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Team:Evry/Team
From 2012.igem.org
A multidisciplinary and complementary team
The members of the team come from different schools and universities:
- 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)
Our environment: a key location for synthetic biology in France
The Institute of Systems and Synthetic Biology (iSSB):
iSSB is located on the Genopole® in Evry, host team in the summer. The iSSB is a laboratory at the University of Evry and CNRS, supported by Genopole®. It is a multidisciplinary environment or collaborate physicists, chemists, computer scientists and biologists. It is also the laboratory who founded and directs the Master 2 Systems Biology Synthetic and MSSB. This master of avant-garde, unique in France, offers courses provided by researchers at the forefront of their field, which guaranteed training in the state of the art techniques used in synthetic biology.
Composition of the team
Students
Lab team
Master 2, mSSB, Evry university
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4th year, Sup'Biotech Paris
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Master 2, mSSB, Evry university
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Master 2, mSSB, Evry university
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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 myprofessional aim is to work on the processes of bioproduction. I’m attracted, sinceI was young, by all the possibilities of the DNA manipulation and discoveredthe 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 SupBiotech, 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
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2nd year Biology degree, Versaille Saint-Quentin University
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Modeling team
3th 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
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2th 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
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Human practice
Master 2, Philosophy, Paris I university
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Instructors
Group leader of the Synth-Bio team at iSSB
After a PhD in theoretical physics, he was converted to synthetic biology for over 10 years. He gained international recognition in this field. He is now the team director of the Bio-Synth iSSB, working on the design, synthesis and characterization of biological regulatory artificial pathways. He is also one of the main teachers of the mSSB (synthetic and systematic biology master). Alfonso Jaramillo will be our main supervisor. He led Valencia iGEM team in 2006, and participated in the supervision of Valencia's and Paris' teams.
PhD candidate in Jaramillo's Group at iSSB
Ex-student of the Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris, he is now a PhD student at iSSB in Alfonso Jaramillo's Group where he is developing new technologies, using the properties of RNA molecules, for analyzing and controlling cell fate in bacteria. He is also the co-founder and president of the first community lab for biotechnology in France "La Paillasse", affiliated with the DIYbio world movement. In 2007, he was one of the founder and participants of the first french iGEM team that became finalist of the competition and received the first prize for foundational research.
Group leader at Genoscope
After a PhD in genetics and genomics of cyanobacteria at MIT and a post-doc in the team of George Church at Harvard, one of the largest synthetic biology laboratories in the world, he is now a researcher at Genoscope in Evry. His work focuses on the manufacture of biofuels by cyanobacteria. Andrew Tolonen attends the our team in the selection and construction of the project. He participated in the supervision of Harvard iGEM teams during his post-PhD.
Group leader of the Metamorphosis team at iSSB
Description here.
Advisors
Associate researcher at the University of Evry
Computational biology coordinator of the team BioRetroSynth from iSSB
He is professor of mSSB and has his ability to supervise research. He has extensive experience in computer modeling in biology (PhD at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, a postdoc at the Polytechnic Institute of New York).
Doctoral student in proteomics (first year) at the university of Evry
She obtained a Master in Biotechnology at the University of Technology Westpomeranian of Szczecin in Poland. During her university studies she has conducted several training courses abroad (UEVE, TEPAK Cyprus) and Poland which made her want to do research. Anna also performs the tutoring, which allows her to develop teaching skills.
Student of the Ecole Normale Supérieure and member of mSSB
Former member the 2011 iGEM Paris-Bettencourt team who was a finalist and won the prize for best presentation at the European semi-final, then was in the top 16 in the final at MIT. He is now starting a PhD in metabolic engineering at Jean-Loup Faulon's laboratory.
