Team:TU Darmstadt/Team
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Teams
Degradation
Marie Burghard Dipl. Biology
Master of SOE PCR and SDS-bubblesMarie is one of the few remaining diploma of the TU Darmstadt and the only one of their kind that made it to our iGEM team.
If you need someone to keep a cool head and a bunch of testosterone driven menfolk in control there is no way around her.
She is skilled in all kind of genetic methods and even knows how to play the piano.
Jascha Dimer M.Sc. Biomolecular Engineering
Master of SOE PCRAlthough it required some force to make Jascha join our iGEM team he never regretted joining us. Nor did we.
Together with Marie he dealt with the isolation of FsC and Est13 via SOE PCR and kept up the working spirit.
To start with iGEM was his chance to realize a project that involves going beyond the usual university project limits. We went far...
Adrian Eilingsfeld M.Sc. Biomolecular Engineering
Trainee in BioBrick production and god of wikimediaAdrians objective was the construction of BioBricks based on the fusion proteins sub units.
When time was running short he took up the challenge and started the wiki.
He's a constant source of wicked ideas: He implemented the laser thermometer as labware, likes rockets and owns a 3D printer.
Philipp Rottmann M.Sc. Biomolecular Engineering
Master of BioBrick production and god of overexpression of FsC/Est13Philipp represented our iGEM team on severall occasions, cared for our public relations, funding and to put us into good humor.
Yet he insited to spend time in the laboratory. Without him lab the lab wouldn't be the same.
He is one of the alltime enthusiastic kind who always gives a helping hand and makes teamwork a pleasant experience.
Renè Sahm B.Sc. Biomolecular Engineering
God of activity assaysRenè joined the iGEM teams as soon as he heard about it.
He is always in search of a challenge and gives his best while having a lot of fun.
Arne Wehling B.Sc. Biomolecular Engineering
Team leader and god of SOE PCRArne is a great team leader. He is confident and doesn't hesitate to kick ass if required but doesn't mind to pay attention to trivial matters.
Although he classifies himself as a tough guy and trains boxing on a regular basis, the only one who ended up with a black eye (twice) was himself, after some close quarter combats (sparring). He is extremely dedicated trying to bring science to the people.
Transport
from left to right: Sebastian, Valentina, Malte, Andreas
Malte Blumenroth B.Sc. Biomolecular Engineering
Max Heumüller B.Sc. Biology
Wet lab and translationMax
Valentina Herbring M.Sc. Biomolecular Engineering
... and documentationAndreas Schmidt B.Sc. Biomolecular Engineering
Team leader and master of improvisationAndreas
Sebastian Palluk B.Sc. Biology
Metabolism
Sascha Hein B.Sc. Biomolecular Engineering
Team leader and god of GLPSascha is a certified biological technical assistant and decided to lead the metabolism team.
His internalized skills and knowledge on a variety of methods make him essential for succesfull labwork.
He even went so far to be ready to sleep over at the lab.
Sven Rumpf B.Sc. Chemistry
Master of gel leak-proof gel chambersSven took iGEM as a chance to expand his skills on biotechnology.
Nevertheless he taught us to assemble an SDS-PAGE that
could withstand thousands of liters of resolving and stacking gel
Daniel Sachs B.Sc. Biomolecular Engineering
Master of colony pickingDaniel is the perfect man for colony PCR.
Unfortunately his transformation and ligation skills are afflicted
by his tendency to lose tubes with plasmid DNA in his ice box.
Material Science
Velten Horn B.Sc. Chemistry
Master of AFM and PET synthesisVelten was the teams good soul keeping everybody calm in stressing situations.
Entertaining everone in the long hours of using the AFM was one of his easiest tasks.
If he wasn´t synthecising PET or taking AFM images he could be found playing smartphone games addictedly, emptying everyones batterie.
Jonas von Irmer B.Sc. Chemistry
Team leader, master of AFM and synthesisJonas evolved from a mere spectator to team leader. Showing an enormous desire to make a contribution.
As a chemist he provided crucial skills and synthesised PET analoga.
His endurance using the AFM lead to beautiful pictures but also a big pile of broken cantilevers.
Henner Zirpel M.Sc. Chemistry
Master of the vanishing productHenner lead the team until he began his studies abroad.
He took care of PET synthesis beeing the first one ever to evaporate PET at a temperature of 170 °C
Simulation
Stephan Gries B.Sc. Computer Science
Sven Jager M.Sc. Biomolecular Engineering
God of simulationSven turned out to be our personal genius on simulation and modeling.
When he presented his first data we were stunned and pretty much didn't know what to say. As a consequence he reduced his data to a threshold that common people understand.
Also he did the GC-MS measurements
Henrik Cordes M.Sc. Biomolecular Engineering
Henrik did homology modeling and MD simulations under the watchful eyes of Sven for the Frankfurt iGEM team as well as for ours. Some computers crashed but it was worth it....
Wiki
Patrick Boba PhD Biology (Bioinformatics)
WikiPatrick ...
Adrian Eilingsfeld M.Sc. Biomolecular Engineering
Human Resources & Coordination
Henrik Cordes M.Sc. Biomolecular Engineering
Project management and activity assignmentHenrik was one of the first to come up with the idea to enter the iGEM competition.
He soon started coordinating and setting up the team.
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Philipp Rottmann M.Sc. Biomolecular Engineering
Master of BioBrick production and god of overexpression of FsC/Est13Philipp represented our iGEM team on severall occasions, cared for our public relations and funding.
Yet he insited to spend time in the laboratory.
He is one of the alltime enthusiastic kind who always gives a helping hand and makes teamwork a pleasant experience.
Advisors
Patrick Boba (PhD, Biology/Bioinformatics)
Niklas Weber (PhD, Biochemistry)
Björn Steinmann (PhD, Biochemistry)
Christian Dietz (AFM measurements)
Marek Janko (AFM measurements)
Dr. Tobias Meckel (Physics of biomembranes)
PET.er (The result of our hard work and commitment)
Thanks for collaborating with us!
MIA: Thea Lotz
Linus Naumann
Daniela Nietz
Svenja Peterhansel
Jan Spengler
Gries Stefan
Patrick Stier
If there are any concerns on who did what feel free to take a look at the attributions.