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=The Team= | =The Team= | ||
- | [[File: | + | [[File:teamntnu.JPG|center|500px|Upper left: Gunvor, Adrian, Anders, Jon, Espen, Eivind (advisor). Lower left: Christian, Henrik, Tormund, Eirik, Rahmi (advisor). Not present: Marius, Martin, Svein (advisors)]] |
- | We are nine students | + | We are nine students that were brought together by our advisor, [http://www.ntnu.no/ansatte/eivind.almaas Eivind Almaas], to work on this project during the summer. Six of us study biotechnology, while the remaining three students on the team have background in mathematics, physics and information technology. This is the first time a university from Norway is competing in iGEM and we are all really happy to be part of this. |
- | + | Most of us have not been working too much with synthetic biology before, so the process have been very educational. Since synthetic biology is a relatively new and very interesting field, we are all excited to get the opportunity to learn more about the subject. When we first got together, we came up with several project ideas that we would like to work on. After a lot of discussion we decided to make the stress sensor, mainly because we all thought the idea was really cool, and because the stress sensor had more interesting modeling aproaches than the other projects we considered. The stress sensor also seemed like a proper challenge, and since we all like a challenge, we went for it. | |
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- | Most of us have not been working much with synthetic biology before, so | + | |
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- | When we first got together, we came up with several | + | |
- | The stress sensor also seemed like a proper challenge, and since we all like a challenge, we went for it | + | |
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+ | Until now, we've mostly been having fun in the lab. When the Trondheim weather permits it (which is not too often unfortunately), we try to take a break from the work and enjoy the summer and go barbequing. We have also arranged a street ping-pong tournament, the First international NTNU iGEM Street Ping-Pong Annual Tournament (FiNiSPPAT), which was won by Jon. Congratulations. | ||
==Student members== | ==Student members== | ||
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- | |valign="top" rowspan="6"|[[File: | + | |valign="top" rowspan="6"|[[File:Anders.png|150px|Anders Halgunset]] |
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*'''Biography:''' | *'''Biography:''' | ||
- | | | + | |Currently starting my 5th year of Biotechnology at NTNU and will from the autumn start working on my master thesis at the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment, involving characterization of different Legionella bacteria. |
+ | I joined the iGEM team to get valuable experience and for the opportunity to have a great summer with lots of friends. | ||
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+ | In my spare time I like to be in the lab, working. But I occasionally hang out with friends, play football, go swimming or do some staircase running. | ||
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- | | | + | |Is unofficial world champion in long distance staircase running. |
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*'''Favourite lab procedure:''' | *'''Favourite lab procedure:''' | ||
- | | | + | |The one with D aNd some A. |
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- | |valign="top" rowspan="6"|[[File: | + | |valign="top" rowspan="6"|[[File:Gunvor2.png|150px|Gunvor Røkke]] |
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*'''Biography:''' | *'''Biography:''' | ||
- | |I am 23 years old, and | + | |I am 23 years old, and starting my fifth year of studies on the master program of industrial chemistry and biotechnology this autumn. For my master thesis I will be investigating the mechanisms the DNA repair enzymes use when they detect base lesions in DNA. |
+ | Even though I have never been working with synthetic biology before, I have had lab courses in practically every chemistry and biotechnology course I have attended, so I have already spent quite a lot of time in the lab. Being on the iGEM team and working independently on the lab have been a great experience for me, and I have learned a lot. | ||
My main interest outside of academia is playing violin. I have been playing since I was five years old, and I am currently leading the folk music orchestra of the students association in Trondheim. | My main interest outside of academia is playing violin. I have been playing since I was five years old, and I am currently leading the folk music orchestra of the students association in Trondheim. | ||
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- | |Is able to whistle and hum two-part harmony with herself! | + | |Is able to whistle and hum in two-part harmony with herself! |
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- | |valign="top" rowspan="6"|[[File: | + | |valign="top" rowspan="6"|[[File:IGemJon2.jpg|150px|Jon Andreas Lorentzen]] |
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*'''Biography:''' | *'''Biography:''' | ||
- | | | + | |I am 24 years old, and have studied biotechnology at NTNU for four years. I have started working on my master thesis which involves how the UTR region affects the gene expression. |
+ | I joined the iGem team because it's awsome and it's a valuable experience for me. | ||
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+ | On my spare time I enjoy activities such as volleyball, basketball, longboarding, snowboarding, chilling, beerdrinking, movie-watching, music-listening, gaming and so on. | ||
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- | | | + | |Is a professional RPS (Rock, Paper, Scissor) player |
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- | | | + | |All of them |
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- | |valign="top" rowspan="6"|[[File: | + | |valign="top" rowspan="6"|[[File:eirik.jpg|150px|Eirik Selsaas]] |
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+ | Surprisingly good at arm-wrestling. | ||
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- | |valign="top" rowspan="6"|[[File: | + | |valign="top" rowspan="6"|[[File:IMG 1252jejeje.jpeg|150px|Espen Bang Leistad]] |
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*'''Biography:''' | *'''Biography:''' | ||
- | | | + | |This fall I'm starting my 5th year of biotechnology studies here at NTNU. For my master thesis I will investigate mice poop from wild type and knock-out mice which is missing a gene coding for a protein thought to be important in the immune system and establishment of normal bacterial flora in the colon. |
+ | I joined the iGEM team in order to gain some valuable lab experience before i start my work on the master thesis and because its simply sounded like great fun. There's never a boring day here at the iGEM NTNU lab/headquarter. | ||
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- | | | + | |Most handsome in the team. |
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- | | | + | |I love the sound of our old beadbeater machine.. |
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- | |valign="top" rowspan="6"|[[File: | + | |valign="top" rowspan="6"|[[File:Page.png|150px|Christian Page]] |
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*'''Biography:''' | *'''Biography:''' | ||
- | | | + | |I am 23 years old, and starting on the second year in my master in statistics, focusing on medical science and cancer research. From before I have a bachelor's degree in biomathematics, which is a combination of biology (mostly (molecular/ecology) and mathematics/statistics. This gives me a firm background in theoretical modeling in biology, which is basically what I do on the team. My academic interest revolves around using theoretical statistics in modeling/solving medical problems. |
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+ | When not at school, I can often be found on the volleyball playground, or out running. | ||
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- | | | + | | Is able to memorize 15 digits of pi and e. |
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- | |valign="top" rowspan="6"|[[File: | + | |valign="top" rowspan="6"|[[File:Lutro.png|150px|Henrik Fahre Lutro]] |
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*'''Biography:''' | *'''Biography:''' | ||
- | | | + | |I am 23 years old and starting at my fifth year in Applied Physics this autumn. I had little knowledge of biology before I joined the team, but I have already learned a lot and will probably learn even more. I have however experience of making models of physical systems and solving complex problems. My work will therefore mainly be to model the system to give as good understanding of the system as possible. |
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- | | | + | |Can move my ears |
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- | | | + | |Looking at DNA fragments under UV light |
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*'''Biography:''' | *'''Biography:''' | ||
|I'm 25, and will be starting my 5th year of Biotechnology at NTNU next semester. I've been doing lab-work for my master's thesis for half a year already, and will continue this fall. The project is on expression in E. coli, so I already had some experience with cloning techniques and lab-work before we started the iGEM project. | |I'm 25, and will be starting my 5th year of Biotechnology at NTNU next semester. I've been doing lab-work for my master's thesis for half a year already, and will continue this fall. The project is on expression in E. coli, so I already had some experience with cloning techniques and lab-work before we started the iGEM project. | ||
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+ | I joined the iGEM project because I saw it as a great opportunity to get more experience in the lab, and also in planning experiments and working more independently. Of course, the thought of putting together genes of our own choice to create something cool was also a big motivator! | ||
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*'''Biography:''' | *'''Biography:''' | ||
- | | | + | |I am 24 years old, currently studying for a Master in Computer Science. Does most of the programming and wiki design. |
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- | | | + | |I own a 7x7x7 Rubik's Cube, and can solve it. |
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- | | | + | |Drink random samples and see if they give me super powers. |
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- | |valign="top" rowspan="4"|[[File: | + | |valign="top" rowspan="4"|[[File:Eivind.png|150px|Eivind Almaas]] |
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*'''Biography:''' | *'''Biography:''' | ||
- | | | + | |Professor of Systems Biology at Dept. of Biotechnology, NTNU. His research interests are centered on analysis of empirical networks and development of new methods to study networks. In biology, this is translated into studies of genetic circuits, metabolic modeling/ engineering, and protein interaction and protein structure networks. He gives an intro course in Systems Biology ([http://www.ntnu.edu/studies/courses/TBT4165/2011 TBT4165]) every Spring semester. |
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- | | | + | |Big fan of 50's Rock'n Roll and Rockabilly. |
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*'''Biography:''' | *'''Biography:''' | ||
- | | | + | |Working as postdoctoral fellow in Svein Valla's gene expression group. Research focus: transcriptional and translational regulation of bacterial gene expression, metabolic engineering and metagenome/bioprospecting. |
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- | | | + | |Green incognito! |
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*'''Biography:''' | *'''Biography:''' | ||
- | | | + | |I'm a PhD-student in Systems Biology at Dept. of Biotechnology, NTNU. My supervisor is Prof. Eivind Almaas and I'm currently working on gene correlation networks and general network methods. I have a Master's degree in Applied Physics from NTNU, so my experience with biotechnology labs are limited (thereby the physical analogue portrayed in the picture). As an iGEM instructor, I've had a few lectures on dynamics of genetic circuits, and have had a supporting role in the modeling approaches in general. |
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- | | | + | |I sing in a student men's choir called Pirum. |
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*'''Biography:''' | *'''Biography:''' | ||
- | | | + | |Senior engineer at Dept. of Biotechnology, NTNU. PhD in prokaryotic molecular biology (alginate biosynthesis) and experience as researcher and post doc (alginate and nystatin biosynthesis, respectively). |
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- | | | + | |Responsible for 5 sheep and up to 14 goats (real ones...not the NTNU iGEM-team)! |
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- | | | + | |Professor Svein Valla has worked on a variety of projects involving molecular genetic analyses of bacteria. His research interests has been bacterial biosynthesis of biopolymers (e.g. alginate) and Streptomyces antibiotics, bioinfortmatics, marine bioprospecting, metagenomics, gene expression (e.g. Pm/XylS-system) and development of broad-host-range plasmid vectors based on RK2 replicon. |
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- | | | + | |Previous career as dancer in the Swan Lake ballet, by Pjotr Illitsj Tsjajkovskij (NTNU-version... all rights reserved) |
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+ | ==Films== | ||
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+ | [[Media:IGEM_small.OGG|Introduction of the team]] | ||
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+ | [[Media:IGEM_fun_small.wmv.OGG|Not so serious introduction of the team]] | ||
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{{:Team:NTNU_Trondheim/NTNU_footer}} | {{:Team:NTNU_Trondheim/NTNU_footer}} |
Latest revision as of 13:50, 21 September 2011
The Team
We are nine students that were brought together by our advisor, [http://www.ntnu.no/ansatte/eivind.almaas Eivind Almaas], to work on this project during the summer. Six of us study biotechnology, while the remaining three students on the team have background in mathematics, physics and information technology. This is the first time a university from Norway is competing in iGEM and we are all really happy to be part of this.
Most of us have not been working too much with synthetic biology before, so the process have been very educational. Since synthetic biology is a relatively new and very interesting field, we are all excited to get the opportunity to learn more about the subject. When we first got together, we came up with several project ideas that we would like to work on. After a lot of discussion we decided to make the stress sensor, mainly because we all thought the idea was really cool, and because the stress sensor had more interesting modeling aproaches than the other projects we considered. The stress sensor also seemed like a proper challenge, and since we all like a challenge, we went for it.
Until now, we've mostly been having fun in the lab. When the Trondheim weather permits it (which is not too often unfortunately), we try to take a break from the work and enjoy the summer and go barbequing. We have also arranged a street ping-pong tournament, the First international NTNU iGEM Street Ping-Pong Annual Tournament (FiNiSPPAT), which was won by Jon. Congratulations.
Student members
Anders Halgunset
Gunvor Røkke
Jon Andreas Lorentzen
Eirik Selsaas
Espen Bang Leistad
Christian Page
Henrik Fahre Lutro
Adrian Ertsås Naas
Tormund S. Haus
Advisors and instructors
Eivind Almaas
Rahmi Lale
Rahmi Lale |
| Working as postdoctoral fellow in Svein Valla's gene expression group. Research focus: transcriptional and translational regulation of bacterial gene expression, metabolic engineering and metagenome/bioprospecting. |
| Green incognito! |
Marius Eidsaa
Martin Gimmestad
Svein Valla
Films
Not so serious introduction of the team