely incorrect, but if you like to check it out, I'm sure it's worth a laugh (now that you know more about genetics than the average person)

Here's a wiki link [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_%28film%29]

Enjoy!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

====BioArts in Austrian Magazine====

An Austrian magazine for genome research, "Genosphären", is running an issue on BioArts and Synthetic Biology this month [http://www.gen-au.at/artikel.jsp?id=932&base=vermitteln&lang=de]. Since you probably won't get your hands on it, here is a round-up of artists that I could not find on your link-list yet. I am sorry if this is somehow redundant in case I missed blog entries, I tried to search through all of them.

- Jun Takita [http://juntakita.com/eng/home.html] created a model of his brain and planted transgenic moss on it. This moss can glow in the dark due to the Luciferase-Gene. This resembles the complex signals that occur in the brain.

- Gary Schneider, who takes genetic portraits of people (which is admittedly not the most original thing to do) [http://garyschneider.net/Portfolio.cfm?nK=7856]

- Adam Brandejs, who presented his sci-fi product, "Genpets", on a website disguised as a normal webshop and raised some outrage with his anti-allergic perfect pet. [http://www.genpets.com]

- Karsten Panzer, who created a colour-coding for the visiual sensation of genetic information [http://www.perzan.de]

I hope this gives some inspiration!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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====Zeit Artikel====
Synthetische Biologie -Leben 2.0 
Was passiert, wenn es der Bio-Industrie gelingt, den menschlichen Körper neu zu programmieren
* http://www.zeit.de/2010/23/Schoepfungsphantasien
--[[User:Max|max]] 18:00, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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====The Procreative Dinner====
An ephemeral work between art, science and gastronomy. Happening by Prune. Nice way of bringing people in touch with the topic...and another example of a collabortation of art and science.
* http://www.prune-art.com/blog/en/index.php?menu_id=1

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 14:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Six part Series "Synthetische Biologie" on D-Radio====
[http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/forschak/1077533/ Schwerpunkt Synthetische Biologie] 

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====More Photos====

I have uploaded some photos which I took during the retreat. Enjoy [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|it]].! 

--[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 00:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)Lu Jiayuan
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====Back from the retreat====

The firs images of our lab experiences in Hedeilberg and our fruitful retreat to Asselheim can be found [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|here]]. Please feel free to add more pictures!
--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Richard Jones' comment on Craig Venters successful insertion of a synthetic genome into a bacteria====

"One might almost suspect that there is a symbiosis going on here, between those scientists anxious to maximise the significance of their work, and bioethicists in search of an issue to raise their own profile. After all, if a piece of science is worth worrying about, it must be important. It’s not that I don’t think that these developments have potentially important societal and ethical implications – but it seems to me that these would be better considered from a standpoint that was a little more critical." Richard Jones on his [http://www.softmachines.org/wordpress/ Blog].

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

====First human 'infected with computer virus'====
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10158517.stm Article] on BBC News
 --[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 15:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
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====A New Plant====
Hello! Everyone!

I have built my project page... 
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/a new plant| a new plant]] 
Welcome to do something! --[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 16:51, 24 May 2010 (UTC) 
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====To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life – the most pretentious bacterium ever====

''I'd create an animal that excretes meat, just to give vegetarians pause for thought. Ethically, what's the problem with eating a sausage, if it's been harmlessly pooed out by an animal? To sweeten the pill yet further, what if you put pleasure receptors in the animal's colon, so it actively enjoys the sausage-creation process – enjoys it to such a degree that it chases you down the street, yelping in orgasmic delight and producing a string of pan-ready chipolatas? If you think that's disgusting, I'd just like to point out that it's far less revolting than killing a pig with a bolt gun then mashing it up into sausagemeat.'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/24/charlie-brooker-artificial-life-here Charlie Brooker: So, artificial life is here, courtesy of Craig Venter. Time to remix humankind…]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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====Some more links on synthetic life====
[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18942-immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell.html Newscienist: Immaculate creation: birth of the first synthetic cell]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/science/21cell.html?ref=science NYTimes: Researchers Say They Created a ‘Synthetic Cell’]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:17, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
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===='''Kokoromo : My project is online====

So I also put up my project...
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/ko_ko_ro_mo| ko_ko_ro_mo]]

Please don't be shy and have a look.

I really look forward to discuss it with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 23:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Response to 'My Flower'====

First response is written ^^

Have fun!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 15:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

====Update on my page====
Hello everybody. 
There is new content on my project page. 
It's about my ideas of improving my project. 
The link is below: 
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]

Please visit and leave comment! 
Thanks!

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 12:02, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Pass the impossimpleble :)====
Oh my! Are they already this far in development?

I found a pretty amazing TV documentation-series,
(if you can call like that...because its more a idealistic utopia),
of the berlin TVchannel Phoenix.
It is about the possibilities which may occur while living in future with new technologies. It think it would be very interessting for some of you.

To my shame it is only in german at the moment,
but under the link you can find some informations to the technolgies and the scientists.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoVS_HvgFfw&feature=PlayList&p=C62483CC011D4E91&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=18] Here comes part 1 of 3

First Episode - Living in the future - Humans

--> houses and also clothes will be connected to the internet to control our
health und living status every single moment
electronic fibre by Dr. Prof. Sundaresan Jayaraman
(Georgie Institute of Technology)
--> cars will fly in the air with a satelite electronical guide system
to provied us from traffic jams and accidents
flying car by Dr. Paul Moller (Moller International)
--> stemcells can be used to create new organs
tissue engineering by Dr. Stefan Jockenhövel
(Helmholz-Institute for biomedical technique)
--> 3D genomic printer to create organs layer by layer
by Dr. Prof. Thomas Boland (Clemson University)
--> food wont make us fat anymore because of genetic engineered proteins
by Dr. Prof. Med. Rob Hammer (Wageningen Centre of Food Science)
--> cure paraplegia or other neural-muscular deseases
with electronic sensor body-implants you can control with your thoughts
sensors by Prof. Dr. John Donoghue (Brown University)
--> computer surgery sytems controlled by doctors for precise working
and without viral infections
by Dr. Oliver Burgert (innovation-centre for computer-assisted surgery)

But all that glitters is not gold? Or?

Here also a small outlook what may happend with our health system in future.
Also german *yeah I know I know thats stupid*.

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3961048]
It is called: 'Leichen im Keller' or like the englisch proverb 'scelletons in the (closet) cellar'

I think it is rather nice^^

I look foward to have some smalltalk about the chances and risks of synbio with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 18:29, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Its done====
How does it feel to have created artificial life, Dr Venter?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dr-craig-venter-so-doctor-how-does-it-feel-to-have-created-artificial-life-1978873.html

http://www.culturalfarming.com/Resources/civic_media/PostHuman.mov

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 07:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Craig Venter and his team have built the genome of a bacterium from scratch and incorporated it into a cell to make what they call the world's first synthetic life form

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-form article]@Guardian.co.uk. Watch the video.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Links to my project====
Hello everbody!
I'm Yu Xiaorui
I add a link to my Project.
You can Find it in the main page of Synthetic Biology Wiki
Or Click here:
* '''[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]''' I put my review about the presentation I made today on. 

'''Please go and leave comment or suggestion!
That's very important to me!'''
 BTW, thank the comment left by Dominic,very helpful! 

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 17:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Although one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATTACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATTACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal. But not only diseases lead to different gene expression: When you eat and drink, when you jump into cold water and in other situations gene expression might be altered.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic (pocket?) sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

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--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-06-09T22:48:26Z

Dniopek:

==== Game and iGEM Project 2008 ====

Just a first, brief comment on the idea of making a kind of computer game, but with genetically modified bacteria. As some of you might already know, the iGEM project of our team in 2008 was about creating an artificial preditor-prey system by genetically modifying bacteria. We wanted therefore to create bacteria that would:

a) swim towards a target bacteria
b) kill that target bacteria when it would reach it

The second part (killing) worked really good, but the first part (swimming towards a certain target) didn't work out so good.
But anyway, there are interesting implications in both parts I want to comment on.

'''''a) making bacteria swim in a certain direction'''''
It is pretty well known in literature, that bacteria have certain so-called chemotaxis receptors [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Sensing] on their surface. These receptors are, in nature, used for recognizing attractand molecules (nutrition, i.e. sugar) or repellents (i.e. toxic molecules).
It is possible to influence (I would not say control, but at least strongly influence) the direction in that bacterial colonies on an agar plate swim by putting repellent and attractand molecules at different points on the plate. To give you one example: If I would put aspartate in the middle of an agar plate with E. coli colonies on it, the E. coli would move in direction of the aspartate. Their are different E. coli strains, that do contain different or even no receptors. Find a comparisn of swimming and not-swimming bacteria [http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/images/f/f3/SwarmingPic.jpg here].
In general that could be interesting if you wanted to make bacteria swim toward each other.

====Go with the flow====
[[File:Flow-game-screenshot-4.jpg]]

I found a very interessting game over the internet.
It's a MFA thesis project from 'thatgamecompany'
and called 'flow'.

The game is about a small organism flowing through a watery atmosphere while consuming other small organisms.
Through consuming you as a player can evolve the abilities and appearance of your organism.

[http://thatgamecompany.com/about/ 'Thatgamecompany'] is a small colloboration
of game designers which working only with experimental games like 'flow'.

Everything is mostly about gaining new experiences and inspiring their players
via special sound and atmosphere....and without words!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 22:14, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Horror Movie about a Human-Animal Synbio Hybrid====

There is a movie playing in cinemas in germany at the moment about a synthetically created human-animal monster.

It is rather silly and acutally the name "Splice" is scientifically completely incorrect, but if you like to check it out, I'm sure it's worth a laugh (now that you know more about genetics than the average person)

Here's a wiki link [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_%28film%29]

Enjoy!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

====BioArts in Austrian Magazine====

An Austrian magazine for genome research, "Genosphären", is running an issue on BioArts and Synthetic Biology this month [http://www.gen-au.at/artikel.jsp?id=932&base=vermitteln&lang=de]. Since you probably won't get your hands on it, here is a round-up of artists that I could not find on your link-list yet. I am sorry if this is somehow redundant in case I missed blog entries, I tried to search through all of them.

- Jun Takita [http://juntakita.com/eng/home.html] created a model of his brain and planted transgenic moss on it. This moss can glow in the dark due to the Luciferase-Gene. This resembles the complex signals that occur in the brain.

- Gary Schneider, who takes genetic portraits of people (which is admittedly not the most original thing to do) [http://garyschneider.net/Portfolio.cfm?nK=7856]

- Adam Brandejs, who presented his sci-fi product, "Genpets", on a website disguised as a normal webshop and raised some outrage with his anti-allergic perfect pet. [http://www.genpets.com]

- Karsten Panzer, who created a colour-coding for the visiual sensation of genetic information [http://www.perzan.de]

I hope this gives some inspiration!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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====Zeit Artikel====
Synthetische Biologie -Leben 2.0 
Was passiert, wenn es der Bio-Industrie gelingt, den menschlichen Körper neu zu programmieren
* http://www.zeit.de/2010/23/Schoepfungsphantasien
--[[User:Max|max]] 18:00, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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====The Procreative Dinner====
An ephemeral work between art, science and gastronomy. Happening by Prune. Nice way of bringing people in touch with the topic...and another example of a collabortation of art and science.
* http://www.prune-art.com/blog/en/index.php?menu_id=1

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 14:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Six part Series "Synthetische Biologie" on D-Radio====
[http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/forschak/1077533/ Schwerpunkt Synthetische Biologie] 

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====More Photos====

I have uploaded some photos which I took during the retreat. Enjoy [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|it]].! 

--[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 00:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)Lu Jiayuan
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====Back from the retreat====

The firs images of our lab experiences in Hedeilberg and our fruitful retreat to Asselheim can be found [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|here]]. Please feel free to add more pictures!
--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Richard Jones' comment on Craig Venters successful insertion of a synthetic genome into a bacteria====

"One might almost suspect that there is a symbiosis going on here, between those scientists anxious to maximise the significance of their work, and bioethicists in search of an issue to raise their own profile. After all, if a piece of science is worth worrying about, it must be important. It’s not that I don’t think that these developments have potentially important societal and ethical implications – but it seems to me that these would be better considered from a standpoint that was a little more critical." Richard Jones on his [http://www.softmachines.org/wordpress/ Blog].

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

====First human 'infected with computer virus'====
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10158517.stm Article] on BBC News
 --[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 15:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
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====A New Plant====
Hello! Everyone!

I have built my project page... 
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/a new plant| a new plant]] 
Welcome to do something! --[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 16:51, 24 May 2010 (UTC) 
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====To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life – the most pretentious bacterium ever====

''I'd create an animal that excretes meat, just to give vegetarians pause for thought. Ethically, what's the problem with eating a sausage, if it's been harmlessly pooed out by an animal? To sweeten the pill yet further, what if you put pleasure receptors in the animal's colon, so it actively enjoys the sausage-creation process – enjoys it to such a degree that it chases you down the street, yelping in orgasmic delight and producing a string of pan-ready chipolatas? If you think that's disgusting, I'd just like to point out that it's far less revolting than killing a pig with a bolt gun then mashing it up into sausagemeat.'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/24/charlie-brooker-artificial-life-here Charlie Brooker: So, artificial life is here, courtesy of Craig Venter. Time to remix humankind…]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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====Some more links on synthetic life====
[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18942-immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell.html Newscienist: Immaculate creation: birth of the first synthetic cell]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/science/21cell.html?ref=science NYTimes: Researchers Say They Created a ‘Synthetic Cell’]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:17, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
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===='''Kokoromo : My project is online====

So I also put up my project...
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/ko_ko_ro_mo| ko_ko_ro_mo]]

Please don't be shy and have a look.

I really look forward to discuss it with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 23:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Response to 'My Flower'====

First response is written ^^

Have fun!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 15:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

====Update on my page====
Hello everybody. 
There is new content on my project page. 
It's about my ideas of improving my project. 
The link is below: 
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]

Please visit and leave comment! 
Thanks!

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 12:02, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Pass the impossimpleble :)====
Oh my! Are they already this far in development?

I found a pretty amazing TV documentation-series,
(if you can call like that...because its more a idealistic utopia),
of the berlin TVchannel Phoenix.
It is about the possibilities which may occur while living in future with new technologies. It think it would be very interessting for some of you.

To my shame it is only in german at the moment,
but under the link you can find some informations to the technolgies and the scientists.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoVS_HvgFfw&feature=PlayList&p=C62483CC011D4E91&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=18] Here comes part 1 of 3

First Episode - Living in the future - Humans

--> houses and also clothes will be connected to the internet to control our
health und living status every single moment
electronic fibre by Dr. Prof. Sundaresan Jayaraman
(Georgie Institute of Technology)
--> cars will fly in the air with a satelite electronical guide system
to provied us from traffic jams and accidents
flying car by Dr. Paul Moller (Moller International)
--> stemcells can be used to create new organs
tissue engineering by Dr. Stefan Jockenhövel
(Helmholz-Institute for biomedical technique)
--> 3D genomic printer to create organs layer by layer
by Dr. Prof. Thomas Boland (Clemson University)
--> food wont make us fat anymore because of genetic engineered proteins
by Dr. Prof. Med. Rob Hammer (Wageningen Centre of Food Science)
--> cure paraplegia or other neural-muscular deseases
with electronic sensor body-implants you can control with your thoughts
sensors by Prof. Dr. John Donoghue (Brown University)
--> computer surgery sytems controlled by doctors for precise working
and without viral infections
by Dr. Oliver Burgert (innovation-centre for computer-assisted surgery)

But all that glitters is not gold? Or?

Here also a small outlook what may happend with our health system in future.
Also german *yeah I know I know thats stupid*.

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3961048]
It is called: 'Leichen im Keller' or like the englisch proverb 'scelletons in the (closet) cellar'

I think it is rather nice^^

I look foward to have some smalltalk about the chances and risks of synbio with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 18:29, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Its done====
How does it feel to have created artificial life, Dr Venter?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dr-craig-venter-so-doctor-how-does-it-feel-to-have-created-artificial-life-1978873.html

http://www.culturalfarming.com/Resources/civic_media/PostHuman.mov

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 07:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Craig Venter and his team have built the genome of a bacterium from scratch and incorporated it into a cell to make what they call the world's first synthetic life form

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-form article]@Guardian.co.uk. Watch the video.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Links to my project====
Hello everbody!
I'm Yu Xiaorui
I add a link to my Project.
You can Find it in the main page of Synthetic Biology Wiki
Or Click here:
* '''[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]''' I put my review about the presentation I made today on. 

'''Please go and leave comment or suggestion!
That's very important to me!'''
 BTW, thank the comment left by Dominic,very helpful! 

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 17:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Although one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATTACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATTACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal. But not only diseases lead to different gene expression: When you eat and drink, when you jump into cold water and in other situations gene expression might be altered.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic (pocket?) sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

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''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-06-09T22:45:00Z

Dniopek:

==== Game and iGEM Project 2008 ====

Just a first, brief comment on the idea of making a kind of computer game, but with genetically modified bacteria. As some of you might already know, the iGEM project of our team in 2008 was about creating an artificial preditor-prey system by genetically modifying bacteria. We wanted therefore to create bacteria that would:

a) swim towards a target bacteria
b) kill that target bacteria when it would reach it

The second part (killing) worked really good, but the first part (swimming towards a certain target) didn't work out so good.
But anyway, there are interesting implications in both parts I want to comment on.

'''''a) making bacteria swim in a certain direction'''''
It is pretty well known in literature, that bacteria have certain so-called chemotaxis receptors [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project/Sensing] on their surface. These receptors are, in nature, used for recognizing attractand molecules (nutrition, i.e. sugar) or repellents (i.e. toxic molecules).
It is possible to influence (I would not say control, but at least strongly influence) the direction in that bacterial colonies on an agar plate swim by putting repellent and attractand molecules at different points on the plate. To give you one example: If I would put aspartate in the middle of an agar plate with E. coli colonies on it, the E. coli would move in direction of the aspartate. [[image:http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/images/f/f3/SwarmingPic.jpg]]

====Go with the flow====
[[File:Flow-game-screenshot-4.jpg]]

I found a very interessting game over the internet.
It's a MFA thesis project from 'thatgamecompany'
and called 'flow'.

The game is about a small organism flowing through a watery atmosphere while consuming other small organisms.
Through consuming you as a player can evolve the abilities and appearance of your organism.

[http://thatgamecompany.com/about/ 'Thatgamecompany'] is a small colloboration
of game designers which working only with experimental games like 'flow'.

Everything is mostly about gaining new experiences and inspiring their players
via special sound and atmosphere....and without words!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 22:14, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Horror Movie about a Human-Animal Synbio Hybrid====

There is a movie playing in cinemas in germany at the moment about a synthetically created human-animal monster.

It is rather silly and acutally the name "Splice" is scientifically completely incorrect, but if you like to check it out, I'm sure it's worth a laugh (now that you know more about genetics than the average person)

Here's a wiki link [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_%28film%29]

Enjoy!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

====BioArts in Austrian Magazine====

An Austrian magazine for genome research, "Genosphären", is running an issue on BioArts and Synthetic Biology this month [http://www.gen-au.at/artikel.jsp?id=932&base=vermitteln&lang=de]. Since you probably won't get your hands on it, here is a round-up of artists that I could not find on your link-list yet. I am sorry if this is somehow redundant in case I missed blog entries, I tried to search through all of them.

- Jun Takita [http://juntakita.com/eng/home.html] created a model of his brain and planted transgenic moss on it. This moss can glow in the dark due to the Luciferase-Gene. This resembles the complex signals that occur in the brain.

- Gary Schneider, who takes genetic portraits of people (which is admittedly not the most original thing to do) [http://garyschneider.net/Portfolio.cfm?nK=7856]

- Adam Brandejs, who presented his sci-fi product, "Genpets", on a website disguised as a normal webshop and raised some outrage with his anti-allergic perfect pet. [http://www.genpets.com]

- Karsten Panzer, who created a colour-coding for the visiual sensation of genetic information [http://www.perzan.de]

I hope this gives some inspiration!

--[[User:Laura iGem|Laura iGem]] 17:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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====Zeit Artikel====
Synthetische Biologie -Leben 2.0 
Was passiert, wenn es der Bio-Industrie gelingt, den menschlichen Körper neu zu programmieren
* http://www.zeit.de/2010/23/Schoepfungsphantasien
--[[User:Max|max]] 18:00, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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====The Procreative Dinner====
An ephemeral work between art, science and gastronomy. Happening by Prune. Nice way of bringing people in touch with the topic...and another example of a collabortation of art and science.
* http://www.prune-art.com/blog/en/index.php?menu_id=1

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 14:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Six part Series "Synthetische Biologie" on D-Radio====
[http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/forschak/1077533/ Schwerpunkt Synthetische Biologie] 

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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====More Photos====

I have uploaded some photos which I took during the retreat. Enjoy [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|it]].! 

--[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 00:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)Lu Jiayuan
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====Back from the retreat====

The firs images of our lab experiences in Hedeilberg and our fruitful retreat to Asselheim can be found [[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/Retreat|here]]. Please feel free to add more pictures!
--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
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====Richard Jones' comment on Craig Venters successful insertion of a synthetic genome into a bacteria====

"One might almost suspect that there is a symbiosis going on here, between those scientists anxious to maximise the significance of their work, and bioethicists in search of an issue to raise their own profile. After all, if a piece of science is worth worrying about, it must be important. It’s not that I don’t think that these developments have potentially important societal and ethical implications – but it seems to me that these would be better considered from a standpoint that was a little more critical." Richard Jones on his [http://www.softmachines.org/wordpress/ Blog].

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 16:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

====First human 'infected with computer virus'====
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10158517.stm Article] on BBC News
 --[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 15:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
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====A New Plant====
Hello! Everyone!

I have built my project page... 
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/a new plant| a new plant]] 
Welcome to do something! --[[User:Sharklu|Sharklu]] 16:51, 24 May 2010 (UTC) 
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====To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life – the most pretentious bacterium ever====

''I'd create an animal that excretes meat, just to give vegetarians pause for thought. Ethically, what's the problem with eating a sausage, if it's been harmlessly pooed out by an animal? To sweeten the pill yet further, what if you put pleasure receptors in the animal's colon, so it actively enjoys the sausage-creation process – enjoys it to such a degree that it chases you down the street, yelping in orgasmic delight and producing a string of pan-ready chipolatas? If you think that's disgusting, I'd just like to point out that it's far less revolting than killing a pig with a bolt gun then mashing it up into sausagemeat.'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/24/charlie-brooker-artificial-life-here Charlie Brooker: So, artificial life is here, courtesy of Craig Venter. Time to remix humankind…]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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====Some more links on synthetic life====
[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18942-immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell.html Newscienist: Immaculate creation: birth of the first synthetic cell]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/science/21cell.html?ref=science NYTimes: Researchers Say They Created a ‘Synthetic Cell’]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 09:17, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
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===='''Kokoromo : My project is online====

So I also put up my project...
[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/ko_ko_ro_mo| ko_ko_ro_mo]]

Please don't be shy and have a look.

I really look forward to discuss it with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 23:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Response to 'My Flower'====

First response is written ^^

Have fun!

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 15:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

====Update on my page====
Hello everybody. 
There is new content on my project page. 
It's about my ideas of improving my project. 
The link is below: 
*[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]

Please visit and leave comment! 
Thanks!

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 12:02, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Pass the impossimpleble :)====
Oh my! Are they already this far in development?

I found a pretty amazing TV documentation-series,
(if you can call like that...because its more a idealistic utopia),
of the berlin TVchannel Phoenix.
It is about the possibilities which may occur while living in future with new technologies. It think it would be very interessting for some of you.

To my shame it is only in german at the moment,
but under the link you can find some informations to the technolgies and the scientists.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoVS_HvgFfw&feature=PlayList&p=C62483CC011D4E91&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=18] Here comes part 1 of 3

First Episode - Living in the future - Humans

--> houses and also clothes will be connected to the internet to control our
health und living status every single moment
electronic fibre by Dr. Prof. Sundaresan Jayaraman
(Georgie Institute of Technology)
--> cars will fly in the air with a satelite electronical guide system
to provied us from traffic jams and accidents
flying car by Dr. Paul Moller (Moller International)
--> stemcells can be used to create new organs
tissue engineering by Dr. Stefan Jockenhövel
(Helmholz-Institute for biomedical technique)
--> 3D genomic printer to create organs layer by layer
by Dr. Prof. Thomas Boland (Clemson University)
--> food wont make us fat anymore because of genetic engineered proteins
by Dr. Prof. Med. Rob Hammer (Wageningen Centre of Food Science)
--> cure paraplegia or other neural-muscular deseases
with electronic sensor body-implants you can control with your thoughts
sensors by Prof. Dr. John Donoghue (Brown University)
--> computer surgery sytems controlled by doctors for precise working
and without viral infections
by Dr. Oliver Burgert (innovation-centre for computer-assisted surgery)

But all that glitters is not gold? Or?

Here also a small outlook what may happend with our health system in future.
Also german *yeah I know I know thats stupid*.

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3961048]
It is called: 'Leichen im Keller' or like the englisch proverb 'scelletons in the (closet) cellar'

I think it is rather nice^^

I look foward to have some smalltalk about the chances and risks of synbio with you all.

--[[User:Wawa|Wawa]] 18:29, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Its done====
How does it feel to have created artificial life, Dr Venter?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dr-craig-venter-so-doctor-how-does-it-feel-to-have-created-artificial-life-1978873.html

http://www.culturalfarming.com/Resources/civic_media/PostHuman.mov

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 07:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Craig Venter and his team have built the genome of a bacterium from scratch and incorporated it into a cell to make what they call the world's first synthetic life form

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-form article]@Guardian.co.uk. Watch the video.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 11:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Links to my project====
Hello everbody!
I'm Yu Xiaorui
I add a link to my Project.
You can Find it in the main page of Synthetic Biology Wiki
Or Click here:
* '''[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]''' I put my review about the presentation I made today on. 

'''Please go and leave comment or suggestion!
That's very important to me!'''
 BTW, thank the comment left by Dominic,very helpful! 

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 17:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Although one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATTACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATTACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal. But not only diseases lead to different gene expression: When you eat and drink, when you jump into cold water and in other situations gene expression might be altered.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic (pocket?) sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synthetic Biology/My Flower

2010-05-21T21:44:25Z

Dniopek: /* Review for 20-05-2010 */

====Review for 20-05-2010====

'''My introduction today'''

1. My Flower sets up a system between people and flower(or plants) at in-door-area.

2. Explain 3 questions: 
a. Why flowers smell good?
--Because some cells produce Chemicals.
b. How can we tell somebody's mood?
--By analyze body data.
c. What's the connection between Fragrance and mood?
--Aromatherapy.

3. Explain how My Flower works. 
a. It make up with two part -- the sensor and the plant.
b. The sensor will be installed into human body. It will analyze host's data
form time to time to tell their mood.
c. Then the data will send to a receiver bond to the plant.
d. The plant composed with various genes from different flowers.So it can
give off different smells as need.And these cells can be controlled by
computer with electricity.
e. According to the host's mood, certain cells will act to make fragrance.
Then the host get feed back through the air.
f. It can be controlled manually as well.

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'''Comments from others:'''

1. Sebastian suggests me to change the mechanical sensor part to a more Biological way to get the host's data.

2. Pro. Damm said besides the decoration usage, flower also play a gift role in peoples' social life. Maybe I can pay some attention combining the aroma
function with this aspect of it.

3. Dominik: I completely agree with Sebastian concerning the sensor part. As a rough suggestion, again from the scientific side: What about genetically modified neurons? They would recognize temperature changes, hormone concentration and other thinks in the human blood. As neurons are able to actively change their cell membrane potential, they could be used to transfer information to a computer via electric pulses.

'''Please give me you opinions and suggestion!''' Thanks a lot! 

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 17:32, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Hallo====

Hello everyone.

This is the page for my project -- '''MY FLOWER'''

You are welcome to visit and leave any comment here!

Here is the link of this page: <nowiki>[[GMU:Synthetic_Biology/My Flower| My Flower]]</nowiki>

you can paste it to other place if needed.

Looking forward to get your opinions!

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 17:32, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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GMU:Synbio

2010-05-19T11:53:17Z

Dniopek: /* General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine */

====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Althogh one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal. But not only diseases lead to different gene expression: When you eat and drink, when you jump into cold water and in other situations gene expression might be altered.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic (pocket?) sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-05-19T11:52:28Z

Dniopek: /* General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine */

====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Althogh one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal. But not only diseases lead to different gene expression: When you eat and drink, when you jump into cold water and in other situations gene expression might be altered.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-05-19T11:50:07Z

Dniopek: /* General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine */

====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Althogh one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-05-19T11:49:09Z

Dniopek: /* General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine */

====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Althogh one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned off at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one Gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

----
====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-05-19T11:48:19Z

Dniopek: /* General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine */

====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Althogh one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin or even blood plasm and serum. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned of at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one Gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-05-19T11:46:30Z

Dniopek: /* General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine */

====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Althogh one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer) [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned of at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one Gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-05-19T11:45:52Z

Dniopek: /* General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine */

====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting info for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Althogh one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned of at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one Gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-05-19T11:44:40Z

Dniopek: /* Comment */

====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.
In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Althogh one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned of at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one Gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

----
====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

----
==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

----
====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

----
====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-05-19T11:42:39Z

Dniopek:

====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about adding some more "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

I like the idea about a screen, that will show the result of the analyses and system that would then treat the cat with a kind of special drug. You should probably think about the way, this treatment could happen. Is there i.e. a machine inside the cat that would apply those drugs? Are there cells that would produce the drugs? If so, how would they get the message, that they sould produce a drug? (the latter two thinks are typical synthetic biology problems and thus very interesting, indeed).

2nd idea) I like this idea very much! Again, you should thinks about the parameters you want to use in order to detect the mood of a person. As I said, hormones could be a very good indicator. Bernd presented a very nice animation about facial pattern recognition to us in Heidelberg once. If you didn't see it before, you should probably have a look at it [http://www.vimeo.com/3381151 here] (I hope that is the right one...).

What I really love about this idea is the plant part. Plants making any kind of scent in order to smoothen your mood is really cool and would for sure need synthetic biology for engineering those plants. So the direction is really good in my opinion.

The interface between the human feelings and the plant is of course important in your project. Think about possible ways, that could be done. What I can tell you already is, that people are working hard in order to conntect cells (i.e. neurons, that means nerve cells) with computers. It has been shown in many studies that you can use elecrtricity in order to influence cells. Another good input is light, for example. Recent studies show, that light can be used in order switch on or off different (previously engineered) systems in a cell.
So what comes to my mind is: What about putting the plants under a certain light source. In case the person is agressive, red light is turned on and the plant will start to produce a sweet smell or something.

In case a person is tired, the light will turn green and the plant produces a smell that will make the person wake up and so on.
So light whould be used to switch between the ordors produced.
In the synthetic biology reader I send to sebastian (I don't know whether you got that one) therer is a nice article where light was used in order to controll the movement of a simple worm-like organism.
Just as a rough suggestion.

The light sourece could be controlled by a computer that estimates the mood of the person from the different parameters.
So controlling behaviour of organisms using light should be possible.

Good luck for your work! I really liked those ideas pretty much!!

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Althogh one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned of at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one Gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

----
====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

----
==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

----
====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

----
====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-05-19T11:17:53Z

Dniopek:

====Comment====

Now, the scientific standpoint concerning your ideas, Yu.

1st idea) Analyzing the heartbeat, blood pressure and temperature is a pretty good starting point. Those are, by the way, non-invasive standard techniques used in every hospital today (as you know). So the idea to measure those is not far fetched.
Those indicators can indeed tell you, if there is something really wrong with your cat. But they are insufficient for the diagnosis of a certain disease or even a certain mood. If the cat is excitet blood pressure, heartbeat and temperature will go up, probably. The same could happen if the cat gets sick.

So what came to my mind was whether you should think about different or additional "input" parameters. I listed some of those in the last comment I made below (hormones, gene expression detecteble from RNA in human blood).

====General Information and some specific Information about future vision of Personalized Medicine====

Some general hopefully interesting for some of you. The personalized medicine idea (bacteria in gut) and some other ideas pointet me to a documentation I once saw in the ZDF about a future vision of our life and society.
This documentary series called "2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft" ran some time ago. Althogh one could controversely discuss the scientific content in those documentations, I find they are interesting and they might be inspiring. The first episode is about future healthcare and personalized medicine. Although some of the ideas sound strange at first hand, people are already working on many of those (i.e. the organ inject printer [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221093208.htm]
You can find the ZDF documentary series here: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2057+unser+leben+in+der+zukunft&aq=f Youtube: 2057- Unser Leben in der Zukunft]

b) The movie GATACA might also be interesting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca Wikipedia: GATACA]

Furthermore, I already told you about sequencing from simple blood samples.
Sequencing is the technology used to read the genetic code (AGCTTACCTTACC...). Therefor physical DNA (or RNA, I come to that later) is needed. DNA can simply be taken out from cells, i.e. cells of your skin. You can find some Information about DNA Sequencing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing Wikipedia].

So why is that interesting?

1) Well, i.e. for diagnosis of genetic diseases. Recent studies showed, that DNA sequencing from the blood of pregnant women can be used to determine whether the fetus (baby) has the predisposition for a certain genetic disease. Keep in mind, that the DNA is sort of the genetic building plan of evey cell. So you can get information about this building plan and whether it has some errors here and there. Find some information about DNA Sequencing from blood [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/42/16266.full here].

2) Sequencing not the DNA, but the RNA is also very interesting, as the amount of RNA present in a cell gives you information about the gene expression (= the genes turned on and those turned of at a certain timepoint). RNA is the molecule that is used to translate the messages coded on the DNA in a from, that the inner cell machinary can read this massage and make the proteins. Proteins are the effector molecules and can be seen as the little machines, controlling the behaviour of a cell (i.e. energy production, movement, cell division- nearly everything). Strongly simplified, one can say, that one Gene codes for a certain RNA and that RNA codes for a certain protein.

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

The more RNAs of the same type are present in a cell, the more proteins of the same type are made. So, if I do RNA sequencing, I get the information about the genes that are turned on or off, and I can even tell in which ratio that happenes. Biologists are talking about gene overexpression (= genes turned on at a higher level than normal) and underexpression (= genes turned on at a lower level than normal).
Unnormal gene expression is a typical indicator for a disregulation in a cell and can therefor be indicator for a disease. In many diseases the gene expression (and therefor the gene regulation) is unnormal.

Coming back to the point: Sequencing RNA from human blood is possible since some years. In the future, as automated sequencing gets better and cheaper, that could give us the oppotunity to have a sort of online-look onto our gene expression. We would simply take blood samples and put them into a full-automatic sequencer.

Today, RNA analysis from blood samples is used i.e. for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test HIV-diagnosis] and is also taken into account for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_test cancer diagnosis]. In general, if the RNA sequencing from blood will get better and better, we will probably be able to look at our gene expression profile online!

Despite those technologies, another important marker in the blood, especially for the detection of the mood and feelings of the persons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones hormones]. Hormones have been shown to have a strong influence on many body functions, including blood pressure and heartbeat. Furthermore they have a strong influence on the way we feel and act. Lovers have a certain hormone-cocktail in their blood, people being excited or agressive have a high adrenaline level in their blood. In animal studies it was shown, that by injecting a certain hormone into animals normally not living in groups, they would be nice and friendly living with the group of their kind afterwards (I will look up which animal that was and add that later).

I hope their has been at least some interesting information in this much too long paragraph :)

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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====My ideas about this project====
I have some more ideas about this project.
Please make comment and let me know if they are good！
If you know some scientific Theories which can support my idea,Please tell me!
I really appreciate for that!

First one I call it Cat reader.
It has two parts.
Part I you can put it in your car's body.
It will analyze the datas of your cat,heart beat, blood pressure锛?temperature ect.
By these, it can tell the mood of your cat and its health situation.

The result will be showed in part II, which is a pet collar with a screen.
Through this the owner can see how is the cat doing.
Hungry, thirsty, sick,angry or happy.Then he can take care of it better.

Another function of the part I is it can give some medicine to the cat.
For example, if the cat hurt itself or it is ill, and part I detects that.
Besides show on the screen,it will also give some medicine as first add.

Another idea is a indoor system,which is similar to the first one.
But it is make up with a flower and an analyze machine.
The analyze machine is like the Part I in Cat reader, But it is installed in human body.
It can tell your mood,then send signal to a receiver which is connected to the plant.
Then the flower will give off different scent to sooth your mood.
Also you can set the flower manually according to your need.
For example you'd like to keep awake or sleep well.

--[[User:yuxiaorui|Yu Xiaorui]] 16:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast cancer treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-05-16T11:13:46Z

Dniopek: /* Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas */

====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast caner treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei Taipei Wiki 2008]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech Caltech Wiki 2008]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT MIT Wiki 2008]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh Edinburgh Wiki 2009]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary# Calgary Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2009]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia Virgina Wiki 2009]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech Tokyo Tech Wiki 2008]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
----

====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

----
====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

----
==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

----
====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

----
====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

----
====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-05-16T11:11:29Z

Dniopek:

====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast caner treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary#]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

----
====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

----
==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

----
====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

----
====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

----
====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-05-16T11:10:56Z

Dniopek:

====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast caner treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
---
====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary#]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

----
====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

----
==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

----
====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

----
====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

----
====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-05-16T11:09:21Z

Dniopek:

====DIYbio and Personalized Medicine====

Andrew Hessel, one of the cofounders of the company [http://pinkarmy.org/ Pink Army Cooperative], an open source project for the development of new, personalized breast caner treatments . There is a nice video on youtube, where Andrew Hessel talks about the future of synthetic biology and also about the Pink Army: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk Andrew Hessel on Youtube].

====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary#]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech]

Virginia 2009 on water cleaning: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Virginia]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
----

====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

----
====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

----
==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

----
====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

----
====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

----
====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-05-16T10:56:50Z

Dniopek: /* Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas */

====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh]

Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary#]

Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech]

Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
----

====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

----
====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

----
==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

----
====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

----
====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

----
====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-05-16T10:56:18Z

Dniopek: /* Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas */

====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei] \d
Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech]
Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh]
Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary#]
Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech]
Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
----

====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

----
====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

----
==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

----
====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

----
====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

----
====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-05-16T10:55:48Z

Dniopek: /* Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas */

====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei] /d
Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech]
Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh]
Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary#]
Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech]
Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
----

====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

----
====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

----
==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

----
====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

----
====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

----
====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-05-16T10:54:40Z

Dniopek: /* Bacteria for personalized Medicine */

====Bacteria for personalized Medicine and other interesting iGEM ideas====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei]
Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech]
Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh]
Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary#]
Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech]
Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
----

====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

----
====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

----
==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

----
====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

----
====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

----
====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-05-16T10:53:56Z

Dniopek: /* Bacteria for personalized Medicine */

====Bacteria for personalized Medicine====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei]

Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech]

Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh]
Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary#]
Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech]
Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
----

====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

----
====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

----
==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

----
====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

----
====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

----
====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-05-16T10:52:55Z

Dniopek:

====Bacteria for personalized Medicine====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei]
Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech]
Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh]
Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary#]
Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech]
Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

--[[User:dniopek|Dominik Niopek]] 12:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
----

====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

<videoflash type=youtube>E5X6Qy772YU|437|236</videoflash>

''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

----
====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
----
====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

----
====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

----
==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

----
====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

<videoflash type="vimeo">7466044|400|300</videoflash>

----
====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

----
====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

----
====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.

GMU:Synbio

2010-05-16T10:51:26Z

Dniopek:

====Bacteria for personalized Medicine====

Some iGEM-Teams from 2008 and 2009 worked on using bacteria for personalized medicine. The idea to put them into the human gut and let them react to either internal or external stimuli has led to some interesting wet-lab projects.

Probably most famous in the iGEM-context is the work from Taipei 2008 (have also a look on wiki design an figures): [http://2008.igem.org/Team:NYMU-Taipei]
Caltech 2008 took a similar approach: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Caltech]
Also interesting: the bacto-joghurt idea by MIT 2008: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:MIT]

You sould also have a brief look on those projects here, especially on the kind of idea they focus on. All of them are really special in their way:

Edinburgh 2009 on the detection of land mines: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh]
Calgary 2009 and their human practices project on a Second Life Synhetic Biology world: [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Calgary#]
Tokyo Tech 2009 on terraforming Mars (very cool idea): [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech]
Tokyo Tech 2008 on an E. coli based touch display: [http://2008.igem.org/Team:Tokyo_Tech]

Furthermore, you should have a look at some team presentations. Besides the finalists presentations from 2008 and 2009 that are interesting anyways, the following ones have been really cool and fun:
Tokyo Tech 2009, Calgary 2009

Have fun! I'm looking forward to see you soon in Heidelberg! More information is about to come in this blog, soon.

====“Synthetic Biology” Sparks Nano-Terror Scenario====
[http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/synthetic_biology_sparks_nano-terror_scenario/ Article] about misuses, expected and unexpected consequences of Syn Bio.
Includes some links to other resources about safety issues.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Scienceblogs on Synbio====
Interesting read about Synbio. There is an [http://scienceblogs.com/oscillator/2010/05/synthetic_biology_art.php article] featuring [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/ Tuur van Balen's] work

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 14:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====New Scientist CultureLab====
[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-science-poll.php Art meets science: What do you think of it all?]

''Over the next few days we'll be publishing a series of articles looking at art-science collaborations, and to kick things off we've set up a quick survey.'' (New Scientist)

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-when-worlds-collaborate.php Overview]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-curator.php Art meets science: A curator who wants to open windows]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-aesthetics-politics-and-metaphysics.php Art meets science: Aesthetics, politics and metaphysics]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-physicist.php Art meets science: Physicist in a cultural landscape]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-lingua-digica.php Art meets science: Speaking a lingua digica]

[http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/05/art-meets-science-state-of-the-art.php Art meets science: Catch up with the state of the art]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Cultural Probes====
If you are interested in Design as a research tool, you should
read this.
[http://cleo.ics.uci.edu/teaching/Winter10/231/readings/3-GaverDunnePacenti-CulturalProbes.pdf Cultural Probes]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 16:29, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Neighborhood Science====
The Medialab Prado in Madrid is calling for collaborators for their Interactivos?'10, the topic is 'Neighborhood Science'.
http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_ciencia_de_barrio_convocatoria_de_colaboradores

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====NextNature.net====
Please have a look at http://www.nextnature.net/. There are a couple
Synbio related articles like [http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/fludoc-glowing-bacteria-tell-if-you-have-flue/ FluDOC – Glowing Bacteria show if you have Influenza]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====FYI: Literaturliste Grafik und Gestaltung====
http://web.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Die_neue_U-Bahn#Literatur

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 13:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Michiko Nitta: Extreme Green Guerrillias====
I think we have mentioned the project already, but give it a look.
It is illustrating the implications of extreme sustainable lifestyle, utilising genetic modifications and more.

http://www.myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 10:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====Bio-Fiction Film Festival====
There is a synbio film festival in Vienna.
The deadline ( 15. July) is perfect because it's one week after our final presentation.
Should be interesting for some of you.

Have a look.

[http://www.bio-fiction.com/call_for_entries.html bio-fiction.com]

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 12:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
----
====PERFECT BODY (living sex machine)====
I am really sorry that I couldnt be there on thursday for the presentation! So now my work in progress in a short movie - with:

.introduction

.perfect body kit

.magazine

.crossword

.drugstore-tv-spot

<videoflash type="vimeo">11366691|400|300</videoflash>

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Design will save the world====

Inhabitat.com is an online plattform for ecological und biological projects in architecture, design, technology and art.
Inventions from all over the world are presented here!

It is not directly something about synthetic biology,
but you can still find a lot of nice and inspiring stuff for your work.

http://inhabitat.com

--[[User:Vanessa|Wawa]] 15:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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====(re)Performing the Posthuman====
http://reperformingtheposthuman.yolasite.com/

21/22 may 2010
The programme will include keynotes by Rosemary Klich, Jennifer Parker-
Starbuck and Stelarc, paper presentations, performances, video
showings, a small exhibition space and a gallery in Second Life.

About: "...models of subjectivity that call into question the humanist concept of the body as a biological entity, and as the "container" of the human subject"... "drawing attention to inconsistencies between the theory's wider cultural implications and socio-political realities, others insisting on the possibility of a biological definition of humanness"... "It is therefore now an apposite moment to revisit the idea of the posthuman, and posthumanist approaches to performance art and theatre. The aim of (re)Performing the Posthuman is to create an opportunity to do precisely this and to discuss in what form (if any) non-humanist concepts of the body and subjectivity may still be useful as a conceptual and analytical framework in performance arts."

--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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====23andme special offer====

[[File:23andme.png|thumb|left|220px|© 23andMe, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved; distributed pursuant to a Limited License from [http://www.23andme.com/about/tos/ 23andMe]]]
 

Get your genetic health and ancestry checked with
[https://www.23andme.com/store/ 23anme]. Now for only 99$. Or maybe not.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 20:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Mmh, not anymore. Price is back to 499$.

--[[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 08:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Synbio on the go====
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t4fh reportage Synbio (english)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3449990 Introduction Synbio (German)]

[http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3388858 Dsicussion Synbio (German)]

--[[User:JanD|JanD]] 15:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Craig Venter on DNA and the sea====

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''Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about 
the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s 
biodiversity.''

Craig venter surveys the genetic biodiversity. In history surveying often meant taking possession.

--[[User:Bernd|Bernd]] 17:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Sk-Interfaces_Ausstellung====
http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/html_en/expositions/expoencours_skinterfaces.htm

Die Ausstellung ist leider schon vorbei, dabei waren aber die Größen der Branche: Art Orienté objet, Maurice Benayoun, Zane Berzina, Critical Art Ensemble, Wim Delvoye, Olivier Goulet, Eduardo Kac, Antal Lakner, Yann Marussich, Kira O’Reilly, Zbigniew Oksiuta, ORLAN, Philippe Rahm, Julia Reodica, Stelarc, Jun Takita, The Office of Experiments, The Tissue Culture and Art Project, Sissel Tolaas, Paul Vanouse.

Es gibt ein Minivideo auf der Seite..
--[[User:Mila|Mila]] 22:16, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

es gibt auch ein schönes, interaktives (was den umschlag betrifft) buch dazu!
*SK-Interfaces ISBN 1846311497
<strike>vielleicht was für die bibliothek?</strike> (ist in der Unibibliothek vorhanden --[[User:Max|max]] 20:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC))

--[[User:Ck schroeder|Ck schroeder]] 19:04, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Heterogeneous Home====
http://www.benhooker.com/heterogeneoushome/
 get inspired
 by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 20:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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====Try this at home: Extracting Human DNA====
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950604815683841321&hl=en%23#docid=-4012088783925636893 Instructional video]
 

by [[User:Sebastian|sebastian]] 18:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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====Research/Link: Biopunk Manifesto====
The Biopunk Manifesto by Annalee Newitz [http://www.ekac.org/biopunk.html]

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====Kac goes Hopfengärtner====
Apparently bioart allstar E.Kac features in his recent work methods employed by B.Hopfengärtner a couple of years ago ;)
Eduardo Kac, Lagoglyphs: Lagoogleglyph I (2009)
Google Earth work composed of Lagoglyph installed on the roof of Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, approx. 26 x 56 ft; and custom-ordered WorldView2 satellite photograph. 
Kac: http://www.ekac.org/oi_kac.show_overview.html 
Hopfengärtner: http://hello.w0r1d.net/

Sidenote (Learning from the professionals): Always have female spectators in photographic representation of your artwork.

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==== 22.01.10 Preparation Workshop Heidelberg====

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====iGEM 2009 Team Wash U: Synthetically Regulated Antenna Energy Production in Bioreactors====
This group tries to grow a Alphaproteobacteria wich can be used for Energy Production with less energy wasted

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Wash_U/Project

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====iGEM 2009 Team Cambridge: E.chromi feat. Daisy Ginsberg + John King====

*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Project/Amplification
*http://ung.igem.org/Results?year=2009

*http://www.echromi.com/
*http://www.daisyginsberg.com/index.html

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====DIYbio====
Basierend auf das ArtScienceBangalore/Project des iGEM Wettbewerbs
wurde eine kleine Forschung über "do-it-your-self" möglichkeiten
im eigenen Atelier ein kleines Labor einzurichten mit dem man Biologie "hacken"
kann.
Bei der suche nach Informationen bin ich auf folgende Internetseiten gestoßen
die sich damit befassen:

Eine Seite ist die Amateur-Bio-Hacker Seite DIYbio [http://diybio.org/about/]

In der Stanford School of Medicine - Undersanding Genetics findet man Videos
zu "Do-It-Yourself Strawberry DNA" [http://www.thetech.org/genetics/medicine.php]

Auf der nächsten Seite findet man interessante Artikel mit denen sich das ArtScienceBangalore Project befasst hat zu den Themen:

Art and Politics,Art,Science,Ethics,Design & Technology,Synthetic Biology,General Design Links usw. [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/ArtScience_IGEM_team]

Wenn Salmonellen Leuchten!!
Die OSAKA Gruppe präsentiert ihre Arbeiten.[http://2009.igem.org/Team:Osaka/WORKS]

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====Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS)====

*http://synbioss.sourceforge.net/
The Synthetic Biology Software Suite (SynBioSS) is a software suite for the generation, storing, retrieval and quantitative simulation of synthetic biological networks.
The SynBioSS DS is a set of multiscale algorithms for modeling and simulating reaction networks, such as gene regulatory networks.

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====Spectacles - A visual editing framework ====
from the 2009 iGEM UC Berkeley Software Team Wiki
*http://2009.igem.org/Team:Berkeley_Software/Spectacles
for the design of composite biological devices and the assignment of physical samples to functional concepts.