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This is the wiki page
of the Freiburger student
team competing for iGEM 2011.
Thank you for your interest!

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Rüdiger came up with the idea to found an igem team for the 2011 competition in September 2010 during our immunology course. It soon became clear that without the support from the old organizing lab, it would be a daunting task. So we (especially Rüdi) managed to obtain financing, a lab at the Max Planck Institute, equip it and then find the other members who would have enough motivation reserves for 6 months of nerve-racking, almost self-dependent lab work. Judging from the results, we were pretty successfull :)

Learning how to single-handedly organize a lab and keep it going, as well as simultaneously sharpening our teamwork skills and, most importantly, having a lot of fun has proved to be one the most important lessons during my studies.

Julia Müller

Studies:Biology

iGEM team role: master of 3a-assembly , always there to help,
contact-person for sponsors

Is proud of:being part of the team

Likes: sunshine, being on the racing bike

Philosophy: biology is not predictable

Catch phrase:Catch me if you can.

As I was always curious about how living organisms function, I started to study Biology.
Now, participating in the iGEM competition, we have even the chance to introduce some new features
into living systems such as receptors for green and red light, which Jakob and I worked on over the summer.
I was in the team from the beginning on (we started to meet up regularly in April)
and also helped organizing the movement. Furthermore I got all the sponsoring companies you can see below to help us financing this project.
The reason I call myself the 3A-assembly master is following : I was the only one who could clone successful into the linerazied pSB1T3-vector. Nevertheless there were many unsuccessful cloning results
but we all tried again and again until it worked.
I can only agree with my team mates: working on this project over the summer I did learn a lot about synthetic biology, organization and team work.
Great experience!

Sandra Wassner

Studies: biology

iGEM team role: blue light receptor

Is proud of: my Bachelor thesis, to be a member of iGEM

Likes: reading books, travelling

Philosophy: changes will only happen if we do the opposite of things we are used to

I study biology in Freiburg and I just finished my bachelor thesis when I heard that the iGEM team of Freiburg was looking for another team member. I was really happy to join them and support the team in the lab and with the wiki page. It is a really good opportunity for undergraduate students to improve their lab skills, their teamwork and also learn how to organize everything. With the autonomous work in the lab you get a lot more self-confident and self-consistent.

Sophie Cramer

Studies: Biology

iGEM team role: plastic binding domain; blue light receptor

Is proud of: I have done iGEM and my Bachelor thesis at once without my advisor noticing it

Likes: travelling, biking, cello music, experiments that work out

Philosophy: have fun at work

Catch phrase:

When I first heard about iGEM in my 4th semester, I was sold on the idea of being able to create my own little living machines, which would do something useful. So I did my best to find out how I could join the next year's iGEM team, which was not so easy because Rüdiger did not want the team to be flooded by Bachelor students like me ;). Nevertheless I finally convinced him and the others and worked as much as I could for iGEM while finishing my thesis. Now as the Bachelor's programme is completed, I will either stay in Freiburg and take a Master's degree in applied biology or go to Basel/Switzerland to complete a postgraduate course there.

Josef Csernalabics

Studies: Philosophy and Book-Sciences

iGEM team role: Human practices guy

Is proud of: An ability to keep cool if surrounded by panic

Likes: Books of all kinds, music with a tendency towards distorted guitars and coffee.

Philosophy: Yes, it already says so under 'Studies'

Catch phrase: [Expletive deleted]

I had learned about iGEM from Rüdiger in '09 and quickly got to following the developments with interest - i had been astonished of what students were attempting in their projects; so it is not really surprising that i was in right away when asked whether i'd lend a hand as part of this year's philosophy department for team Freiburg. It have been quite a few four-hour train rides by now, long hours in the lab, a lot of headaches over biological contexts i'd never heard of before but wanted to understand and the phrasing of the SynBioOath.... all worth it.

Jakob Käppler

Studies: Biology

iGEM team role: Is responsible for the green and red light receptors.

Is proud of: The things I learned since I joined the team.

Likes: The conversations and the work with this team in and outside of the lab.

Philosophy: One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

Catch phrase: I just finished my 3rd year of the BSc degree in Freiburg and change now to the ESBS Strasbourg. The first time I heard about Synthetic biology and iGEM, was during my first year on the University. I decided to be part of an iGEM team at some day. So last February I took in hand and ask Ruediger... and lucky me... Sadly I couldnt stay in Freiburg so I just was able to work in the lab till the end of August, but nevertheless it was a great time and valuable experience I don't want to miss out.

Ilinca Tudose

Studies: Bioinformatics and System Biology

iGEM team role: Photographer & Wiki support

Is proud of: being a fast learner

Likes: the sea, silence, rains, animals, travelling, reading, making people feel happy and being good at something.

Philosophy: You are who you are when no one is looking

Catch phrase: I think

I first studied Computer Science in Romania and now I am almost finished with my master in Bioinformatics and System Biology in Freiburg. I joined the team in april as the computer scientist of the group (noone really needed my bioinformatic skills :P) and was supposed to do the Wiki and the mathematical modelling. I had to leave them by the end of July, due to a cool internship opportunity, so unfortunately that didn't leave us any time for the modelling part . Even so, I am still grateful for the chance I was given to work with such dedicated and nice people. Oh, and I was also the photographer of the group for that period :P.

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 Now, participating in the iGEM competition, we have even the chance to introduce some new features<br/>
 into living systems such as receptors for green and red light, which Jakob and I worked on over the summer.<br/>
-I was in the team from the beginning on (we started to meet up regularly in April)<br/> I also helped organizing the movement. Furthermore I got all the sponsoring companies you can see below to help us financing this project. <br/>The reason I call myself the 3A-assembly master is following : I was the only one who could clone successful into the linerazied pSB1T3-vector. Nevertheless there were many unsuccessful cloning results<br/> but we all tried again and again until it worked.<br/>
+I was in the team from the beginning on (we started to meet up regularly in April)<br/> and also helped organizing the movement. Furthermore I got all the sponsoring companies you can see below to help us financing this project. <br/>The reason I call myself the 3A-assembly master is following : I was the only one who could clone successful into the linerazied pSB1T3-vector. Nevertheless there were many unsuccessful cloning results<br/> but we all tried again and again until it worked.<br/>
 I can only agree with my team mates: working on this project over the summer I did learn a lot about synthetic biology, organization and team work.<br/>
 Great experience!

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