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 =====BIOLOGY ZERO===== =====BIOLOGY ZERO=====
 +To learn about the growing power of biology to perform useful tasks and make high value products and stunning art installations.
 =====evolution===== =====evolution=====
 Major transitions: Major transitions:
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 (cultural evolution) (cultural evolution)
 =====synthetic biology===== =====synthetic biology=====
 +The future is now.
 +Active evolution.
 +Work as an engineer with the elements of natural evolution.
 +Change the informations in cells with modified viruses: genetic engineering.
 +Crisp-Cas9 (gnome editing) - works for all kinds of organisms.
 +[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlhW12dGfFk|Lynn Margulis, biologist]]
 +[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru7Wyt778QQ|Lynn Margulis work on the mytochondrial DNA (via the mother)]]
 +[[http://igem.org| (iGEM) - The International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to education and competition, the advancement of synthetic biology, and the development of an open community and collaboration.]]
 =====tissue engineering===== =====tissue engineering=====
 +[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissue_engineering|Tissue engineering]] is the use of a combination of cells, engineering and materials methods, and suitable biochemical and physicochemical factors to improve or replace biological tissues. 
 +- cultivating cells, growing things.
 +- biotechnology: make the micro-organisms your slave to grow things.
 +- bioprinter: copy the histology of cells (the microscopic anatomy of cells and tissues of plants and animals) for e.g. printing organs. 
 +- [[http://www.invetech.com.au/portfolio/life-sciences/3d-bioprinter-world-first-print-human-tissue/|NovoGen MMX Bioprinter]] is science fiction turned into science fact: the world's first commercial 3D bioprinter to print human tissues.
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 +- cultivating cells on hydrogel (cells on gelatines)
 +- cell sorting
 +- communication between cells when in the proper medium (or environment) + electrical flux
 =====lab material===== =====lab material=====
 =====scientific method===== =====scientific method=====
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 =====metabolism===== =====metabolism=====
 =====cell===== =====cell=====
 +A cell is a microscopic chemical factory.
 +The cell is the basic structural, functional, and biological unit of all known living organisms. A cell is the smallest unit of life that can replicate independently, and cells are often called the "building blocks of life". (wikipedia)
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 =====DNA===== =====DNA=====
 =====genetic engineering===== =====genetic engineering=====
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