Our Team We are pleased to present our iGEM Team Düsseldorf 2019.
Our team consists of 11 members and 6 advisors and is interdisciplinary classified. While most students study biology, one member is studying computer science studies.
It was only possible to do this project thanks to our advisors and our PIs.
The Team
Arian Abbasi
Field of Study Bachelor's student BiologyFavourite restriction enzyme ligMAHidden talent Magnet for uncomfy situationsHighest clean up concentration Somehow I’m concentrated but my probes aren’tBiggest lab fail Y’all really want me to snitch on myself huh? How many Big Macs in 1h To infinity and beyond *insert Buzz Lightyear naughty smile*
Mick Gottemeier
Field of Study Bachelor's student BiologyFavourite restriction enzyme HindIIIHidden talent Every photo of me looks breathtaking Highest clean up concentration 154.15Biggest lab fail Making a gel with D-glucose, i am still waiting for it to get hard How many Big Macs in 1h Big Macs are shit
Julia Göhler
Field of Study Bachelor's student BiologyFavourite restriction enzyme EcoRI Hidden talent I’m a heater Highest clean up concentration 282,55 ng/µg Biggest lab fail used a too big pipette How many big macs in 1h none, but a lots of chicken nuggets instead
Mirko Kraus
Field of Study Bachelor's student BiologyFavourite restriction enzyme BamHIHidden talent Having a bad joke for every situationHighest clean up concentration 273.8 ng/µlBiggest lab fail Throwed away a gel with a good DNA sample, because I looked at the wrong ladder How many Big Macs in 1h I make my burgers by myself, but then i can eat for three people
Andreas Nakielski
Field of Study Master's student BiologyFavourite restriction enzyme XbaIHidden talent Constantly complaining about doing something but still doing it Highest clean up concentration 400 ng/µl in 40 µlBiggest lab fail Making an agarose gel with water instead of TAE How many Big Macs in 1h The bottleneck of the consumption is the money input, not the calorie sink.
Melanie Sbielut
Field of Study Bachelor's student BiologyFavourite restriction enzyme EcoRIHidden talent Laughing at serious moments Highest clean up concentration 678.9 ng/µlBiggest lab fail Cutting a plasmid with the wrong restriction enzym for one month straight and not realizing it (and i oop) How many Big Macs in 1h Yes
Vanessa Valencia
Field of Study Bachelor's student BiologyFavourite restriction enzyme PstI Hidden talent I´ll talk to my Cyanos to make them grow and it works Highest clean up concentration 116.2 ng/µlBiggest lab fail NoneHow many Big Macs in 1h You´d be surprised! Ha!
Christina Venetidou
Field of Study Bachelor's student BiologyFavourite restriction enzyme BamHIHidden talent Coupon #314 Highest clean up concentration Plasmid mini prep: 863.4 ng/µl eluted in 30 µlBiggest lab fail Agar Art. You do not want to see the pictures! How many Big Macs in 1h Many because I am always hungry
Melanie Voigt
Field of Study None, I'm grown-up and I work.Favourite restriction enzyme AgelHidden talent Stealing everboys ApplePen Highest clean up concentration Highest what? I just clean up my kitchen.Biggest lab fail Loosing my labcoat - always How many Big Macs in 1h One or none
Instructor
Svenja Hermanns
Field of Study Master's student BiologyFavourite restriction enzyme KpnIHidden talent Sleeping all day Highest clean up concentration Definitley more than 1Biggest lab fail Throwing important gels on the groundHow many Big Macs in 1h Definitely more than 2 if they were Impossible burgers
Carina Gude
Field of Study Master’s student in Biological SciencesFavourite restriction enzyme BsmBIHidden talent Finding the “secret” wifi password on the computer once connected to the networkHighest plasmid concentration 1028 ng/µl eluted in 30 µl during a plasmid miniprep Biggest lab fail Instead of saving an expensive antibody we used during western blotting, I always threw it away. I realized my mistake when it was too late and no more antibody was left. Sorry!How many Big Macs in 1h Approximately 15
Advisor
Anna Behle
Field of Study PhD student; Synthetic Microbiology Favourite restriction enzyme Sal IHidden talent Not going insane Highest clean up concentration 461 ng/µl (RNA from an acrylamide gel)Biggest lab fail Made an unnecessary mess in the fume hood How many Big Macs in 1h Change Big Mac to Impossible Whopper and there’s no stopping me!
Tim Niedzwetzki
Field of Study PhD student; Plant cell biology and biotechnology Favourite restriction enzyme MssI Hidden talent Remembering unnecessary things Highest clean up concentration 804 ng/µl Biggest lab fail Forgot to elute DNA How many Big Macs in 1h 3 take it or leave
Athanasios Papadopoulos
Field of Study PhD student; Synthetic Membrane Systems (Biochemistry)Favourite restriction enzyme EcoRIHidden talent Logical MotivationHighest clean up concentration 16 mg/ml (membrane protein after IMAC-SEC)Biggest lab fail Performed a very difficult cloning for weeks and sent unintentionally the whole sample for sequencingHow many Big Macs in 1h I would preferably take a whopper
Katharina Polzen
Field of Study Master's student Biology Favourite restriction enzyme BsaIHidden talent Practically perfect in every way - like Mary Poppins. - just kiddin’
Highest clean up concentration 1800 ng/µl in a plasmid preparation, or was it Salima?Biggest lab fail Using the photometer without a cuvette How many Big Macs in 1h 40 bigger Big Macs
Salima Rüdiger
Field of Study Master's student BiologyFavourite restriction enzyme FauI Hidden talent Many… but some of them are so well hidden, I still haven’t found them Highest clean up concentration >2000 ng/µl (Yes Katharina, it was probably me) Biggest lab fail The heat block didn’t work, so I had to do my restriction with the warmth of my hands How many Big Macs in 1h A bite (I am a slow eater)
Sarah Seyffert
Field of Study Bachelor's student BiologyFavourite restriction enzyme Don’t have oneIHidden talent Master of chaosHighest clean up concentration 1100 ng/µl in a plasmid preparationBiggest lab fail Used 1 kb ladder as loading dye for gel electrophoresis How many Big Macs in 1h Zero
Principal Investigators
Prof. Dr. Lutz Schmitt
Prof. Dr. Markus Pauly
