Team:Tartu TUIT/Team
Tartu TUIT PI's
Mart Loog
Primary PI
• Professor of Molecular Systems Biology, Medicinal Biochemistry PhD
• Professor Mart Loog: he let us use his lab in the Institute of Technology, the University of Tartu for experiments, aided us with fundraising, discussion of the project idea, and everything project related.
Primary PI
• Professor of Molecular Systems Biology, Medicinal Biochemistry PhD
• Professor Mart Loog: he let us use his lab in the Institute of Technology, the University of Tartu for experiments, aided us with fundraising, discussion of the project idea, and everything project related.
Ilona Faustova
Secondary PI
• Bioorganic chemistry PhD
• Dr. Ilona Faustova: Our secondary PI and primary encourager. She managed all work and team related issues.
Secondary PI
• Bioorganic chemistry PhD
• Dr. Ilona Faustova: Our secondary PI and primary encourager. She managed all work and team related issues.
Instructors & Advisors
Mihkel Örd
Instructor
• PhD student in University of Tartu
• Mihkel Örd was actively involved in project idea brainstorm, helped with the development of our model and solution of experiment related problems.
Instructor
• PhD student in University of Tartu
• Mihkel Örd was actively involved in project idea brainstorm, helped with the development of our model and solution of experiment related problems.
Artemi Maljavin
Advisor
• PhD student in University of Tartu
• Artemi helped us to brainstorm, plan experiments, dealing with lab work-related issues and with human practices-related events.
Advisor
• PhD student in University of Tartu
• Artemi helped us to brainstorm, plan experiments, dealing with lab work-related issues and with human practices-related events.
Nastassia Shtaida
Advisor
• Microalgal Biotechnology PhD
• Nastassia assisted us in troubleshooting lab work-related issues as well as helped us in scientific writing.
Advisor
• Microalgal Biotechnology PhD
• Nastassia assisted us in troubleshooting lab work-related issues as well as helped us in scientific writing.
Team Members
Valeria Leoshko
• Valeria has a talent in organizing work and communicating with people, and that is the reason why she is the team leader and also the leader of the lab group.
• If she was not a scientist, she would become a psychologist, as she likes to investigate the inner part of people.
• Valeria is good in multitasking, and that becomes a great superpower before the important iGem deadlines!
• Valeria has a talent in organizing work and communicating with people, and that is the reason why she is the team leader and also the leader of the lab group.
• If she was not a scientist, she would become a psychologist, as she likes to investigate the inner part of people.
• Valeria is good in multitasking, and that becomes a great superpower before the important iGem deadlines!
Jhalak Sethi
• Jhalak is working in the laboratory and helps with Human Practices and fundraising.
• She dreamt about being a doctor, because it is “a great and selfless way to serve society” as she says.
• Well, her future profession of biologist is quite close to her childhood dream! And she has one of the most important human quality of every doctor: stress resistance.
• Jhalak is working in the laboratory and helps with Human Practices and fundraising.
• She dreamt about being a doctor, because it is “a great and selfless way to serve society” as she says.
• Well, her future profession of biologist is quite close to her childhood dream! And she has one of the most important human quality of every doctor: stress resistance.
Dags Macs
• Dags is an active member of lab team, who significantly improved his lab working skills during the summer. Also, he helps with all other parts of the project.
• He wanted to be a businessman “like an adult”, which was a surprise for all people who asked him.
• Well, he has the best qualities of a businessman: responsibility and patience.
• Dags is an active member of lab team, who significantly improved his lab working skills during the summer. Also, he helps with all other parts of the project.
• He wanted to be a businessman “like an adult”, which was a surprise for all people who asked him.
• Well, he has the best qualities of a businessman: responsibility and patience.
Turgay Hasanov
•Turgay is one of the most dedicated lab group members, who is also a valuable member of fundraising and HP team.
• He is quite silent, but at the same time he is a good ‘team player’: always there to help everyone!
• Also, he enjoys learning new things and he always wanted to be a scientist, especially biologist.
•Turgay’s superpower is speed (and at the same time accuracy!).
•Turgay is one of the most dedicated lab group members, who is also a valuable member of fundraising and HP team.
• He is quite silent, but at the same time he is a good ‘team player’: always there to help everyone!
• Also, he enjoys learning new things and he always wanted to be a scientist, especially biologist.
•Turgay’s superpower is speed (and at the same time accuracy!).
Frida Matiyevskaya
• Frida is a HP responsible - a public outreach of the team! Also, she is the creative core of Tartu_TUIT, responsible for wiki and related video design
• She enjoys to promote synthetic biology with exciting events and beautiful graphics. And she inspires all our team, because she can easily double entropy of the most stable objects!
• As a child, she wanted to be an astronaut to explore the universe. Now, she is a biologist and explores the universe inside herself.
• Frida is a HP responsible - a public outreach of the team! Also, she is the creative core of Tartu_TUIT, responsible for wiki and related video design
• She enjoys to promote synthetic biology with exciting events and beautiful graphics. And she inspires all our team, because she can easily double entropy of the most stable objects!
• As a child, she wanted to be an astronaut to explore the universe. Now, she is a biologist and explores the universe inside herself.
Nadezhda Chulkova
• Nadya is fundraising responsible, but she also helps with all other parts of the project, as she is delighted with the idea we have this year and has a talent to think and remember about thousands of things at the same time.
• She likes to organize small funny games, to take pictures of our team and even short videos; maybe because she is a great cinematography fan from the very childhood.
• Nadya is fundraising responsible, but she also helps with all other parts of the project, as she is delighted with the idea we have this year and has a talent to think and remember about thousands of things at the same time.
• She likes to organize small funny games, to take pictures of our team and even short videos; maybe because she is a great cinematography fan from the very childhood.
Nihat Aliyev
• Niko, modeling and integrated HP leader. He also actively participated in fundraising and sponsorship related matters.
•He won't talk about his talents, but would talk about his cat Polaris nonstop. His team mates would say standing his ground and convincing people are his abilities. Yes, he is really great at this, so be careful!
• Niko, modeling and integrated HP leader. He also actively participated in fundraising and sponsorship related matters.
•He won't talk about his talents, but would talk about his cat Polaris nonstop. His team mates would say standing his ground and convincing people are his abilities. Yes, he is really great at this, so be careful!
Aleksandra Panfilova
• Aleksandra is a junior lab instructor and modeling team member, who is improving her research skills 24/7.
• When she was a child, she wanted to be a paleontologist as she enjoyed reading books about dinosaurs and exciting archeology adventures.
• Her superpower is self-irony, as she considers her IQ to be negative, but still she successfully defended her BSc.
• Aleksandra is a junior lab instructor and modeling team member, who is improving her research skills 24/7.
• When she was a child, she wanted to be a paleontologist as she enjoyed reading books about dinosaurs and exciting archeology adventures.
• Her superpower is self-irony, as she considers her IQ to be negative, but still she successfully defended her BSc.
Mark Merzlikin
• Mark is a member of a lab team. He likes Maths, so that is why he is always willing to help with modeling.
• He is a fan of sci fi books, so that affected his decision to become a scientist. He says his super ability is changing his mental range at will, but only in a range of 1.5 to 3 years.
• As you can see, he does not have problems with his sense of humor.
• Mark is a member of a lab team. He likes Maths, so that is why he is always willing to help with modeling.
• He is a fan of sci fi books, so that affected his decision to become a scientist. He says his super ability is changing his mental range at will, but only in a range of 1.5 to 3 years.
• As you can see, he does not have problems with his sense of humor.
Turan Badalli
•Turan is our junior lab instructor, who is always there to help less experienced students. He enjoys spending most of his time in the laboratory!
• In his childhood, he was really fond of football and technologies, so he wanted to be a football manager or engineer.
•He says he has no special talent, but we think he is just too wise to choose only one.
•Turan is our junior lab instructor, who is always there to help less experienced students. He enjoys spending most of his time in the laboratory!
• In his childhood, he was really fond of football and technologies, so he wanted to be a football manager or engineer.
•He says he has no special talent, but we think he is just too wise to choose only one.
Irina Borovko
• Irina is one of our junior lab instructors, because she feels right at home in the laboratory.
•Irina always wanted to be a scientist and she has amazing knowledge about everything related to her occupation, but she is also an outstanding music and art lover!
• Irina is one of our junior lab instructors, because she feels right at home in the laboratory.
•Irina always wanted to be a scientist and she has amazing knowledge about everything related to her occupation, but she is also an outstanding music and art lover!
Kate Ponamareva
• Kate is mostly working in the lab, as it is her main career aspiration.
• She is not only a scientist, but a talented artist, who is really helpful in design creation! In the childhood her favorite animals were...dinosaurs, so firstly she wanted to be a paleontologist.
• Now she is still fascinated by biology and zoology, and all of her study notebooks are full of dinosaurs and dragon images!
• Kate is mostly working in the lab, as it is her main career aspiration.
• She is not only a scientist, but a talented artist, who is really helpful in design creation! In the childhood her favorite animals were...dinosaurs, so firstly she wanted to be a paleontologist.
• Now she is still fascinated by biology and zoology, and all of her study notebooks are full of dinosaurs and dragon images!
Zafer Ahmad
• Zafer works in the lab and HP group
• His second name is “Flash”, because he is one of the most productive lab members.
•There were a lot of pets in his house while he was growing up, so Zafer was fascinated by zoology from the earliest years.
• Zafer works in the lab and HP group
• His second name is “Flash”, because he is one of the most productive lab members.
•There were a lot of pets in his house while he was growing up, so Zafer was fascinated by zoology from the earliest years.
Ruslan Ibragimov
• Ruslan is active in wiki, lab and modeling team. He is interested in web-design and programming, so he contributes to our website and project’s model.
•He wanted to be an archeologist like Indiana Jones: to hunt for treasures. He is still attracted by something which is hidden or not existing yet and loves to discover new things.
• Ruslan is active in wiki, lab and modeling team. He is interested in web-design and programming, so he contributes to our website and project’s model.
•He wanted to be an archeologist like Indiana Jones: to hunt for treasures. He is still attracted by something which is hidden or not existing yet and loves to discover new things.
Perseverance Munga Ngoy
• Percy is a big fan of technologies and creating things, so he helps our wiki page.
• As a child, he wanted to be a pilot, because he likes planes and traveling. Beware, his smile is contagious.
• Percy is a big fan of technologies and creating things, so he helps our wiki page.
• As a child, he wanted to be a pilot, because he likes planes and traveling. Beware, his smile is contagious.
Huynh Ngoc Chau Phan
• Jinnie helps with all the parts of our project, but mostly she is working in HP as she likes to improve her communication skills.
• She knows that all serious projects take a long time for realization, so if she had a superpower, it would be time freezing! Unfortunately, that is impossible, but Jinnie is still a very valuable team member because of her flexibility to any circumstances.
• Jinnie helps with all the parts of our project, but mostly she is working in HP as she likes to improve her communication skills.
• She knows that all serious projects take a long time for realization, so if she had a superpower, it would be time freezing! Unfortunately, that is impossible, but Jinnie is still a very valuable team member because of her flexibility to any circumstances.
Gleb Kovalev
• Gleb helped us with brainstorming, fundraising and he is our main photographer. He is responsible for a visual representation of our team, as he has a really good sense of beauty.
• As a child, he wanted to find cancer treatment, so that is why he is a scientist now!
• Gleb helped us with brainstorming, fundraising and he is our main photographer. He is responsible for a visual representation of our team, as he has a really good sense of beauty.
• As a child, he wanted to find cancer treatment, so that is why he is a scientist now!
Nargiz Kazimova:
• Nargiz is helping with Human Practices, actively participating in workshops and events organizing.
• They say good things come in small packages. She is a real life example to this. Her smile will surely cheer you up.
• Nargiz is helping with Human Practices, actively participating in workshops and events organizing.
• They say good things come in small packages. She is a real life example to this. Her smile will surely cheer you up.
Nikita Nesterenko
• Nikita works in a lab, also helps with HP.
• As many other members of our team, he has always seen himself as a scientist.
• He says his superability is flying, and that is true, because sometimes his head is in the clouds :D
• Nikita works in a lab, also helps with HP.
• As many other members of our team, he has always seen himself as a scientist.
• He says his superability is flying, and that is true, because sometimes his head is in the clouds :D