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SUMMARY:Growing Wearable Technology: Fashion and Synthetic Biology - Victo
 ria Geaney\, Royal College of Art
DTSTART:20151030T123000Z
DTEND:20151030T133000Z
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CONTACT:Jennifer Molloy
DESCRIPTION:Victoria Geaney is a conceptual fashion designer undertaking a
 n MPhil and PhD in Fashion Research at the Royal College of Art entitled "
 Growing Wearable Technology: Can Collaborative Fashion\, Art\, Science and
  Technology (FAST) Practice be Read and Understood as Metamodernism and Bi
 odesign?" ("read more":http://ldoc-cdt.ac.uk/growing-wearable-technology-c
 an-collaborative-fashion-art-science-and-technology-fast-practice-be-read-
 and-understood-as-metamodernism-and-biodesign)\n\nVictoria worked with the
  2014 Imperial College iGEM team on the Aqualose project\, producing a gro
 wn\, bacterial cellulose material from which she produced a unisex waistco
 at.  This incorporated dyes from coral and Green Fluorescent Protein to pr
 oduce a glow-in-the-dark effect ("link to images":https://twitter.com/SynB
 ioBen/status/528993295956213760).\n\nVictoria's research includes question
 s such as: Could you grow fabric or a second skin (or form or engineer its
  properties)? Could you engineer cells to form a fabric?  Or cells that co
 uld alter dependent on wearer's needs?  Fabric that changes / grows e.g. b
 ecoming waterproof or stain resistant when required?  Fabric formed from c
 ells or from engineering nature?  Could you build in properties into natur
 al systems e.g. light-up\, sound or even as a digital platform?\n\nTo hear
  about these and more\, we look forward to welcoming you to this lunchtime
  seminar in Plant Sciences. 
LOCATION:Large Lecture Theater\, Department of Plant Sciences\, Downing Si
 te
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