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| biotechnology [2011-02-20 18:07] – [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'. |
| 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." | 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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| //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- | |
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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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| **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 |
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| // notes by bartaku | // notes by bartaku based on live talks and hand-outs |
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