Excursion to SpinPlant GmbH SpinPlant is a biotech company which produces electrospun biological nanofibres from collagen. These unique fibres can be used for bone and cartilage repair, wound healing and as scaffolds for soft tissue regeneration in the field of regenerative medicine. As part of the BioLab Residency we had the opportunity to visit SplinPlant …
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Guest Lectures
Guest Lectures 12 October 2021 Gestaltung forscht: Symposium zum Potenzial von Designforschung für Gestalter*innen Questions about the meaning of research in design, about its self-understanding and its methods were discussed from different perspectives. In three presentations, experts presented their view on the topic during the digital discourse, which was initiated by Rita Rentzsch, professor for interior …
Interim Presentation
Interim Presentation project: A-little-better machines year: 2025
Final Presentation
Final Presentation project: A-little-better machines year: 2025
Exkursion to Theresa Schubert
Exkursion to Theresa Schubert 24.03.2025, Berlin (DE) We had the great opportunity to visit the artist Dr. Theresa Schubert in her studio in Berlin. She operates within an aesthetic that blends biology and science f iction, questioning anthropocentrism with her interdisciplinary works. Her techno-organic installations combine art, science, and living organisms, offering new perspectives on …
Exkursion to Studio Jan Bernstein
Exkursion to Studio Jan Bernstein 24.03.2025, Berlin (DE) As part of our Microbial Factories project, we visited Berlin-based artist Jan Bernstein in his studio. Bernstein, born in 1982 in Berlin, studied industrial design from 2003 to 2010 at the Hochschule für Kunst und Design in Halle and spent a year at the Escola d’Art i Superior de …
Exkursion to TOP Lab
Exkursion to TOP Lab 25.03.2025, Berlin (DE) The third session of the Berlin excursion took place at TOP Lab, an open-science space operating on the base of TOP e.V., dedicated to community biohacking and citizen biology. Alessandro Volpato introduced the lab’s ethos of open-source experimentation, democratic biotechnology access, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The semester topic, Microbial …
Lecture: Biomineralisation with Dr. Filipe Natalio, NOVA University of Lisboa
Biomineralisation with Dr. Filipe Natalio, NOVA University of Lisboa (1. Lecture Series) 31.03.2025, Halle (DE) Biomineralisation describes the ability of biological systems to form inorganic structures such as bones, mussel shells or diatom shells and to build up solid, mineral structures through living cells. The results are so-called biominerals, which consist of a mineral component …
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Exkursion to Lynn Harles at the Berlin Botanical Garden
Exkursion to Lynn Harles at the Berlin Botanical Garden 25.03.2025, Berlin (DE) On Tuesday afternoon, we met with Lynn Harles at the Berlin Botanical Garden. She is a design researcher working at the intersection of design and the natural sciences. Her work explores the role of design within the context of the Anthropocene, questioning how design can …
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Exkursion to Haus am Kleistpark: Microverse by Kathrin Linkersdorf
Exkursion to Haus am Kleistpark: Microverse by Kathrin Linkersdorf 25.03.2025, Berlin (DE) The exhibition Microverse is the result of an interdisciplinary collaboration that originated within the Excellence Cluster “Matters of Activity” at Humboldt University in Berlin. Artist Kathrin Linkersdorff worked closely with microbiologist Prof. Dr. Regine Hengge to explore how organic decay and bacterial processes …
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