Team:Uppsala/Team
MEMBERS
Teresa Reinli
She is our project manager alongside Lucie. Teresa comes from Sweden and is studying the Master in Molecular Biotechnology Engineering at Uppsala University. Her favorite lab equipment is the microscope because, “When you look into it, you see a whole new world. There are so many tiny organisms and it is difficult to imagine something so small. Just fascinating!”
Lucie Kulhankova
One of our project managers comes from Czech and she is studying master in Applied Biotechnology at Uppsala University. We ask Lucie a scenario where she gets a superpower after an incident in the lab, and she would like to have the ability to adjust concentration and pH of any solution! She says that it would save her a lot of heartbreak and frustration in the lab.
Tobias Luckey
A master student in Molecular Biotechnology Engineering at Uppsala University coming from Sweden. Tobias is a part of our modeling group. His first thought about biotechnology is that it is cool. “Not only discovering the complex systems which constitute life but also engineering them in inventive ways in other contexts to solve complex problems in previously unthinkable ways. This is cool.”
Siri Norlander
A master student in Molecular Biotechnology Engineering at Uppsala University, she is also a part of our modeling group. We ask why is the lab coat white and she ask us back if it is supposed to be white with double question marks.
Oscar Broström
A master student from Sweden in Molecular Biotechnology Engineering at Uppsala University. Oscar takes parts in our modeling group and thinks that Miro is traveling in your suitcase. He thinks Quattro stagioni (four seasons) pizza represents our team well since we have people from all around the world with different backgrounds. However, he never had that pizza yet.
Janis Kronbergs
The only Latvian in the group. He studies the master in Molecular Biotechnology Engineering at Uppsala University. As a part of our modeling group, he thinks that the Swedish Battle Hamster is his spirit animal. Kidding. “On a more serious note: Turtle. Why? Because I took an online test, and it said so - or because, ultimately, everything serves the Beam. Alternatively, an elephant because. just, because, dammit! (That's me really wanting to be Elephant, but not being able to come up with a justification).”
Sree Wunnava Venkata
He studies Masters in Biology (Cell and Molecular) at Uppsala University. Coming all the way from India, Sree takes part in our wiki group. He thinks that this team resembles fruitcake because it’s a mixed bunch, sweet and sour… but makes a good cake.
Stella Belin
The only heroine in our wiki group. Stella comes from Sweden and is studying the master programme in Molecular Biotechnology Engineering at Uppsala University. She chose to join iGEM because she likes being in the lab. Also, the fun experience to be a part of a big project which she enjoyed from the start of choosing the project until the implementation
Björn Greijer
Björn studies Master in Applied Biotechnology at Uppsala University. He belongs to the wiki group and comes from Sweden. If he did not know anything about iGEM, he would think that it stands for Interdimensional Gene Editing Magic.
Arindam De Tarafder
He is currently doing his Master in Applied Biotechnology at Uppsala University and comes all the way from India. Arindam joins the forces in our wiki group. He foresees biotechnology in the next five years as a booming biotech sector with an emphasis on applied research. Hopefully, by then the common public is taken into confidence regarding the benefits of biotechnology, leading to a positive public perception for biotechnological applications.
Ylva Jansson
A master student from Sweden studying Molecular Biotechnology Engineering at Uppsala University. Ylva is a part of our human practices group.
Jennifer Johansson
She is also a part of our human practices group and comes from Sweden. Jennifer studies the master in Molecular Biotechnology Engineering at Uppsala University. Her favorite part of working in the lab is the possibility to apply theoretical knowledge and it is encouraging to face new challenges. It is also exciting to see the results of an experiment after many, long hours of lab work.
Linda Larsson
Linda comes from Sweden and is currently studying at Uppsala University for her Bachelor in Biology/Microbiology. She is part of our human practices group. Celebration by Kool & The Gang is the song that she chooses for our theme song, “because we always had good times in the lab”.
Friederike Mey
Rike comes from Germany and studies the master in Biology at Uppsala University. As a part of our human practice group, she would like to be Dicrocoelium dendriticum, a fluke that is able to infect ants’ ganglions, manipulating them into sitting on the tip of grass. That rises the chances of the ant being eaten by an oblivious sheep, the final host of the fluke. “I think it would cool to travel inside an ant!”
Miro Plum
He studies the Master in Infection Biology at Uppsala University. Miro is from Germany and a part of our human practices group. He would have preferred to do his Schistosoma project or to watch Tardigrades all day long. He is also probably covered in bacteriophages and molds. RIP Joffrey and Little Finger (our pet stick animals) ...it was Linda's fault.
Immanuel Sanka
TAll the way from Indonesia to study Master in Applied Biotechnology at Uppsala University. Sanka was part in our human practices group. He would have given this advice to himself nine months ago: “beware with anything which unpredictable, especially doing research with the tiny creature called microbes! :D”
