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Revision as of 14:23, 7 October 2017

OUR TEAM

Something about our team

Our team consists of 16 students from the three-year Faculty of Biomolecular Biotechnology. Our project is followed by Professor Alessio Mengoni and post-doc Elena Perrin. This is the first time that a team at the University of Florence participates in the iGEM competition, and we are very excited about it.

Teammates

Lorenzo

Hi all! My name is Lorenzo Romagnoli, this is my third year in Molecular Biotechnology at University of Florence. I'm team UNIFI leader and this is my first iGem experience. I'm really excited for the competition and for the whole project development and i think it's a great opportunity, not only to explore the lab world and to get in touch with bigger realities, but also to improve one's skill in both main and side research activities.

Martina

While I am still onlin my 3rd year at the University, I have clear in my mind that genetics is the science which I like the most. This is my first iGem experience, and I believe that this represents an exceptional opportunity to expand my knowledge and to broaden my scientific horizons. I gladly accepted to help the team on the project, focusing on the Wiki part. I am a curious and open minded person. Multicultural environments are really my favorite ones, and I am extremely lucky to continuously feed my passion for travel.

Gabriele

Hi guys! My name is Gabriele Brazzini and I'm attending the third year of Molecular Biotecnology at University of Florence. I want to continue my university and working career in the field of genetics. This is my first iGem experience and I help my team in various ways: from the build of the Wiki to the part of development and implementation of the project. I think that iGem could be a great opportunity for me to learn how to work in a lab team and understand the world of research. I look forward to confront whith other teams from all over the world.

Teresa

Hi everyone! My name is Teresa and I study molecular biotechnology at the University of Florence. During my studies I discovered that I'm really amazed and impressed by every mechanism concerning life: biological systems are really smart! In the meanwhile I'm a commuter so I don't have so many time for my hobbies (and for these reason I can't wait to move in my University's city!), but I like to cook and go to the gym because I believe in "mens sana in corpore sano"!

Deborah

Hi everybody! My name is Deborah, I attend the third year of biomolecolar Biotechnology at the University of Florence. I' m a very curious person, for this reason I love the reserch's world, because you can always achieve new goals. This thing is very important for my life because I easily get bored of doing repetitive things. I also have other interests outside the science's world: I like fitness, drawing clothes, and fournishing houses but i have little time for this hobbies because I dedicate the most part of my days to my greater passion: the Biotech. The iGEM competition is a very exciting experience for me, because it stimulates the creativity of people's minds and it is an opportunity for young students to discover a part of the scientific world. GOOD LUCK to my team!

Tommaso

I'm Tommaso and I'm attending the third year of Biomolecular Biotechnology at the University of Florence. I get interested in Biotechnology watching the sci-fi television series "Fringe". I'm very happy to take part in iGem because I already feel like a scientist. I have other hobbies: I play the guitar, I listen a lot of music and I like to go to live concerts.

Sophie

Hi everyone! My name is Sophie and I'm attending the third year of Molecular Biotechnology at University of Florence. I want to continue my career and my study in Environmental biotechnology to develop new technologies and utilities for the natural environment. This is my first iGem project and i think that is a good opportunity to get experience, not only the field of genetic engineering, but also team work and dealing with external realities.

Nicola

Hey folks, how's it going? I'm Nicola, and like all the others I'm at my final year of Molecular Biology at the University of Studies in Florence. I like science and kittens, but I'm allergic to the latter so that's why I'm here. Everything about this experience is a new, exciting challenge and I hope to learn a lot from teamwork with mine and other's group. See you Boston scientists.

Chiara

Hi everybody! My name is Chiara, I'm 22 years old and I live in Prato, a Tuscan city near Florence. I deeply believe that biotechnology is a unique and fascinating world. Taking part to Igem is for me a great opportunity to exchange ideas with other students and to get to know new aspects of this world. My current position in the Unifi team is to write sections of Wiki, such as the introduction and the descripition of the molecular mechanism behind our project. In the first months of this project I actively participated in foundraising. Even if we didn't achieve the desidered goal, it was a valuable experience. Talking about me, I spend most of my time studying but in my free time I love reading and travelling, specially during the summer holiday. In my everyday life, I don't like spending much time at home, because I get easily bored. So while I study for my exams I prefer to go to the uni to meet my classmates and study together or just have a coffee and a chat.

Advisors

Dott. Alessio Mengoni

Alessio is associate professor of genetics at UNIFI, where he teaches genetics of microorganisms, genomics and genetic engineering, and visiting professor at the University of Gdansk (Poland) and Sun Yat-sen University (China), where he gives lectures on bacterial genomics and systems biology. Alessio's research activities is focused on the study of the evolution of bacterial genomes and on microbial biotechnologies. In the spare time Alessio enjoys running on Tuscan hills (and more), he likes cooking, read books and playing as a dad with his three children.

Dott. Elena Perrin

Hi everybody, I'm Elena Perrin and I'm a Post Doc at the Department of Biology of the University of Florence. My main research field is Microbial Genetics and in particular the study of antibiotic resistance of Burkholderia species. I'm involved in this team as the secondary PI and I'll follow the lab part of the project. This is my first participation to IGEM and I'm very happy to support this team!

Team Unifi

unifi.igem@gmail.com