Team:UNIPV-Pavia/Team

   des[1] = "My name is Niccolò Franceschi, I was born in Parma but now I live in Pavia to attend University. I am 23 and I am attending the last year in the Master's Degree in Industrial Biotechnologies at the University of Pavia, I also have a Bachelor Degree in Biotechnologies from the University of Parma.<br>Besides the iGEM competition, I am currently working on my thesis on X-ray biodiffractometry.<br><br><b>Contact:</b> niccolo[DOT]francheschi01[AT]universitadipavia[DOT]it ";

   des[2] = "Hi! I'm Davide Bianchini and I'm 24 years old.<br>I earned my Master degree in Biomedical Engineering at the end of March at the Faculty of Engineering of Bologna University, placed in Cesena. I went to Pavia University in order to take part to iGEM 2011 competition, since I believe it is a great opportunity to have insight in Synthetic Biology.<br><br><b>Contact:</b> davide[DOT]bianchini01[AT]universitadipavia[DOT]it ";

   des[3] = "Bachelor Degree in Biomedical Engineering.<br>Master Degree in Biomedical Engineering.<br>PhD student in Bioengineering and Bioinformatics at the University of Pavia.<br><br>In 2010 I took part in iGEM competition as a student with UNIPV-Pavia Team. The idea to rationally design and implement functions in living systems attracts me a lot, that's why I like synthetic biology.<br>In my free time I like playing football, playing the piano and travelling.<br><br><b>Contact:</b> nicolo[DOT]politi[AT]universitadipavia[DOT]it ";

   des[4] = "I am a Professor of Bioengineering. My teaching and research interests ranging from mathematical model of biological systems to bioinformatics and synthetic biology, from statistics and probability models to medical informatics.<br>I am 42 years old. I am the promoter of the iGEM competition in Pavia. I am an enthusiastic fan of this competition! I think that it represents a big opportunity for a student. I have selected our best students from Biology, Biotechnology and Bioengineering programs and I tried to build a team. Even if I have spent a lot of time in this initiative, I am very happy to partecipate to iGEM 2011 and to have worked with all of them.<br>For 20 years, I was a national referee of Handball. I like skiing and teaching to those students that want to learn.<br><br><b>Contact:</b> paolo[DOT]magni[AT]universitadipavia[DOT]it ";

   des[5] = "Soon to be graduated in Pharmacology at the University of Pavia.<br><br>My decision to be part of the UNIPV-iGEM team arose when I found out of the possible Synthetic Biology applications in pharmaceutical technology or medications pertaining fields.<br>I'm very fond of politics, art, reading and music.<br><br><b>Contact:</b> daniele[DOT]sartori01[AT]universitadipavia[DOT]it ";

   des[6] = "Bachelor Degree in Electronic Engineering at University of Pavia.<br>Currently Master student in Photonics and Optoelectronics, last year.<br><br>My academic interests include Quantum Electronics, Nonlinear Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Biophotonics. I decided to take part to iGEM competition to explore the points of contact between Synthetic Biology and Photonics/Electronics.<br>Besides university, I spend time playing the piano and leading a musical webmagazine.<br><br><b>Contact:</b> edoardo[DOT]baldini01[AT]universitadipavia[DOT]it ";

   des[7] = "Bachelor Degree in Biomedical Engineering and Master student in Biomedical Engineering at Università degli Studi di Pavia. Member of the Borrhomaic Family  and student at IUSS, Sciences & Technologies Class.<br><br> Hi everyone! My name is Tommaso, and I come from Bergamo, a city not far from Milan. I' ve been interested in iGEM experience since the first year of university, but this was the right moment to join the competition. I think it's a great opportunity to know and work with other students, also from different disciplines, and learn a lot of new things that I wouldn't have considered without iGEM.<br><br><b>Contact:</b> tommaso[DOT]goggia01[AT]universitadipavia[DOT]it ";

   des[8] = "Hi! I'm Viola, I'm 23 years old and I come from Pavia.<br>I'm attending the second year of the Master's Degree in Industrial Biotechnologies.<br>I love cooking desserts, reading and travelling! My favorite hobbies are belly dance, playing fighting games and spending some time with my friends. I think iGEM experience is amazing!<br><br><b>Contact:</b> viola[DOT]ghio01[AT]universitadipavia[DOT]it ";

   des[9] = "Bachelor Honor Degree in Biology.<br>Currently Master student in Molecular Biology and Genetics, last year.<br><br>Besides iGEM 2011 activities, I'm working in a DNA Enzymology and Molecular Virology's laboratory.<br>You can't say of me that I'm an athlete but I surely am an art lover; particularly the visual arts (photography, cinema and theater).<br>I have an insane passion for frogs!<br>I love biology and so I hope to meet a lot of good scientist in Amsterdam and Boston! See you at the iGEM competition!<br><br><b>Contact:</b> emanuela[DOT]pasi01[AT]universitadipavia[DOT]it ";

   des[10] = "PhD student in Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, third year.<br> <br>Bachelor Degree in Biomedical Engineering and Master Student in Biomedical Engineering at Università degli Studi di Pavia.<br><br>Nice to meet you again, this is my third year at iGEM and I'm very happy to be part of this team! This year our project deals with synthetic biology and mathematical modelling, that are two research area I'm very interested in, and it contributes to make this experience amazing. See you at Jamboree! <br><br><b>Contact:</b> susanna[DOT]zucca[AT]unipv[DOT]it ";

   des[11] = "Undergraduate student in Molecular Biology.<br>Experience as summer student in MRC-LMB, Cambridge UK in 2009.<br><br>Hello! I'm 24 years old and I come from Puglia, a sunny and beautiful place in Southern Italy! I like playing the violin and cooking for my iGEM friends! See you in Boston!";