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She specialized in digital fabrication, textiles and biology through the <a href=\"https:\/\/textile-academy.org\/program\/\">Fabricademy program<\/a> (Barcelona\/S\u00e3o Paulo) and is doing her <a href=\"https:\/\/dad.puc-rio.br\/en\/ppg-design-graduate-program\/\">PhD in Design at PUC-Rio<\/a>, the same institution where she completed her masters. Her works and interests are in the intersection of the arts, design and biology, and she has been researching and experimenting with the idea of simpoiesis &#8211; making-with other living organisms &#8211; and the bioethical implications of it in the Biodesign field.<\/p>\n<p>Clara is a researcher at the Socialenvironmental Design Laboratory <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ecotopiaslab\/\">Ecotopias<\/a> at PUC-Rio and at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esdi.uerj.br\/en\/ppdesdi\/programme\/research-groups\/4876\/lada-design-and-anthropology-laboratory\">LADA<\/a> (Design and Anthropology Laboratory) from ESDI\/UERJ. 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