Advisors

ID:

Bart Deplancke

Cell line:

Differentiation:

EPFL iGEM big boss

Specific functions:

Alternatively pressure applier and optimism provider with occasional trolling.

Productivity increased by:

Controls controls controls !

Greatest ambition in life:

Special features:

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ID:

Sebastian Maerkl

Cell line:

German

Differentiation:

Specific functions:

Productivity increased by:

The percentage beer his grad students (i.e. Matt) owe him

Greatest ambition in life:

Collect ALL the iGEM trophies/medals and have his lab covered in iGEM stickers and random goodies.

Special features:

Replaced his old 2009 iGEM hoodie with a new one!

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ID:

Sowmya Balasubramanian

Cell line:

Differentiation:

PhD student in Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Wurm Lab)

Specific functions:

Teach us the art of mammalian cell culture

Productivity increased by:

"Graphs are good, I like graphs! They make me want to work more."

Greatest ambition in life:

Special features:

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ID:

Matthew Blackburn

Cell line:

Differentiation:

PhD student in Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Maerkl Lab)

Specific functions:

Teaching us sorcery like PCR, spend tons of money for us.

Productivity increased by:

Beer drinking

Greatest ambition in life:

Go on an adventure in the underground dungeons of the MIT with us

Special features:

"Don't kill yourselves! But if you do, call 911."

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ID:

Pascal Damian Odermatt

Cell line:

Differentiation:

PhD student in Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Fantner Lab)

Specific functions:

Teach us a ghetto way to load a gel

Productivity increased by:

Greatest ambition in life:

Special features:

"He's the other Matt (Odermatt)" Diego

Undergrads

ID:

Mouna Cerra Cheraka

Cell line:

F1 generation of a monohybrid Swiss x Algerian cross

Differentiation:

Bioengineering

Specific functions:

Provide all sorts of silliness for the wiki.

Productivity increased by:

Greatest ambitions in life:

Invent time traveling, regeneration and owning a pet dragon

Special features:

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ID:

Alexandra Iouranova

Cell line:

Swiss naturalised Russian

Differentiation:

Bioengineering

Specific functions:

Productivity increased by:

Greatest ambition in life:

Being able to clone herself, several times, just in case.

Special features:

Likes the smell of fresh LB.

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ID:

Sander Kromwijk

Cell line:

Dutch

Differentiation:

Computer Science

Specific functions:

Productivity increased by:

software patch for prefrontal lobe

Greatest ambition in life:

Special features:

Can build a computer from sticks and mud

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ID:

Andrei Kucharavy

Cell line:

Differentiation:

Life Sciences

Specific functions:

Sporadically give his input.

Productivity increased by:

Greatest ambition in life:

Having an opensource software installed for every single task of daily life.

Special features:

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ID:

Juneseung Lee aka MixtedJuice

Cell line:

Korea

Differentiation:

Neuroscience!

Specific functions:

Making stupid face while listening to French speakers

Productivity increased by:

Good results

Greatest ambition in life:

Developing mechanical and artificial human brain

Special features:

Je ne comprends pas le français, mais je l'aime

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ID:

Diego Marcos

Cell line:

Español

Differentiation:

Engineer differentiated in Mathematics currently doing synthetic biology

Specific functions:

Modelling shiny LovTAP proteins

Productivity increased by:

Asking all the questions

Greatest ambition in life:

Special features:

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ID:

David Moi

Cell line:

Differentiation:

Bioengineering

Specific functions:

Overly enthusiastic voice from the videos!

Productivity increased by:

Greatest ambition in life:

Special features:

Hipster (e.g. Had a science mohawk before it was a meme)

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ID:

Shreya Narasimhan

Cell line:

100% Swiss and 100% Indian!

Differentiation:

Life Sciences

Specific functions:

Productivity increased by:

Instant noodles

Greatest ambition in life:

Special features: