Team members

Daniel

age: 23

course of studies: Bioinformatics

• "Hi, my name is Daniel. I've recently received my bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and I am currently pursuing a second bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics at Bielefeld University. I am a generalist by nature and love to explore many different topics and research fields. I joined this year's team, because I want to do exciting interdisciplinary work, learn new methods and skills, and get to know more people who are passionate about science and bioengineering as well."

Felicitas

age: 24

course of studies: Molecular Cell Biology

• "Hey, my name is Felicitas. I'm a student in the second semester of the master's program Molecular Cell Biology at Bielefeld University. I participate in iGEM because I enjoy looking beyond the boundaries of science and discovering new possibilities. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the competition, I'm able to learn a lot of new things and meet new people. I look forward to the scientific exchange within the team but also with other teams from all over the world."

Jan

age: 21

course of studies: Molecular Biotechnology

• "Hello everyone. My name is Jan. I'm currently in the 4th semester of the master's program Molecular Bio- technology at Bielefeld University. My personal reason for participating in the iGEM competition is curiosity. I am interested in seeing how scientific knowledge can be applied and extended. Since this competition includes people with different academic backgrounds, I am able to learn a lot about how scientists from different disciplines can work together. I look forward to hearing all about the projects of the other teams."

Max

age: 23

course of studies: Bioinformatics and Genome Research

• "Hey, my name is Max. I'm in the second semester of the master's program Bio- informatics and Genome Research at Bielefeld University. I participate in iGEM, because I love science and want to become a researcher in the future. The competition is the perfect way for me to hone my skills and learn new things. Since our team has a wide skill set as well, I will be able to get a better understanding of other adjacent fields. I look forward to meeting other amazing people who are just as excited about science as I am."

Paul

age: 23

course of studies: Molecular Biotechnology and Gender Studies

• "Hi, I'm Paul. I've just received my bachelor's degree in Molecular Biotechnology. I wrote my thesis about the effects of adaptation processes on the gene expression of Chinese Hamster Ovary cell cultures. I am part of iGEM Bielefeld-CeBiTec, because I wish to put my acquired knowledge and skills to good use, outside the profit-oriented industry. I'm happy that we are working on diagnostics and therapeutics, since that's the research field in which I want to end up one day. I'm eager to see where our project is going!"

Saint

age: 27

course of studies: Molecular Biotechnology

• "Hello, I am Saint. I study Molecular Biotechnology in my 8th bachelor semester. I really love the freedom iGEM offers. After all, we as a team decide what we want to do and how we want to archieve it. I'm really grateful how much support we have received for our project so far and I am looking forward to working with so many amazing scientists."

Sia

age: 23

course of studies: Molecular Biotechnology

• "Hi, my name is Siavash (or you can call me Sia!) and I'm in the 6th semester of the bachelor's program Molecular Biotechnology at Bielefeld University. I'm interested in interdisciplinary sciences and I want to improve my teamwork, so I decided to participate in iGEM. I'm always ready for research and developing new technologies, so I look forward to the scientific cooperation with other teams from all over the world."

Sinan

age: 24

course of studies: Molecular Cell Biology

• "Heyho, call me Sinan! I'm a student in the 4th semester of the master's program Molecular Cell Biology at Bielefeld University. You might wonder why I'm participating in this year's iGEM competition: In general, synthetic biology allows me to overcome natural limitations. Additionally, I really like the interdisciplinary work with my team members and the international networking as well. Mainly iGEM also allows creativity in the scientific context, so let's go - beyond our possibilities."

Sören

age: 31

course of studies: Biochemistry

• "Hey, my name is Sören. I'm in the 4th semester of my bachelor's studies in Biochemistry at Bielefeld University. I participate in iGEM because I enjoy looking beyond the boundaries of science and discovering new possibilities. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the competition, I can learn a lot of new things and network with new people. I look forward to the scientific exchange within the team but also with other teams from all over the world."

Timo

age: 21

course of studies: Molecular Biotechnology

• "Hi, my name is Timo and I'm in my 4th semester of the bachelor's program Molecular Biotechnology. I joined the iGEM team Bielefeld, because I want to look beyond the horizon of my bachelor studies. As a relatively inexperienced student, I'm looking forward to learning a lot about new methods and how to work self-sufficiently and creatively in a lab and how to work in a bigger Team. I'm very excited and I think I'm going to learn a lot."

Prof. Dr. Jörn Kalinowski

working group: Microbial Genomics and Biotechnology

Lucas Krause

working group: Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology

Julia Macholl

working group: Plant Biotechnology