Meet the team Team NTNU Trondheim up close and personal
The students
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.
The advisors
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.
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