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  • Results Summary
  • Selection System
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  • Microfluidics
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• Tools
  • Gibson Assembly
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• Notebook
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• Considerations
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• Acknowledgements
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Our Team

Alongside chip alignment and cloning procedures, we are currently learning to pose for group pictures:

On July 6 another student, Alessandro, will join our team at EPFL to work on the project this summer.

The undergrads

Alessandro

Country: Bari, Italy

Studies: Biotechnology

Major Goal in Life: wants to break the Guinness World Record for tractor-pulling. His current record stands at 355 yards and 8 inches.

Hobby: numismatics, philately

Specialization: Acclimatizing to the swiss way of life (like lunch at 12:00) and understanding EPFL geography

Clara

Country: Bucharest, Romania

Studies: Microtechnology

Major Goal in Life: radio-controlled mice

Hobby: wizardry and the dark arts

Specialization: Lives in the cleanroom and actually undestands microfluidics

Douglas

Country: Chablais, Switzerland

Studies: Materials Science

Major Goal in Life: terraforming Pluto and making it the Solar System's largest yellow cucumber exporter

Hobby: watching re-runs of Coronation Street in Indonesian

Specialization: Fights with rocks, can do a PCR 3 times without getting angry

Lilia

Country: Moscow, Russia

Studies: Biotechnology

Major Goal in Life: finding a megalodon tooth whilst pruning her prize-winning roses

Hobby: teaching her pet squirrel to make the perfect cappuccino drink

Specialization: Queen of competent cells and medium preparation

Nadine

Country: Lausanne, Switzerland

Studies: Life Sciences

Major Goal in Life: travelling back in time and marrying Atilla the Hun

Hobby: fashion design, especially menswear for Swiss loggers and other alpine outdoorsmen

Specialization: takes care of the twitter account

Solange

Country: Lausanne, Switzerland

Studies: Biotechnology

Major Goal in Life: memorizing pi to the 6578888993 digit

Hobby: improving her Formula 1 racing abilities; getting that 360 reverse dunk working

Specialization: has already spent one summer in the lab, so she knows everything

Vincent

Country: Dallas, Texas

Studies: Computational and Applied Mathematics

Major Goal in Life: reaching his third consecutive highlining-with-stilts world championship

Hobby: improving the explosive impact of menthos-in-coke devices

Specialization: Gibson master, likes making cell cultures during the weekends

The teaching assistants

The advisors