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Alongside chip alignment and cloning procedures, we are currently learning to pose for group pictures:
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In the early days, alongside learning chip alignment and cloning procedures, we tried to pose for some group pictures:
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On July 6 another student, Alessandro, will join our team at EPFL to work on the project this summer.
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== The undergrads ==
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=== Alessandro ===
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[[File:EPFL2011_Alessandro.jpg | right | 120px | caption]]
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<i>a.k.a the PCR ninja</i>
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Origin of Replication: Bari, Italy
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Studies: Biotechnology
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Major Goal in Life: wants to break the Guinness World Record for tractor-pulling. His current record stands at 355 yards and 8 inches.
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Hobby: numismatics, philately
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Specialization: Acclimatizing to the swiss way of life (like lunch at 12:00) and understanding EPFL geography
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=== Clara ===
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[[File:EPFL2011_iGEM_bbble-tea_break_3.png| right | 120px | caption]]
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<i>a.k.a the clean room ninja</i>
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Origin of Replication : Bucharest, Romania
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Studies: Microtechnology
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Major Goal in Life: radio-controlled mice
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Hobby: wizardry and the dark arts
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Specialization: Lives in the cleanroom and actually undestands microfluidics
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=== Douglas ===
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[[File:EPFL2011_Douglas.png | right | 120px | caption]]
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<i>a.k.a the coding ninja</i>
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Origin of Replication: Chablais, Switzerland
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Studies: Materials Science
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Major Goal in Life: terraforming Pluto and making it the Solar System's largest yellow cucumber exporter
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Hobby: watching re-runs of Coronation Street in Indonesian
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Specialization: Fights with rocks, can do a PCR 3 times without getting angry, rides the bull like a bowss.
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=== Lilia ===
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[[File:EPFL2011_Lilia.png | right | 120px | caption]]
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<i>a.k.a the MITOMI ninja</i>
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Origin of Replication: Saratov, Russia
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Studies: Bioengineering
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Major Goal in Life: finding a megalodon tooth whilst pruning her prize-winning roses
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Hobby: teaching her pet bear to make the perfect cappuccino drink
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Specialization: Queen of competent cells and medium preparation, trapper of molecular interactions between DNA and TetR
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=== Nadine ===
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[[File:EPFL_Nad_IMG_0018.JPG | right | 120px | caption]]
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<i>a.k.a the primer design ninja</i>
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Origin of Replication: Lausanne, Switzerland
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Studies: Life Sciences
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Major Goal in Life: travelling back in time and marrying Atilla the Hun
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Hobby: fashion design, especially menswear for Swiss loggers and other alpine outdoorsmen
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Specialization: takes care of the twitter account, specialized in non-working Gibson assemblies
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=== Vincent ===
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[[File:EPFL2011_Vincent.png | right | 110px | caption]]
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<i>a.k.a the cloning ninja</i>
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Origin of Replication: Dallas, Texas
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Studies: Computational and Applied Mathematics
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Major Goal in Life: reaching his third consecutive highlining-with-stilts world championship
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Hobby: improving the explosive impact of menthos-in-coke devices
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Specialization: Gibson master, likes making cell cultures during the weekends
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== The teaching assistants ==
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=== Henrike ===
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[[File:Niederholtmeyer.jpg | right | 120px | caption]]
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Origin of Replication: Osnabruck, Germany
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Lab: Laboratory of Biological Network Characterization
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Major Goal in Life: combining beer and coffee into a new drink called Beefee. Coffeer was already taken.
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Hobby: co-owner of the world's largest lemur population outside of Madagascar; she is currently involved in a massive project to teach her lemurs how to swing dance.
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Zodiac: Woodpecker
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=== Matt ===
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[[File:matt.jpg | right | 120px | caption]]
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Origin of Replication: Palm Harbor, Florida
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Lab: Laboratory of Biological Network Characterization
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Major Goal in Life: play Beethoven's Fifth using the didjeridoo... with his nostrils
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Hobby: studying the effects of electrotrance music on the Icelandic walrus populations. No conclusions yet.
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Zodiac: Marmot
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=== Alina ===
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[[File:EPFL_Alina_photo..jpg | right | 120px | caption]]
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Origin of Replication: Kharkov, Ukraine
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Lab: Lab of Systems Biology and Genetics
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Major Goal in Life: Ghost-riding-the-whip in her 1960's Thunderbird with the subwoofers blaring out the opening sections of The Nutcracker
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Hobby: breeding a new artificial Minotaur for the disciplining of unruly children
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Zodiac: Sea cucumber
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=== Irina ===
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[[File:irina.png | right | 120px | caption]]
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Lab: Lab of Systems Biology and Genetics
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Origin of Replication: Lausanne, Switzerland
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Major Goal in Life: do the Kon-Tiki thing on Lake Geneva
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Hobby: prominent member of Bolshoi ballet, substitute member of Snoop Dogg's dance crew
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Zodiac: Barn owl
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== The advisors ==
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=== Bart Deplancke ===
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[[File:bart.png| right | 120px | caption]]
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Lab: Director of the Lab for Systems Biology and Genetics
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Major Goal in Life: playing the role of the Ewok leader in the upcoming 3D Star Wars release
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Hobby: Squaring the circle
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=== Sebastian Maerkl ===
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[[File:Maerkl_Sebastian.jpg | right | 120px | caption]]
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Lab: Director of the Lab for Biological Network Characterization
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Major Goal in Life: solving the murder on the Orient Express. Agatha Christie got it wrong.  
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Hobby: producing lip dubs of 80's pop songs
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