Team:ULB-Brussels/team/Damien

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Damien Geeraerts

	Damien Geeraerts
	Damien is trying to write his PhD thesis, when he isn?t answering our many questions or giving us technical pointers. He?s working on toxin-antitoxin systems; specifically he?s trying to find new such systems in a variety of bacteria. He got pulled in as advisor since he?s the yeast guy of the lab; since then his writing output dropped dramatically thanks to the iGEM.

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-     <td>When he is not helping the team, Gilles is finishing a PhD on the
+     <td>Damien is trying to write his PhD thesis, when he isn?t answering our many
-interactions between Trypanosoma brucei, a nasty parasite responsible for
+questions or giving us technical pointers. He?s working on toxin-antitoxin
-the sleeping sickness, and innocent mice. He became interested in synthetic
+systems; specifically he?s trying to find new such systems in a variety of
-biology after seeing Drew Endy give a talk; he then discovered the iGEM and
+bacteria. He got pulled in as advisor since he?s the yeast guy of the lab;
-started the ULB-Brussels team in 2008. </td>
+since then his writing output dropped dramatically thanks to the iGEM. </td>
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