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Projects of Prof. Mareike Gast at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design
WORKSHOP ON THE ANTIBIOTICS CRISIS WITH RÜDIGER TROJOK 09.11.2014 Through animal and plant breeding, our environment is increasingly contaminated with antibiotics. Bacteria become resistant to them and even pass on their resistance to other bacteria. New antibiotics must therefore be constantly developed. However, there is a lack of supplies, not least because of a lack …
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EXCURSION TO IPK GANTERSLEBEN Gantersleben – 3.11.2014 During a visit to the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research Dr. Jochen Kumlehn (head of the Plant Reproductive Biology working group) introduced us to the functioning of genetic information, conventional plant breeding and the targeted manipulation of plant genes in a „crash course in …
EXCURSION TO ART LABORATORY BERLIN Berlin – 28.10.2014 The ArtLaboratory Berlin sees itself as a platform for interdisciplinary projects in an international context. In the context of the current exhibition series [macro]biologies & [micro]biologies we saw an exhibition of the artist Anna Dumitrui, whose work in the field of art and science is dedicated to …
EXCURSION TO BIOCAT TU BERLIN Berlin – 27.10.2014 At the TU Berlin we received a lecture from Prof. Budisa, Protein Engineering working group, on the artificial production of organisms. In addition to detailed background information on synthetic biology, Prof. Budisa mainly asked the question as to when one can speak of life. In view of …
VISIT OF DUTCH DESIGN WEEK Eindhoven – 20.10.2014 The visit of the DutchDesignWeek in Eindhoven was an impressive source of inspiration for the project kick-off and was a nice opportunity to get to know each other better as a group. Both the graduation show of the Design Academy and events such as the nano supermarket …
EXCURSION TO BIOART LABORATORIES Eindhoven – 20.10.2014 The BioArt Laboratories in Eindhoven are a unique place that brings together and connects people and ideas as a platform between art, design and biotechnology. It offers a laboratory with growing equipment, but above all freedom for experimental work. The focus is on interdisciplinary exchange as well as …
PARTICIPATION AT POSTER SESSIONS ON LOPE-C Frankfurt – 29.06.2011 The the project was conducted in close collaboration and exchange with several research partners, such as Prof. Baumann from TU Chemnitz, the organic solar cell start-up Heliatek, the Fraunhofer IPMS, the star-up printechnologics as well as the OLED company Novaled, which we all visited at the …
