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Team:LMU-Munich/Team
The LMU-Munich team is exuberantly happy about the great success at the World Championship Jamboree in Boston. Our project Beadzillus finished 4th and won the prize for the "Best Wiki" (with Slovenia) and "Best New Application Project".
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Who we are
Our iGEM team is a group of seven students and three advisors.
All of us are working closely together with our three advisors, Prof. Thorsten Mascher, Dr. Tina Wecke and Dr. Georg Fritz. Prof. Thorsten Mascher is not only offering us a place in his lab, but also a lot of support and input on all parts of the project. Tina is the one to go to for trouble shooting and strategy planning and Georg is advising us how to best evaluate parts and how to model.
We have a lot of fun working together on Beadzillus!
Where we are from
We are from Munich, the world's largest village ;-)
Munich is in Bavaria, known for its beer (in Munich especially the Oktoberfest) and its dialect. Though many Munich natives don't have a dialect, you will always find many Münchners drinking beer in one of the many beergardens on a sunny day.
Munich has two universities, the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU, our team) and the Technical University (TUM). Even though the interests don't overlap extensively (the LMU is more interested in basic research while the TUM more in application), there is still some sort of lighthearted competition between these two about which of these is the "real" university of Munich. Despite this, our two teams got along just fine and collaborated on the Synbio day.
Munich itself, even though it has a lot of different places to offer, has many "central" places. If you want to go shopping: Kaufinger Straße, if you want to go to a park and lay in the sun: Englischer Garten, if you want to visit a natural history museum: Deutsches Museum, if you want to visit an art museum: Pinakotheken, if you want to study: LMU (just kidding). But you get the point. That is probably also the reason why we see our city as one of the largest villages in the world, because we always seem to meet people we know, because we all go the same places. And maybe someday we will meet you here ...
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Our Team
 Korinna |
 Franzi |
 Tamara |
 Simon |
 Julia |
 Jenny |
 Jara |
 Prof. Dr. Mascher |
Advisors:
- Prof. Dr. Thorsten Mascher
- Dr. Tina Wecke
- Dr. Georg Fritz
Undergrads:
- Korinna is a Bachelor student in Biology. She takes care of lab duties and safety, and is also known around the lab as the “data generator.” The sheer amount of data derived from her work and evaluation of all our promoters is the heart of our well evaluated Bacillus BioBrickBox module. We all appreciate Korinna for her hard working attitude. Korinna comes from Heidelberg, Germany, and is 23 years old. She will pursue her Master of Biology here at the LMU next year.
- Franzi is a Bachelor student in Biology. She is working to fuse different proteins to the spore crust as part of the Sporobead module. Franzi is also developing the design for our Amsterdam (European Jamboree) presentation. With Tamara, she recently celebrated the accomplishment of fusing GFP to the outer spore crust. Franzi comes from Stuttgart, and is 22 years old. Franzi's upbeat attitude keeps us all going in the lab. She will pursue her Master of Biology here at the LMU next year.
- Tamara is a Master student in Biology. She works on the fusion of different proteins to the spore crust as part of the Sporobead module. Tamara also controls and develops the design for our Amsterdam (European Jamboree) presentation. Tamara has contributed greatly to the website design, and together with Simon, planned and implemented the Students Practical. Tamara originally comes from Serbia, and is 24 years old. Tamara's dedication to the lab is invaluable to the team. She will finish her Master of Biology next year, and will then pursue a PhD.
- Simon is a Master student in Biology. He worked with Bacillus during his Bachelor degree, and enjoys working with it. Despite his appreciation for Bacillus, he has taken on the challenging job of balancing our Sponsoring and budgeting, website and information sharing, Human practice, Collaborations, and all of the miscellaneous tasks we seem to come up with. Without Simon, we'd be lost! Simon comes from Munich, and is 25 years old. Next year, he will complete his Master of Biology, and then looks forward to a PhD.
- Julia is a Master student in Biochemistry. This is her third time participating in iGEM. Julia has the know-how and calmness of an experienced iGEM member. In the lab, she has inventively developed and created the Suicideswitch aspect of the GerminationSTOP module. We appreciate Julia's passion for science. Julia comes from Munich, and is 22 years old. Julia will complete her Master of Biochemistry next year, and will then pursue a PhD.
- Jenny is Master student in Biology. She is responsible for inhibiting germination in the Gene Knockout aspect of the GerminationSTOP module. Jenny is also responsible for all English editing, and graphics and design for our Amsterdam (European Jamboree) presentation. Jenny is known in the lab for her good sense of humor. Jenny comes from Seattle, USA, and is 26 years old. Next year Jenny will complete her Master of Biology, and looks forward to a PhD.
- Jara is a Master student in Biology. 2012 marks Jara's third time participating in the iGEM competition. For all of the newbies, Jara is known as our “walking library.” Her depth of understanding and patience are appreciated by the whole team. Jara has worked on every module of the Beadzillus project, helping out especially with the Bacillus BioBrickBox. Jara comes from Munich and is 23 years old. She will complete her Master of Biology next year, and then will pursue her PhD.
What we did
cCheck out our achievements page.
Contact us
igem@bio.lmu.de
http://www.facebook.com/igem.lmu
iGEM LMU
AG Mascher
Großhadernerstr. 2-4
82152 Planegg
+49 (0) 89 2180-74624
