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We are the proud representatives of the Technical University Munich. Our small team consists of a mixture of biochemists, biotechnologists, mathematicians and physicists. As a interdisciplinary group, we were able to combine many aspects in our project. You can get more information about us if you move your cursor over each of the boxes below. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us:

Biomolecular Physics and Bioelectronics
Physics Department E14
Technical University Munich / ZNN
Am Coulombwall 4a
85748 Garching, Germany



Locations



Munich

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Population:
1,330,440
Founded:
1158
Area:
310.4 3km²
Elevation:
519 m
 

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  • capital city of Bavaria in Germany
  • on the river Isar in the northern alpine foreland
  • continental climate modified by the proximity of the alps
  • Germany's third largest city
  • candidate for the 2018 winter olympics
  • Webpage: http://www.muenchen.de

Garching

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Population:
15,451
Founded:
first mentioned in 915 under the name "Gouvirihhinga"
Area:
28.61 km²
Elevation:
481 m
 

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  • became a city on 1990-09-14
  • Garching lies 10km to the north of Munich
  • the municipal district Garching-Hochbrück is an important industrial center for the whole region
  • in the north of Garching is the TU Munich
  • Webpage: http://www.garching.de



TU Munich

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No. of Students:
~21,600
No. of professors:
395
 

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  • three main locations: Munich, Garching and Freising/Weihenstephan
  • integrated in the bavarian elite network
  • member of the Germanies excellence initiative
  • 16 members of the TU Munich were awarded with the Nobel Prize
  • Webpage: http://www.tum.de



Students

Haissi Cui

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Age: 23
Studies: biochemistry
 

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Hobbies:

iGEM is my hobby right now...

Favorite food:

Jiaozi. With sauerkraut filling!

Favorite game:

Maybe Scrabble. But I lose quite often.

Favorite sport:

I like to swim.

Favorite bar:

Bens, Clemenstraße 7, 80803 Munich

Favorite book:

The newspaper "DIE ZEIT".

Tilman Flock

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Age: 23
Studies: biotechnology
 

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Hobbies:

climbing, badminton, volleyball, swimming

Favorite food:

sausage + sauerkraut;-)just kidding, I love Indian food

Favorite game:

Risk (the board game)

Favorite bar:

Küferschenke, 87700 Memmingen

Favorite book:

Peter Atkins "marvelous stories about physical chemistry" :-)

Sebastian Gude

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Age: 25
Studies: physics
 

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Hobbies:

Sailing

Favorite food:

Curd Cheese

Favorite bar:

Aumeister, Munich

Favorite sport:

Jogging

Favorite film:

Sin City

Favorite book:

"Less than Zero" by Bret Easton Ellis

Christoph Hartlmüller

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Age: 24
Studies: biochemistry
 

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Hobbies:

skiing, playing soccer or do some computer stuff

Favorite food:

every bavarian food from "Hendl" to "Schweinshaxn"

Favorite drink:

a bavarian beer, called "Augustiner"

Favorite country for holidays:

the Philipines and Vietnam

Favorite game:

"Nobody is perfect"

Florian Praetorius

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Age: 25
Studies: biochemistry
 

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Hobbies:

Soccer, Computer Games

Favorite food:

Pretzels and Laugengebäck and Geschnetzeltes with Spätzle maybe?

Favorite drink:

Beer - especially Tannenzäpfle

Favorite game:

Scrabble. And Sudokus. And Mathematical games. I'm addicted!

Favorite book:

Terry Pratchett Books and many other

Jan Schüürmann

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Age: 24
Studies: biochemistry
 

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Hobbies:

soccer, chess, reading, skiing, badminton

Favorite food:

mousse au chocolat

Favorite drink:

apple juice with sparkling water

Favorite game:

Scrabble

Favorite film:

Lord of War

Favorite book:

"König der purpurnen Stadt" (Rebecca Gablé)

Tobias Wauer

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Age: 24
Studies: biochemistry
 

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Hobbies:

Travelling, loving history, discussing, sports

Favorite food:

after some time staying in Oxford, I gonna miss my bavarian „white sausages“…

Favorite drink:

a tasty Franziskaner „wheat beer“

Favorite bar:

Gerti’s Schoppenstüberl, Fraunhoferstrasse 41, 80469 Munich

Favorite film:

Everything from Stanley Kubrick is simply amazing!

Philipp Wortmann

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Age: 23
Studies: biochemistry
 

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Favorite sports:

handball, tennis

Favorite drink:

pils

Favorite food:

curly kale with bacon, sausages and sweet fried potatoes.

Favorite bar:

X-cess – closed at the moment :(

Favorite country for holiday:

it has to be warm and sunny without any other tourists

Favorite film:

Fight club, Lammbock

Favorite book:

"Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"

Escherichia coli

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Age: 15 min
Studies: Protein expression science
 

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Favorite sports:

Swimming in LB

Favorite food:LB Favorite drink:LB Favorite country for holiday:

large intestine

Source

RIESENmikroben (TM)

Activities:

Check here

Favorite game:

Pretending to be a computer using bioLOGICS

Instructors


Friedrich Simmel

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Age: 40
Occupation: Full Professor, Biophysics
 

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Hobbies:

science

Favorite food:

bavarian food

Favorite bar:

anything without dance music

Favorite film:

Blade Runner

Favorite book:

by Dostojewskij, Murakami, Neal Stephenson


Sina Straub

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Age: 25
Current position:: PhD-student in mathematics
 

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Hobbies:

sports, photography, languages, travelling

Favorite food:

something asian, maybe curry

Favorite film:

Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain (english title: Amelie)

Favorite book:

"Wie der Hunger in die Welt kam" (orginal: "La faim dans le monde expliquée à mon fils"), Jean Ziegler

Andrea Meyer

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Age: 29
Current position:: PhD-student in biophysics
 

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Favorite sports:

badminton and skiing

Favorite drink:

against the cliche of germans: wine

Favorite bar:

Substanz, Ruppertstr. 28, 80337 Munich

Favorite film:

The whole nine yards

Favorite book:

"Born on a blue day: Inside the extraordinary mind of an autistic savant", Daniel Tammet