The Blend Between Arts & Sciences at iGEM Jamboree 2024
· talk
Alex participated on a panel at iGEM Jamboree 2024 in Paris on how artistic and scientific methods can inform one another.
Alex May joined Anna Dumitriu and Radu Ticiu of BioCoderDojo Timisoara for The Blend Between Arts & Sciences at iGEM Jamboree 2024 on Thursday 24 October 2024 at 4:45pm in Plaza 3, Paris Expo, France.
Published information for the session describes it as an exploration of the intersection of art and science through the lens of BioArt, encouraging iGEM participants to think critically and creatively about synthetic biology. In that context, May’s contribution helped position artistic practice, science communication, and transdisciplinary research within a discussion aimed at an audience already deeply engaged with emerging biotechnologies.
Official iGEM materials describe the 2024 Grand Jamboree as the World Expo of Synthetic Biology and the largest synthetic biology gathering to date, with more than 4,500 attendees across research, industry, startups, governance, policy, and the public. That broader setting gave May’s appearance a particularly strong frame for thinking about how artistic work can sit within synthetic biology not as decoration or outreach alone, but as a way of opening different kinds of inquiry.
The panel video is available via the iGEM Video Universe, and further conference details were published on the iGEM Jamboree 2024 site.