Team:NTNU Trondheim/Team

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NTNU IS B.A.C.K.
Bacterial Anti-Cancer-Kamikaze

Meet the team Team NTNU Trondheim up close and personal

Origin of replication:
Trondheim
Study program:
Graduated M.Sc. in Chemical engineering and biotechnology from NTNU, with specialization in biotechnology.

Gunvor Røkke

Interests outside academia:
Mainly playing the violin. I have been playing since I was five years old, and I am currently leading one of the three folk music orchestras in Trondheim. I also like to swim, or to gab with my friends.
Areas of responsibility:
  • Team leader: Teaching the other team members the basic cloning techniques used for biobrick assembly.
  • Team representative: In case of interested journalists, Gunvor will talk to them. Rolf will be her manager and Nina her stylist!
  • Team dietitian: One of Gunvor's less serious responsibility areas is to make sure that all team members get their daily dose of carbohydrates (as we all agree that lowcarb is nonsense).
  • Vice PR chief: Rolf is the actual PR chief, but in case Rolf meets some really stubborn journalists, and he gives up, Gunvor will take over.
Fun fact:
I'm able to whistle and hum in two part harmony with myself. And no, I'm not mutated.
Origin of replication:
Eidsvåg, Møre og Romsdal
Study program:
M.Sc. in Chemical engineering and biotechnology at NTNU, with specialization in biotechnology.

Nina Hole

Interests outside academia:
Sports enthusiast, but especially interested in football. I also play football myself on NTNU's own football team. Other interests are reading, traveling and food.
Areas of responsibility:
  • Gunvor's stylist:If Gunvor is representing the team, I have the main responsibility to do her make-up and so on.
  • Photo chief: If something needs photographing, Nina is on the job!
  • Facebook and twitter chief: Updating facebook and twitter is Nina's responsibility.
  • Travel chief: Nina is travel chief, and have had the main responsibility for booking our hotel in Amsterdam. Apparently, she's good at this, because the hotell looks absolutely fabulous!
  • Megan Fox chief: Internal humour. Don't ask...
Fun fact:
My favorite author/musician Jo Nesbø, has named his main character in his criminal novels Harry Hole. His inspiration for the last name comes from my family!
Origin of replication:
Drammen
Study program:
M.Sc. in Chemical engineering and biotechnology at NTNU, with specialization in biotechnology.

Jarle Pahr

Interests outside academia:
Aikido and psychology.
Areas of responsibility:
  • Master of the notebook: Trying to get the other team members to update the notebook.
  • Cake chief: Baking awesome cakes.
Fun fact:
Is resistant to norovirus, thanks to a mutation in the FUT2 gene. Being a mutant is nice!
Origin of replication:
Larvik
Study program:
M.Sc. in Chemical engineering and biotechnology at NTNU, with specialization in biotechnology.

Eirin Korvald

Interests outside academia:
Music (both playing and listening), snowboarding, hiking, knitting, hanging with friends.
Areas of responsibility:
  • iGEM hair dresser: Making sure the entire team has fabulous hair at all times.
Origin of replication:
Trondheim
Study program:
M.Sc. in Chemical engineering and biotechnology at NTNU, with specialization in biotechnology.

Ove Øyås

Interests outside academia:
Nature, cycling, hiking, music, programming, being enthusiastic about stuff.
Areas of responsibility:
  • Internet chief: Fixing the wiki and the Matchmaker. Making spaghetti code.
Fun fact:
Will easily eat raw ginger and garlic.
Origin of replication:
Trondheim
Study program:
M.Sc. in Chemical engineering and biotechnology at NTNU, with specialization in applied theoretical chemistry.

Rolf Heilemann Myhre

Interests outside Academia:
In my spare time, I like exercising, hanging with friends, partying, movies etc. Also, I can't live without my computer.
Areas of responsibility:
    Modelling the genetic circuit.
Fun fact:
I have not studied any biotechnology before joining the iGEM team.
Origin of replication:
Stavanger, Norway
Position:
Professor

Eivind Almaas

Area of expertise:
Systems biology and network analysis
Interests outside academia:
Hiking, reading, living.
Areas of responsibility:
  • Team organization.
  • Computer modelling.
Fun fact:
Big fan of 50's Rock'n Roll and Rockabilly.
Origin of replication:
Cologne, Germany
Position:
Postdoctoral fellow

Rahmi Lale

Area of expertise:
Transcriptional and translational regulation of bacterial gene expression, metabolic engineering. Metagenome/biodiscovery.
Interests outside academia:
Loves playing bass, likes biking/hiking/skiing/fishing/sailing, into web/graphic design.
Areas of responsibility:
Herding the nerds!
Fun fact:
He loves bugs so much that he makes his own kefir.
Origin of replication:
Mannheim, Germany
Position:
Associate professor

Martin Hohmann-Marriott

Area of expertise:
Photosynthesis, bioenergetics, molecular biology.
Interests outside academia:
My family, history, all things computer and technology
Areas of responsibility:
Instructor, molecular biology and physiology
Fun fact:
Martin designed exercise equipment for ants as an undergraduate.
Origin of replication:
Kristiansand, Norway
Position:
Doctoral student. Graduated M.Sc. in Physics and mathematics from NTNU.

Marius Eidsaa

Area of expertise:
Systems biology, mainly focusing on networks, both generally and in biology. I'm currently working on network methods and analysis of microarray data..
Interests outside academia:
I like to sing, and I'm currently singing tenor in two student-society based choirs. Other interests include music in general, food and drink and good company.
Areas of responsibility:
  • I'm a modelling instructor, so my main responsibility is to help set up and analyze our model.
Fun fact:
Has been swimming at a national level.



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