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Locations
Munich
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Population:
- 1,330,440
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Founded:
- 1158
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Area:
- 310.4 3km²
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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
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Garching
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Population:
- 15,451
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Founded:
- first mentioned in 915 under the name "Gouvirihhinga"
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Area:
- 28.61 km²
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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
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TU Munich
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No. of Students:
- ~21,600
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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
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Students
Haissi Cui
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| Age: | 23
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| Studies: | biochemistry
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Hobbies:
- iGEM is my hobby right now
Favorite food:
- I like 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 film:
- Kill Bill
Favorite book:
- I like the newspaper "DIE ZEIT".
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Christoph Hartlmüller
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| Age: | 24
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| 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"
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Hobbies:
- Sailing
Favorite food:
- Curd Cheese
Favorite bar:
- Aumeister
Favorite sport:
- Jogging
Favorite film:
- Sin City
Favorite book:
- "Less than Zero" by Bret Easton Ellis
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Jan Schüürmann
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| Age: | 24
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| 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)
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Tobias Wauer
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| Age: | 24
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| 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!
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Tilman Flock
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| Age: | 23
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| Studies: | biotechnology
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Favorite food:
- what I like most is chinese or indian food
Hobbies:
- climbing, badminton, volleyball, and of course, to fit the cliché, soccer!
Favorite game:
- Risk (the board game)
Favorite bar:
- Oktoberfest :)
Favorite book:
- Peter Atkins "marvelous stories about physical chemistry" :-)
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Philipp Wortmann
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| Age: | 23
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| 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"
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Florian Praetorius
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| Age: | 25
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| 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:
- maybe Scrabble? And Sudokus, Riddles with numbers, oh, I like all games!
Favorite book:
- Terry Pratchett Books and many other
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Escherichia coli
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| Age: | 15 min
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| 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
Favorite game:
- Pretending to be a computer using bioLOGICS
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Instructors
Friedrich Simmel
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| Age: | 40
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| 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
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Sina Straub
| Age: | 25
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| 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
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Andrea Meyer
| Age: | 29
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| Current position: | PhD-student in biophysics
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| Favorite sports: | volleyball, badminton in the summer, skiing in the winter
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| Favorite food: | pasta
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| Favorite drink: | against the cliche of germans: wine
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| Favorite bar: | Substanz, Ruppertstr. 28, 80337 Munich
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| Favorite country for holiday: | Italy
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| Favorite book: | "Born on a blue day: Inside the extraordinary mind of an autistic savant", Daniel Tammet
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