Coinciding with the launch of Milieux on March 31, 2016, the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et Culture (FRQSC) awarded the Étudiant-chercheure étoile (Star Student Researcher) award to WhiteFeather for her bioart research project, Crafting Biotextiles that led to the completion of her thesis. This award and trophy were delivered during the Gala event at…
Dr Tagny Duff’s research project, BioreMEDIAtion was featured on the FRQSC website: “While working in a laboratory at the University of Lisbon, Duff cultivated viral cells containing a deactivated strain of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and mycelium (the vegetative part of a fungus) on sculptures in the form of science equipment composed of agar-agar, a…
On February 23, 2016, Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet show aired a feature on the research entitled Cryobook Archives of Dr Tagny Duff. “This research creation project is an evolving installation featuring roaming sculptures made of human ex-plant tissue and Lentivirus that have been bound into a series of handmade books. Using tissue culture engineering techniques such…
Workshop: “Immortality” Led by visiting international guest artist Marta de Menezes Sponsored by Milieux and Fluxmedia Time: 9:30am-5pm Date: Wednesday February 17, 2016 Location: Institute Resource room EV 11.715 Afternoon: EV. 10.835 The generation and use of immortal cell lines have become common practice in scientific laboratories, although the definition of “immortality” used in such…
Speculative Life BioLab 