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Revision as of 12:18, 19 October 2017
Team
Students
Niek Savelkoul
Team Captain
Niek is the glorious team captain of the WUR iGEM team of this year. In the lab, he is involved in the expression and purification of VLPs for various viruses. Despite being extremely serious regarding team efforts, you've probably never heard so many "That's what she said"-remarks in one casual conversation with this guy.
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Stijn Prinsen
Treasurer
Stijn is our Master of Coin. Whithin the team he worked on coupling the affinity molecules to the Cpx system. Be careful though, Stijn does not like it if you change his wallpaper to Nicholas Cage.
''There is no 'I' in iGEM.''
Linda van Oosten
Human Practices
Linda is part of our Human Practices team, together with Sabine. She spent her time in the lab working on expressing various antigens of Trypanosoma. Although dismissive of childish humor, we know that deep inside, she laughs.
''You don't need colonies to go to Boston.''
Sabine van Oossanen
Human Practices
Sabine is our most passionate team member. She works on modelling our system, as well as managing all things Human Practices-related. If you have a wild idea on any subject at all, Sabine will be enthusiastic about it!
''That's super cool!'
Jurre Steens
Funding
Jurre is our self-identifying monkey. Within the team he focuses on the creation of an affinity molecule library, as well as working hard on getting the funding together. If you ever need advice on a good Scotch, talk to this guy.
''Veni Vidi Bibi.''
Bart Scholten
Funding
Bart is our PCR master. Within the team he worked on coupling the receptor system to fluorescence, as well as working with Jurre on funding. If you meet Bart in Boston, be wary of mentioning your choice of music, he will judge you harshly for it.
*In Rotterdam* ''It smells like the west in here.''
José Manuel Salvador Lopez
Biosafety Officer
Jose is our Spanish import Master student. Within the team he worked on splitting fluorescent proteins, as well as being our very ethical Biosafety officer. Because of his Spanish origin, he always keeps a Lomo nearby.
''Sooo, guyysss, I was thinkinngggggg...''
Mark Nijland
Wiki Manager
Mark is our senior team member. Within the team he worked on modeling the quorum sensing system, as well as being our Wiki Manager. This function suits him well, as he is our personal Wikipedia, with knowledge of just about everything.
''I can write an algorithm for that.''
Tom van der Aalst
Lab Manager
Tom is the worlds best lab manager. Within the team he worked on a dimerizing receptor. Don't try to move anything on this desk, his amazing eye for detail notices the slightest change in any situation.
''Three o'clock, BREAK TIME!''
Natalia Giner Laguarda
Secretary
Natalia is our other import from Spain. Within the team she worked on the quorum sensing system, as well as arranging all meetings. She never got used to the Dutch way of life, often in the lab at 8 AM, and certainly no dinner at six for her.
''I'm a morning person, I'm a night person, I'm always a person!''
Supervisors
Christian Fleck
Team supervisor
We have a whole lot to thank dr. Christian Fleck for, as he arranged everything for us: he organized the Wageningen iGEM delegation setup, offices for us to work in, lab space for those involved and way, way more! Thanks, Christian!
"Good luck to this year's iGEM team!"
Raymond Staals
Team supervisor
The show 'Everybody loves Raymond' is actually based on this guy right here. His main contributions include useful suggestions for nearly every part of the project, scientific know-how and maybe some slightly inappropriate jokes here and there.
"Cool beans!"
Gorben Pijlman
Supervised: Niek
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Rob Smith
Supervised: Mark
Much like Ron Swanson in Parks & Recreation, Robert Smith also has a secret, musical night-job. While being a systems biologist and modelling supervisor during the day, he sweeps up the crowd at night with his band The Cure.
"Yeah, if you'd work until 4:30 AM, that'd be great."
Marta Vazquez Vilar
Supervised: Bart, José and parts of Tom and Natalia's projects
Marta is our personal DNA assembly-guru with answers to all your questions regarding this subject. She additionally has nearly half of our lab workers working under her supervision and troubleshot a lot of practical lab problems as well, which makes her a fundamental pillar for our work.
"[Converses in Spanish with Natalia at the speed of light]"
Emma Keizer
Supervised: Sabine
The enthusiastic Emma is a modelling supervisor, but has very good input in practical scientific problems as well, which are not even her direct expertise. Furthermore, she's very realistic and always thinks about what's best for the team as a whole, which is why everyone takes her advice by heart.
"This may just be my untrained eye, but could you do [insert good idea] instead?"
Wen Wu
Supervised: Jurre, Stijn and Tom
You may know the ever-happy Wen from the Wageningen iGEM team of 2014, where she was the team captain. Now, as a PhD candidate and supervisor, she guides us through the competition: giving useful advice based on hands-on experience.
"(On potential project names) I really like Bart."
Prarthana Mohanraju
Supervised: Niek and Linda
Our very own protein expression expert: issues of this nature disappear in the blink of an eye if you follow her advice. Prarthana's office became a frequent pit stop for a majority of the team, but luckily she's very helpful and didn't seem to mind.
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Rik van Rosmalen
Supervised: Natalia
Another familiar face: Rik was involved in the WUR iGEM 2014 team as well! Just like Wen, he now supervises us to prepare the team for the Jamboree. Apparently, Rik enjoys spicy food quite a lot, which is the reason we served him spicy discussions for dinner on our weekly meetings!
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Bob Mulder
Supervised: Human Practices team
Sometimes, Sabine would magically disappear from her office and in such an occasion, the chance was pretty high that she went to Bob for 'counsel'. We suspect, however, that they were drinking tea this entire time.
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Stamatios Damalas
Freelance advice distributor
Stamatios is officially not a supervisor this year, but his passion for the iGEM competition and synthetic biology couldn't allow him to outright ignore us as well: therefore he attended a handful of meetings in his spare time and gave personal advice to a few of us as well.
"Let's sit down and solve everything."
