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Supervisors

Thorsten Heidorn

Researcher at the Department of Photochemistry & Molecular Science.

Primarily I am interested in using photosynthetic microorganisms such as green algae and cyanobacteria for the biotechnological production of valuable products, particularly the potential future energy carrier hydrogen. About 4 years ago I got in contact with the idea of synthetic biology for the first time and saw immediately the big potential of this approach for my research. Last year I initiated the first iGEM team in Uppsala which was a great success, and now it comes year number two...

Students

Antonio Ascue Avalos

Program: MSc Engineering Molecular Biotechnology

Age: 25

Background: Swedish student with Peruvian roots

Why I wanted to participate in iGEM: I heard about synthetic biology for the first time in a evening course and loved the combination of different fields in synthetic biology and the standardized engineering vision it has. That suited very well with the broad range of diverse courses I´ve studied in my programme. I became very curious how synthetic biology would work in practice hence iGEM is the perfect opportunity to get a flavor of this exciting new field and cooperate with people with the that same interest.

Interests: meeting people and friends, my family, biotech, synthetic biology, green sustainable techniques, playing piano, listen and dancing salsa, windsurfing, football, psychology, etc

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Bing Cai

Program: Applied Biotechnology

Age: 24

Why I wanted to participate in iGEM: I really love team work, and Interest.

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Imtiyaz Syed

Program: Bio-Informatics

Age: 22

Why I wanted to participate in iGEM:Interest.

Nagarjun Vijay

Program: Bio-Informatics

Age: 24

Why I wanted to participate in iGEM:iGEM provides a great deal of freedom to explore and develop our own ideas. Due to interdisciplinary nature of the work, we learn a lot more about the other fields and learn to work in a team.

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Nirupama Ramanathan

Program:Applied Biotechnology

Age: 23

Why I wanted to participate in iGEM:Synthetic Biology has always been a fascinating subject for me. Bringing imaginations to reality by meddling with genes is quite a fun. The iGEM competition not only kindles our creativity but also helps us learn and think. This is also a good ground for learning to work as a team and together we can work wonders! I am happy to be a part of this and I am quite confident our team will succeed in our attempt.

Lei Sun

Program: Molecular Biotechnology

Age:22

Background: Chinese-Swedish

Why I wanted to participate in iGEM: Biology has always been my favorite subject since middle school. I was intrigued by the way nature works. The knowledge I absorbed along the path of wanting to understand gave me a silver medal from International Biology Olympiad in high school. Synthetic Biology, the art of combining biological systems with engineering discipline, has caught my eyes since freshman year. My dream is to be able to design biological devices with any desired functions. To me, iGEM is the perfect place to get one started. It grants you the opportunity of knowing what's out there as well as the people who share similar aspirations as you.

Interests: singing to my own piano accompaniment, dancing salsa, badminton, basketball, meeting people, seeking the next level, and Synthetic Biology!