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| biotechnology [2011-02-20 16:19] – [Alter Nature Symposium] takufoam | biotechnology [2011-02-20 18:16] – takufoam |
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| Some thoughts picked up at the "Alter Nature Symposium", about Designing Nature; Designing Human Life; Owning Life | Some thoughts picked up at the "Alter Nature Symposium", about Designing Nature; Designing Human Life; Owning Life |
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| Fri, Feb.18, 011 - University of Hasselt [BE] | Fri, Feb.18, 011 - University of Hasselt [BE] |
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| "Improvisational Jazz in the Research Room is allowed only in War Times" | "Improvisational Jazz in the Research Room is allowed only in War Times" |
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| "Rococco Biolistic Transgenic Arts, Synchromism Electroporation Germline Arts; DNA OP Art Stem Cell Microinjection Arts, Constructed Painting Lipid Transfer Genetic Arts, 3rd Millennium Eugenic Husbandry Bioarts; Sexual Diversity as a Reproductive Fitness Test..." | "Through art historical diversity as a methodology, we can include all of art's refined movements as pathways to gene expression. F.i. under-explored avenues include: Rococco Biolistic Transgenic Arts, Synchromism Electroporation Germline Arts; DNA OP Art Stem Cell Microinjection Arts, Constructed Painting Lipid Transfer Genetic Arts, 3rd Millennium Eugenic Husbandry Bioarts; Sexual Diversity as a Reproductive Fitness Test..." |
| "...new bodies appear, Pangaean Bodies ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangaea_(album)|jazz again]]), with the widest range of Aesthetics, so that canyons, swamps, caves, of feeling can be expressed anatomically. Nature as transvestite." | "...new bodies appear, Pangaean Bodies ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangaea_(album)|jazz again]]), with the widest range of Aesthetics, so that canyons, swamps, caves, of feeling can be expressed anatomically. Nature as transvestite." |
| http://www.emutagen.com | http://www.emutagen.com |
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| **Designing Life** | === **Designing Life** === |
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| **Koen Vanmechelen** talked about his well known //Cosmopolitan Chicken Project// launched in the late nineties to create through cross-breeding domestic chickens from all over the world the "truly cosmopolitan chicken"; 'a metaphor for the global cultural and genetic mix that diversity and hybridization create'. | **Koen Vanmechelen** talked about his well known //Cosmopolitan Chicken Project// launched in the late nineties to create through cross-breeding domestic chickens from all over the world the "truly cosmopolitan chicken"; 'a metaphor for the global cultural and genetic mix that diversity and hybridization create'. |
| dr. Ir. Rinie van Est from the dutch //Rathenau Institute// raised questions fused by the **Bio-Machine Era** [Joel Garreau, 2004]: 'What does it mean to be human/What is the human condition; Who controls the brain interventions; f.i. remote controlled rats; total engagement in games > gamification of life, of war... He pointed at two bio-engineering megatrends, B iology becomes T echnology and vice versa. A convergence takes place of Information revolution, Materials(nano) revolution, Biotech revolution (Jeremy Rifkin would have asked why Mr. van Est does not mention the [[http://www.foet.org/ongoing/documents/LeadingWayThirdIndustrialRevEUabridged5-14-08.pdf|Energy revolution)]]. | dr. Ir. Rinie van Est from the dutch //Rathenau Institute// raised questions fused by the **Bio-Machine Era** [Joel Garreau, 2004]: 'What does it mean to be human/What is the human condition; Who controls the brain interventions; f.i. remote controlled rats; total engagement in games > gamification of life, of war... He pointed at two bio-engineering megatrends, B iology becomes T echnology and vice versa. A convergence takes place of Information revolution, Materials(nano) revolution, Biotech revolution (Jeremy Rifkin would have asked why Mr. van Est does not mention the [[http://www.foet.org/ongoing/documents/LeadingWayThirdIndustrialRevEUabridged5-14-08.pdf|Energy revolution)]]. |
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| Huib de Vriend (LIS Consult) states that "synthetic biology is still in its infancy, we cannot construct life, only complex systems that are still more 'natural' than 'artificial. But we can expect a paradigm shift since we move from reading dna to writing and synthesizing it, and from the modification of existing biological systems towards the creation/modulation of new biological systems. | Huib de Vriend (LIS Consult) states that '**synthetic biology** is still in its infancy, we cannot construct life, only complex systems that are still more 'natural' than 'artificial. But we can expect a paradigm shift since we move from reading dna to writing and synthesizing it, and from the modification of existing biological systems towards the creation/modulation of new biological systems.' |
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| Synthetic biology will change our lives through several fields like medicine (synthetic DNA, cheaper drugs, targeted drug delivery sys, biosensors and stem cell therapies); metabolically designed microorganisms and optimized photovoltaic systems (artificial leaves) for the production of biobased energy, fuels and other biobased products; Biosensors for rapid detection in military applications." | Synthetic biology will change our lives through several fields like medicine (synthetic DNA, cheaper drugs, targeted drug delivery sys, biosensors and stem cell therapies); metabolically designed microorganisms and optimized photovoltaic systems (artificial leaves) for the production of biobased energy, fuels and other biobased products; Biosensors for rapid detection in military applications." |
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| Mr. de Vriend showed the [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8470691.stm|video]] of an interesting experiment with bacterial cells that fluoresce in synchrony; protein waves of light go through cells; Jeff Hasty, University of California. | Mr. de Vriend showed the [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8470691.stm|video]] of an experiment with bacterial cells that are turned into synchronised "genetic clocks" - programming them to switch a fluorescent protein on and off, so that protein waves of light go through cells. The aim of the research and engineering experiments at Jeff Hasty Lab (University of California) is "to **use computational tools to design biological circuits from scratch**". |
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| //Here and now In the future, the performative performance- by designer/researcher J. Paul Neeley - President of Gaia Corporation (2023), "company of the past next 12 years" - introducing | And pointed out the importance of **[[http://partsregistry.org|The Registry of Standard Biological Parts]]**; "a continuously growing collection of genetic parts that can be mixed and matched to build synthetic biology devices and systems." |
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| **'Owning Life' - Biotech Patents and Risks (The fear factor)** | |
| | === **'Owning Life** === |
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| | //Here and now In the future, the performative talk - by designer/researcher J. Paul Neeley - President of Gaia Corporation (2023), "company of the past next 12 years" - introducing -and commenting on- Biotech patents, risks, the ownership of life |
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| Gaia Corporation's core business is "to appropriate compensation for Earth's work", with the mission "to act as stewards of the earth's intellectual property, to promote and protect bio diversity, and to manage synthetic biological risk." | Gaia Corporation's core business is "to appropriate compensation for Earth's work", with the mission "to act as stewards of the earth's intellectual property, to promote and protect bio diversity, and to manage synthetic biological risk." |
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| - J. Paul Neeley back in the now > http://www.jpaulneeley.com/info.html | - J. Paul Neeley back in the now > http://www.jpaulneeley.com/info.html |
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| | also see the above mentioned technology based on intentional, [[http://libarynth.org/biotechnology#open_source_biology_and_polymerase_chain_reaction_patent_expiry|open-source biology]] |
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| **On EU-Patents** | **On EU-Patents (drives and fears)** |
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| //Dr. Philippe Jacobs (Ghent University applications) | //Dr. Philippe Jacobs (Ghent University applications) |
| "Insurance, the silent keystone of modern life" - "The problem with nanotech is the difficulty to estimate its risk." | "Insurance, the silent keystone of modern life" - "The problem with nanotech is the difficulty to estimate its risk." |
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| **Related / Resources** | === **Related / Resources** === |
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| **Alter Nature** - http://www.alter-nature.be/en | **Alter Nature** - http://www.alter-nature.be/en |
| **Garreau, Joel** (2005) Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies, and What It Means to Be Human - Doubleday. http://www.garreau.com/main.cfm?action=book&id=2 | **Garreau, Joel** (2005) Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies, and What It Means to Be Human - Doubleday. http://www.garreau.com/main.cfm?action=book&id=2 |
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| ** Hasty Lab of Systems Biodynamics - http://biodynamics.ucsd.edu/index.html | ** Hasty Lab of Systems Biodynamics** - http://biodynamics.ucsd.edu/index.html |
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| // notes by bartaku | // notes by bartaku based on live talks and hand-outs |
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