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, I will talk to them. Rolf will be my manager and Nina my stylist!
• Team dietitian: One of my 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).

Fun fact:

I'm able to whistle and hum in two part harmony with myself.

Origin of replication:

Eidsvåg

Study program:

M.Sc. in Chemical engineering and biotechnology at NTNU, with specialization in biotechnology.

Nina Hole

Interests outside academia:

Areas of responsibility:

Fun fact:

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:

Areas of responsibility:

Fun fact:

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:

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:

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 modeling.

Origin of replication:

Cologne, Germany

Position:

Postdoc.

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/fishing/sailing, into web/graphic design.

Areas of responsibility:

• Herding the nerds!

Origin of replication:

Position:

Associate professor

Martin Hohmann-Marriott

Interests outside academia:

Areas of responsibility:

Origin of replication:

Trondheim

Position:

Doctoral student. Graduated M.Sc. in Physics and mathematics from NTNU.

Marius Eidsaa

Interests outside academia:

Areas of responsibility:

• Assisting with modeling.