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Introduction
Our Project
Tools
- Gibson Assembly
- MITOMI
Notebook
- Protocols
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
Considerations
- Human Practices
- Safety
Acknowledgements
- Sponsors
- Partners

Our Team

In the early days, alongside learning chip alignment and cloning procedures, we tried to pose for some group pictures:

The undergrads

Alessandro

a.k.a the PCR ninja

Origin of Replication: 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

a.k.a the clean room ninja

Origin of Replication : 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

a.k.a the coding ninja

Origin of Replication: 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, rides the bull like a bowss.

Lilia

a.k.a the MITOMI ninja

Origin of Replication: Saratov, Russia

Studies: Bioengineering

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

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

Specialization: Queen of competent cells and medium preparation, trapper of molecular interactions between DNA and TetR

Nadine

a.k.a the primer design ninja

Origin of Replication: 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, specialized in non-working Gibson assemblies

Vincent

a.k.a the cloning ninja

Origin of Replication: 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

Henrike

Origin of Replication: Osnabruck, Germany

Lab: Laboratory of Biological Network Characterization

Major Goal in Life: combining beer and coffee into a new drink called Beefee. Coffeer was already taken.

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.

Zodiac: Woodpecker

Matt

Origin of Replication: Palm Harbor, Florida

Lab: Laboratory of Biological Network Characterization

Major Goal in Life: play Beethoven's Fifth using the didjeridoo... with his nostrils

Hobby: studying the effects of electrotrance music on the Icelandic walrus populations. No conclusions yet.

Zodiac: Marmot

Alina

Origin of Replication: Kharkov, Ukraine

Lab: Lab of Systems Biology and Genetics

Major Goal in Life: Ghost-riding-the-whip in her 1960's Thunderbird with the subwoofers blaring out the opening sections of The Nutcracker

Hobby: breeding a new artificial Minotaur for the disciplining of unruly children

Zodiac: Sea cucumber

Irina

Lab: Lab of Systems Biology and Genetics

Origin of Replication: Lausanne, Switzerland

Major Goal in Life: do the Kon-Tiki thing on Lake Geneva

Hobby: prominent member of Bolshoi ballet, substitute member of Snoop Dogg's dance crew

Zodiac: Barn owl

The advisors

Bart Deplancke

Lab: Director of the Lab for Systems Biology and Genetics

Major Goal in Life: playing the role of the Ewok leader in the upcoming 3D Star Wars release

Hobby: Squaring the circle

Sebastian Maerkl

Lab: Director of the Lab for Biological Network Characterization

Major Goal in Life: solving the murder on the Orient Express. Agatha Christie got it wrong.

Hobby: producing lip dubs of 80's pop songs

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 <i>a.k.a the PCR ninja</i>
-Country: Bari, Italy
+Origin of Replication: Bari, Italy
 Studies: Biotechnology
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 === Clara ===
+[[File:EPFL2011_iGEM_bbble-tea_break_3.png| right | 120px | caption]]
 <i>a.k.a the clean room ninja</i>
-Country: Bucharest, Romania
+Origin of Replication : Bucharest, Romania
 Studies: Microtechnology
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 Specialization: Lives in the cleanroom and actually undestands microfluidics
 === Douglas ===
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 <i>a.k.a the coding ninja</i>
-Country: Chablais, Switzerland
+Origin of Replication: Chablais, Switzerland
 Studies: Materials Science
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 Hobby: watching re-runs of Coronation Street in Indonesian
-Specialization: Fights with rocks, can do a PCR 3 times without getting angry
+Specialization: Fights with rocks, can do a PCR 3 times without getting angry, rides the bull like a bowss.
 === Lilia ===
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 <i>a.k.a the MITOMI ninja</i>
-Country: Saratov, Russia
+Origin of Replication: Saratov, Russia
 Studies: Bioengineering
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 === Nadine ===
+[[File:EPFL_Nad_IMG_0018.JPG | right | 120px | caption]]
 <i>a.k.a the primer design ninja</i>
-Country: Lausanne, Switzerland
+Origin of Replication: Lausanne, Switzerland
 Studies: Life Sciences
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 Hobby: fashion design, especially menswear for Swiss loggers and other alpine outdoorsmen
-Specialization: takes care of the twitter account
+Specialization: takes care of the twitter account, specialized in non-working Gibson assemblies
 === Vincent ===
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 <i>a.k.a the cloning ninja</i>
-Country: Dallas, Texas
+Origin of Replication: Dallas, Texas
 Studies: Computational and Applied Mathematics
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 === Henrike ===
-Country: Germany
+[[File:Niederholtmeyer.jpg | right | 120px | caption]]
+Origin of Replication: Osnabruck, Germany
+Lab: Laboratory of Biological Network Characterization
 Major Goal in Life: combining beer and coffee into a new drink called Beefee. Coffeer was already taken.
 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.
+Zodiac: Woodpecker
 === Matt ===
+[[File:matt.jpg | right | 120px | caption]]
+Origin of Replication: Palm Harbor, Florida
-Country: Florida, USA
+Lab: Laboratory of Biological Network Characterization
 Major Goal in Life: play Beethoven's Fifth using the didjeridoo... with his nostrils
 Hobby: studying the effects of electrotrance music on the Icelandic walrus populations. No conclusions yet.
+Zodiac: Marmot
 === Alina ===
-Country: Ukraine
+[[File:EPFL_Alina_photo..jpg | right | 120px | caption]]
-Major Goal in Life: ghost-riding-tha-whip in her 1960's Thunderbird
+Origin of Replication: Kharkov, Ukraine
+Lab: Lab of Systems Biology and Genetics
+Major Goal in Life: Ghost-riding-the-whip in her 1960's Thunderbird with the subwoofers blaring out the opening sections of The Nutcracker
 Hobby: breeding a new artificial Minotaur for the disciplining of unruly children
+Zodiac: Sea cucumber
 === Irina ===
-Country: Switzerland
+[[File:irina.png | right | 120px | caption]]
+Lab: Lab of Systems Biology and Genetics
+Origin of Replication: Lausanne, Switzerland
 Major Goal in Life: do the Kon-Tiki thing on Lake Geneva
 Hobby: prominent member of Bolshoi ballet, substitute member of Snoop Dogg's dance crew
+Zodiac: Barn owl
 == The advisors ==
+=== Bart Deplancke ===
+[[File:bart.png| right | 120px | caption]]
+Lab: Director of the Lab for Systems Biology and Genetics
+Major Goal in Life: playing the role of the Ewok leader in the upcoming 3D Star Wars release
+Hobby: Squaring the circle
+=== Sebastian Maerkl ===
+[[File:Maerkl_Sebastian.jpg | right | 120px | caption]]
+Lab: Director of the Lab for Biological Network Characterization
+Major Goal in Life: solving the murder on the Orient Express. Agatha Christie got it wrong.
+Hobby: producing lip dubs of 80's pop songs
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