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biotechnology [2011-02-20 18:50] – [Alter Nature Symposium] takufoambiotechnology [2011-02-20 21:25] – [Alter Nature Symposium] takufoam
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 http://www.emutagen.com http://www.emutagen.com
  
-**Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg - Synthetic Aesthetics - How Would You Design Nature?**+**Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg (artist/writer/designer) - Synthetic Aesthetics - How Would You Design Nature?**
  
 **Will scientists become the exclusive designers of living technology? **Will scientists become the exclusive designers of living technology?
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 negotiate this changing interpretation of life.** negotiate this changing interpretation of life.**
  
-Synthetic aesthetics is a research project at Stanford and Edinburgh Universities, initiated by scientists to investigate what this kind of design is and what it might hint at for future science and culture. It includes scientists, artists and designers +Synthetic aesthetics is a research project at Stanford and Edinburgh Universities, initiated by scientists to investigate what this kind of design is and what it might hint at for future science and culture. It includes scientists, artists and designers. 
  
 http://www.daisyginsberg.com http://www.daisyginsberg.com
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 "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."
  
-=== **Related / Resources** ===+=== References / Further Reading === 
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 +__Events__
  
 **Alter Nature** - http://www.alter-nature.be/en  **Alter Nature** - http://www.alter-nature.be/en 
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 till March 13, 2011 - http://www.z33.be/en/projects/alter-nature-we-can till March 13, 2011 - http://www.z33.be/en/projects/alter-nature-we-can
  
-**Certified Copy** +**Body / Art / Bioethics** - A SymbioticA Symposium exploring the culture and ethics of the use and ownership of living material, from the cell to the whole body, in art, science, law and philosophy. Universtity of Western Australia, Perth. August 6, 2010. - http://www.bodyartbioethics.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/#catherine
-An exhibition on the notions of copying and cloning at Verbeke Foundation [BE] till April 10, 2011- http://ornamism.com/2010/+
  
-**Center For Environmental Studies** (Centrum voor Milieukunde- CMK); University of Hasselt [BE]+**Certified Copy** - An exhibition on the notions of copying and cloning at Verbeke Foundation [BE] till April 10, 2011- http://ornamism.com/2010/ 
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 +__Research__ 
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 +**Biopolitics / Human Tissue Economies** - Professor Catherine Waldby. Director of the Biopolitics of Science research network, Sydney University. - One of her research areas is a feminist-Marxist critique of the distribution and use of parts of bodies, classified as “gift” or “waste” - http://sydney.edu.au/arts/biopolitics_science. 
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 +**Center for Environmental Studies** (Centrum voor Milieukunde- CMK); University of Hasselt [BE]
 research focused on disturbed molecular mechanisms within plants which are subject to stress caused by heavy metals. research focused on disturbed molecular mechanisms within plants which are subject to stress caused by heavy metals.
 Core competences Core competences
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 http://www.uhasselt.be/CMK-en http://www.uhasselt.be/CMK-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+**Gen Doping**  
 +Contra: [[http://www.wada-ama.org/en/About-WADA/Governance/Health-Medical--Research-Committee/Gene-Doping-Panel/|Gene Doping Panel of the World Anti-Doping Program]]  
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 +Pro: Prof. Andy Miah (Futurologist/Philosopher) - pro Transdisciplinary creative solutions - http://www.andymiah.net/category/research/sport/gene-doping/ 
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 +Both appear in documentary Die Mutanten Greifen An (Mutants Attack) A German documentary, discussed in this article > http://dasmagazin.ch/index.php/die-mutanten-greifen-an/ 
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 +**Hasty Lab of Systems Biodynamics** - http://biodynamics.ucsd.edu/index.html 
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 +__Writings__ 
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 +**Design as a Method - Governing by Design** - Paolo Antonelli's (MoMA): "design applied not as a mere aesthetic or functional tool but as a conceptual method, based on scenarios that keep human beings in focus, with the means consequently allotted in elegant, economic, and organic ways to achieve the imagined goals. Even though design alone will not solve everything, it will, as always, help create and implement effective solutions that are attuned to human nature." In: Seed Magazine, February 20, 2011 - http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/on_governing_by_design/ 
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 +**Garreau, Joel** (2005) Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies, and What It Means to Be Human - Doubleday Publishers. http://www.garreau.com/main.cfm?action=book&id=2 
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 +**Photosynthesizing bacteria** - "Dawn of Plantimals. Could a fish with built-in photosynthetic bacteria help feed the world?" Debora MacKenzie and Michael Le Page, NewScientist, December 2010, Volume 208, #2790. Pp 33-35. Featuring Christina Agapakis' research (Harvard Medical School) and experiment on injecting photosynthetic bacteria into the eggs of zebrafish. 
  
-** Hasty Lab of Systems Biodynamics** - http://biodynamics.ucsd.edu/index.html+"[[http://blogs.plos.org/retort/2010/12/20/why-animals-so-rarely-photosynthesize/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+plos%2Fblogs%2Fmain+%28Blogs+-+Main%29|Why Most Animals So Rarely Photosynthesize]]" John Rennie, The Gleaming Retort, December 20,2010
  
  
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