Team:Uppsala-Sweden/Team
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The University
Quality, knowledge and creativity since 1477
Uppsala University conducts high quality education on elementary, advanced and research level. Ranked among the 100 top universities in the world, the Uppsala University was founded in 1477 and is the oldest university among the Scandinavian countries. Uppsala University has 40 000 students and is one of the most prestigious university of Sweden, eight scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize. Many prize-winners also hold an open lecture at Uppsala University, in advance of the prize ceremony.
As the only participating team from Sweden, the Uppsala-Sweden team are pleased to represent Uppsala University and Sweden in iGEM 2011.
The team
Supervisors:
- Anthony Forster
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Dr. Forster received from the University of Adelaide, Australia, a B.Sc. majoring in Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry in 1983, a B.Sc. Hons. in Biochemistry in 1984, and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 1988. He was a post-doctoral fellow with Nobel laureate Sidney Altman at Yale and received an M.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Medical School in 1996. He then completed a residency in Anatomical Pathology followed by research as an Instructor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
He was Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, from 2005-2011 before moving to Uppsala University, Sweden, as a Professor. Dr. Forster discovered the hammerhead catalytic RNA structure, invented photobiotin for the preparation of nucleic acid diagnostics and external guide sequences for ribonuclease P, and has created unnatural genetic codes de novo. He has published in journals including Cell, JACS, Nature, PNAS and Science, edited a volume of Methods, and has authored patents. His technology has founded 3 biotech companies. He currently researches synthetic biology, protein synthesis and drug discovery.
- Anders Virtanen
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- Lidaw Pello-Esso
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- Eugenia Kalliontzi
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- Tomas Dalmo
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Just starting the 5th year at the Molecular Biotechnology Engineering Program at Uppsala University. Planning to finish the degree in spring 2012, thereby hoping to start the degree project in autum 2011. Though there is no very specific focus in the engineering program, one interest is technological applications within the field of biotechnology.
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Responsible for the human practice group. Will also put a lot of focus to the lab work.
- Lei Sun
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Super senior (or 5th year student) at Molecular Biotechnology Engineering Program at Uppsala University. Spent one year at Cornell University on exchange, studying within Biological Engineering major. Applied and got accepted for transferring to the Ivy League school, but chose to finish the degree in Uppsala. Participated in iGEM 2010, providing the team with past iGEM experiences.
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The originator of the project idea, inspired by the Tabor, Levskaya and Voigt article. Plans, coordinates and manages lab work. "Medals are for everyone who show lab results!"
- Amin Zarif Saffari
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- Phani Behra
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- Antonio Avalos
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- Sibel Ciftci
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- Ismail Abubeker
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Studying sophomore year majoring in Molecular Biotechnology at Uppsala university. First time participating in Igem. Hoping to get a better understanding of synthetic biology. Enjoys skateboarding, hiking and gymnastics.
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Responsible for Bio ethics, Bio security and bio safety assessments.
- Johanna Spaak
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- Mohamed Beyan
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- Erik Lundin
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- Laura Alexis
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- Hamid Gavali
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- Karl Dyrhage
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- Anna Gustafsson
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- Pikkei Yuen
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- Cherno Sidibeh
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