Tobias Neudegger

• Studies: Biochemistry (M.Sc.)
• Semester: 2
• Age: 23
• Growth Factors: Bavarian sky
• Bachelor Thesis: "Complement Regulation In Macrophages And Dendritic Cells", Immunology, TUM
• Tobi takes most things really easy, except for low temperatures. He needs at least 25 degrees outside to be on fire in the lab.

Nicolas Goeldel

• Studies: Biochemistry (M.Sc.)
• Semester: 2
• Age: 23
• Growth Factors: Meals every 2 hours and inbetween some sleep ;)
• Favorite Molecule: Epinephrine
• Bachelor Thesis: "Silaffin-induced Biomineralization of CGTase", Protein Chemistry, TUM
• Nico is the eloquent head of our operation. Everyone receives a good advice with an impish grin.

Marta Garnelo

• Studies: Molecular Biotechnology (B.Sc.)
• Semester: 4
• Age: 21
• Growth Factors: Warmth, food, sleep
• Favorite Molecule: PG5
• Marta is phenomenally talented!! Go and have a look at her self-made pictures. That's all you need to see and you'll know what we are talking about. She created the amazing clay animation movie!

Tobias Schmidt

• Studies: Molecular Biotechnology (B.Sc.)
• Semester: 2
• Age: 22
• Growth Factors: Half a kilo of yoghurt every day
• Favorite Molecule: Melatonin
• Tobias is mostly confused and enjoys using the most complicated solution for the simplest problem. Can be seen in the lab trying to get DNA out of bananas for his school project.

Markus Schneider

• Studies: Molecular Biotechnology (B.Sc.)
• Semester: 2
• Age: 21
• Always carries around a huge backpack containing way more than he could possibly need. Also helped with finding sponsors and the school project.

Alexander Hogrebe

• Studies: Biochemistry (B.Sc.)
• Semester: 6
• Age: 21
• Growth Factors: At least one liter of apple juice every few hours
• Favorite Molecule: Miraculin
• Bachelor Thesis: "Researching the Role of SLPI During Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses", Center for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, TUM
• You should not listen to him too long, if he has not slept enough. Also, he tries to promote our lab work with witchcraft. Hex Hex.

Leonhard v. Meyenn

• Studies: Biochemistry (B.Sc.)
• Semester: 6
• Age: 21
• Bachelor Thesis: "Influence of keratinocyte supernatants on monocyte-derived dendritic cells", Center of Allergy and Environment Munich (ZAUM)
• Leo likes to build LED-supplied disco boxes for our bacteria to grow in.

Fabian Froehlich

• Studies: Mathematics (B.Sc.)
• Semester: 6
• Age: 21
• Growth Factors: Some sleep now and then
• Favorite Function Space: Besov Space
• Bachelor Thesis: Modeling and Analysis of DDEs in Hysteresis for bacterial Quorum Sensing, TUM
• Could give a lecture in how to handle a laptop in the most uncomfortable way but all tasks are usually finished by the same day. Likes his coffee best with a tea bag of chamomile.

Alexander Blaessle

• Studies: Mathematics (B.Sc.)
• Semester: 6
• Age: 22
• Growth Factors: Beer and sleeping
• Favorite Function: wait(realmax) %Do nothing
• Bachelor Thesis: A continous and discrete approach to shoal behaviour, Biomathematics, TUM
• Our beloved goldfish likes to party and is always ready for an adult beverage. But be aware: keep sentences short and clear when talking to him otherwise he won't remember your words. Trust us!

Thorsten Mueller

• Studies: Biochemistry (B.Sc.)
• Semester: 4
• Age: 25
• Growth Factors: Grows best on some steep rock. Supplement with Tegernseer for maximum growth rate.
• Favorite Molecule: Capsaicin
• In the end, Thorsten gave up all his social life to stay day and night in the lab to get things work.

Wolfgang Ott

• Studies: Molecular Biotechnology (M.Sc.)
• Semester: 2
• Age: 24
• Growth Factors: Based among other things on traces of roast pork and hop juice
• Favorite Reaction: Maillard reaction
• Bachelor Thesis: Expression, purification and characterization of anticalins specific for the amyolid beta peptide, Biological Chemistry, TUM
• Wolfgang is always quiet and peaceful even if some lab rules should have made him going mad. His solution: He talks more to himself then to others while working in the lab.

Susan Klaeger

• Studies: Molecular Biotechnology (M.Sc.)
• Semester: 2
• Age: 23
• Growth Factors: Cultivable in most climates, overcoming of morning lag-phase only by addition of coffee, expression is induced by chocolate
• Favorite Enzyme: MAP kinase kinase kinase
• Bachelor Thesis: Detection of Protooncogenes and Tumorsuppressorgenes with Northern Blot Analysis, Livestock Biotechnology, TUM
• Whenever you feel bad, just listen to her whistling Biene Maja - and lab is fun again.

Dominik Sievert

• Studies: Molecular Biotechnology (B.Sc.)
• Semester: 2
• Age: 21
• The flyer man.

Florian Nadler

• Studies: Molecular Biotechnology (M.Sc.)
• Semester: 2
• Age: 24
• Growth Factors: Suitable medium is a balanced mixture of steak and beer; favourite growth temperature is about 35°C, involving sunlight.
• Favorite Molecule: DNA
• Favorite Enzyme: EC 1.1.1.1
• Bachelor Thesis: Virulence determinants of Yersinia frederiksenii
• Just call him "The PCR Thermal Cycler Whisperer". He first brought up the idea of a bacterial 3D-printer.

Simon Heinze

• Studies: Molecular Biotechnology (B.Sc.)
• Semester: 2
• Age: 21
• Growth Factors: A fishing rod and music, optional supplement: a glass of shiraz
• Favoite Microorganism: Magnetospirillum Magnetotacticum
• Laid-back and doesn't mind doing tasks that nobody likes, for example keeping track of the finances. Probably one of very few people (besides Anna) to ever record absorption spectra of various solid growth media.

Anna Kramer

• Studies: Biochemistry (M.Sc.)
• Semester: 2
• Age: 23
• Growth Factors: Obligate aerobic, natural sunlight
• Favorite Supplement: Gingerol
• Bachelor Thesis: "Fabrication and testing of microelectrode arrays for the development of protein based biosensors for specific detection of cells", department of biotechnology, University of Leipzig
• Anna was sent to get money from the president of our university but instead came back with him as our patron. During her time in the lab she fell in love with our cool plate reader.

Beatrice Ramm

• Studies: Biochemistry (B.Sc.)
• Semester: 4
• Age: 21
• Growth Factors: Chips and many nice people around
• Favorite Microorganism: Chlamydomonos Rheinhardtii
• Bea is somehow like a "Perpetuum Mobile". Once started she talks all day long while doing 10 things at the time without loss of energy.

Leah Mallm

• Studies: Biochemistry (B.Sc.)
• Semester: 4
• Age: 21
• Growth Factors: Grows best in the middle of a forest with pasta and chocolate
• Favorite Microorganism: Vibrio Fischeri
• When having a look on her bench you might get the idea that she is a compulsive hoarder. She backslided into childhood cultivating Hermann for our Human projects in her's and Bea's fridge.

Katharina Lachmann

• Studies: Molecular Biotechnology (M.Sc.)
• Semester: 2
• Age: 24
• Growth Factors: summer, sun, beach and ocean... otherwise coffee, chocolate and good friends
• Favorite Microorganism: Hypsibius dujardini
• Bachelor Thesis: "Characterization and Application of Hydroxysteroid-Dehydrogenase Mutants for Biotransformation", Institute of Biochemical Engineering, TUM

Andrea Meyer
(Instructor)

• Studies: Physics
• Age: 29
• Area of Research:
1. Logic Gates in Bacteria
2. Bacterial Networks in Microfluidics
3. Bacterial communication by conjugation
• Employment: PhD Student
• Diploma Thesis: Quorum Sensing: phase transitions in bacterial networks

Maximilian Weitz
(Instructor)

• Studies: Physics
• Age: 28
• Area of Research:
1. Synthetic Biochemical Networks
2. Microfluidics and Microdroplets for Compartmentalization
3. Stochastic Dynamics
• Employment: PhD Student
• Diploma Thesis: Logical Transcription Networks

Michael Hoesl
(Instructor)

• Studies: Molecular Biotechnology
• Age: 29
• Area of Research:
  1. Protein Engineering with noncanonical amino acids
  2. Method development for noncanonical amino acid incorporation in vivo
  3. Strain Engineering
• Employment: Postdoc
• PhD thesis: Expanding the Toolkit of Protein Engineering: Towards Multiple Simultaneous In Vivo Incorporation of Noncanonical Amino Acids

• Tobias Neudegger
• Nicolas Goeldel
• Marta Garnelo
• Tobias Schmidt
• Markus Schneider
• Alexander Hogrebe
• Leonhard von Meyenn
• Fabian Froehlich
• Alexander Blaessle
• Thorsten Mueller
• Wolfgang Ott
• Susan Klaeger
• Dominik Sievert
• Florian Nadler
• Simon Heinze
• Anna Kramer
• Beatrice Ramm
• Leah Mallm
• Katharina Lachmann

This year our team consists of 19 students and 3 instructors. We are proud to represent the degree programmes Biochemistry, Molecular Biotechnology as well as Mathematics with students in their second to eighth semester. Just as last year our lab and office is graciously provided by the E14 Chair for Biomolecular Systems and Bionanotechnology (Simmel Lab).

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