- Evry university, Master mSSB (Synthetic and systemic biology)
- Versailles Saint Quentin university
- Paris Pantheon university (Philosophy)
- Ecole Normale Supérieure
- Ecole Centrale Paris (Engineering)
- Sup'Biotech Paris (Biotechnology)
- ESIEE Management (Biotechnology)
- Télécom Sud Paris (Telecommunication Engineering & Managment)
- Epita (Computer Science)

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Master 2, mSSB, Evry university

I did my bachelor in the Evry’s University in Bioinformatic. During this year Jean-loup Faulon had spoken about iGem and synthetic biology field, and I was very interested. I wanted to participate with iGem from by bachelor. Because no team existed close to our university William and I decided to create a team in November and we looked for interested people, funding and projects. I am very excited to be involved in this project with this wonderful team.

4th year, Sup'Biotech Paris

I’m a bachelor graduated student in an engineering school. I look forward for a Master degree in biotechnology. I discover synthetic biology through conferences and I’ve been immediately fascinated by this new biological approach to work on living systems. iGEM is a good opportunity for me to start in this field and to store experiences for my future engineering carrier.

Master 2, mSSB, Evry university

I did my bachelor's degree and my first Master year In Beirut Arab University, Lebanon, In Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. I came across the term synthetic Biology on the mSSB Website and then started doing some research about the Synthetic Biology topic. Now I want to be part of this wave of unorthodox and ingenious attempts to help better things around us. I CAN'T BE Prouder to be part of IGEM EVRY 2012.

Master 2, mSSB, Evry university

Having acquired a biological background and a first year of master in “Genomics, Cells,Development and Evolution” at the University of Paris Sud 11, I started to be interested in systems biology since my last year of bachelor and decided on getting involved in this approach during both my second year of master and my master’s thesis. I am participating in iGEM competition as it allows me to combine experimental work with theoretical modeling. I am keen to learn not only different biological techniques and modeling approaches but also learn from the team members andother iGEM teams.

Master 2, mSSB, Evry university

I did my bachelor in Edinburgh university, and came into contact with synthetic biology when I participated in the 2010 Edinburgh team. My background is mostly molecular microbiology and biotechnology, but during iGEM I came into contact with modelling and how it could serve biology, thanks to the great modellers in our team. I decided to participate in mSSB in order to learn some more about modelling and programming so I could work more closely with computer people later :)

5th year, Sup'Biotech Paris

I’m currently studying my final year in Sup'Biotech Paris, a school of biotechnology, and my professional aim is to work on the processes of bioproduction. I’m attracted, since I was young, by all the possibilities of the DNA manipulation and discovered the synthetic biology with the first synthetic bacteria. Why did I join iGEM? It's a chance to participate in a challenging and concrete project.

4th year, Sup'Biotech Paris

I'm in my fourth year at Sup'Biotech, an engeenering school in biotechnologies. Like many others, I was stopped by the controversy surrounding the publication of Craig Venter and his synthetic bacterium "Synthia". Since, I am very interested to advances in this field and the iGEM competition is a chance for me to be part of this new science.

3th year, ESIEE management

I've currently finished my license in biotechnology and I'm about to join the AIV (Interdisciplinary approches to life science)Master 1. I discovered synthetic biology with the Craig Venter's paper (released in may 2010). After that, my school gave me a 5 month research & information processing project with synthetic biology as subject. Through this project i've discovered the iGEM competition and the opportunities to understand the emergence of this science. Enrolling to an iGEM team will give me a sight of how synthetic biology experimentations could be, and also, work with people who are interested to this science too.

2nd year Biology degree, Versaille Saint-Quentin University

Biologist student in Paris university, I've discovered the synthetic biology when I've joined "La Paillasse", a biohackspace in Paris.In the same time, I've learned about the existence of the Igem competition, and decided to join the Evry team after some meetings. Indeed, the iGEM looks like to me a very good opportunity to work on really interesting subjects in a work atmosphere encouraging, and I've found in the Evry team all this adventages!

3rd year,Ecole Centrale Paris

After completing a master in engineering at École Centrale Paris and a research master in applyied mathematics for biology, I am to start a PhD thesis on real-time control of biological systems with micro-fluidics chips. Ever since interested in the relation between maths and biology, I discovered synthetic biology in 2011 through its relation to systems biology and immediately got "infected". My expertise being mostly on theoretical aspects, I enrolled in iGEM to get closer to the wetlab and apply my scholar knowledge to real life problems.

5th year, Epita

I am curently in 5th year at the engineering school Epita and specialized in scientific computations. I am interested in biology since high school and more especially in the links between biological systems and my speciality: computer science. After all a cell can be seen as a kind of computer, as seen in the name "genetic code". I learned about the IGEM comptetition when I discovered the synthetic biology field in an article in Nature a few years ago. Since then I wanted to participate to the comptetition but never had the opportunity. I bring to the team my programming and engineering skills and hope to learn a lot from biologist in the lab.

2nd year, Telecom Sud Paris

As last year of my engineering school Telecom SudParis, I will be doing the mSSB (master in systematic and synthetic biology). I've got some computer science and maths skills useful for modeling and making the wiki. I imagine that mixing technologies and life science can lead to exciting inventions and discoveries. The iGEM seemed to me a nice opportunity to get to know the synthetic biology background and interact with students that are interested in it!

5th year, Sup'Biotech Paris

After a BTS in Biotechnology, I went to Sup'Biotech, an engineering school in Biotechnology. For 6 years, I have been studying DNA manipulation, bacteria transformation... but it is only recently I have heard about Synthetic Biology. It is such a promising and interesting field but requires multidisciplinary skills. I am eager to increase my knowledge to be able to work at the interface of biology and computer science. I discovered iGEM thanks to the 2009 Sup'Biotech team and I have no doubt it will be a great opportunity to learn more, gain experience and hopefully bring a modest contribution to Synthetic Biology.