Team:Stuttgart/Team

Team Stuttgart 2017

You want to get to know us better? You are curious who's behind this whole iGEM crew and what everyone's task is?

Ladies and gentlemen - this is Ina!

She's the nice lady who proves that coding isn't just a guys thing! She keeps the quota for women in our modeling-team up and besides her lovely character she bakes and provides the team with splendid muffins!

name and age: Ina Katrin Eisenkolb, 24

what are you studying (Master): Technical Biology

your iGEM tasks: Modelling and Simulation, Webside, Wiki

what do you like about iGEM/synthetic biology? I really like about iGEM, that it provides the frame structures to find and develop own scientific ideas, that not necessarily lead to a finished product

what did iGEM teach you for life? How to successfully deal with obstacles in your way when you are the first going this way

other Interests: Sailing, reading, cooking/ baking, sauna, travelling

Meet Anna-Lena! :-)

She's responsible for sponsoring and part of our wetlab team! As she knows the uni since years she always helps out when people get lost in the building and knows where to find what in the institute!

name and age: Anna-Lena Mayer, 24

what are you studying (Master): Technical Biology

your iGEM tasks: sponsoring, make e.coli smell of lemon

what do you like about iGEM/synthetic biology? Teamwork, meet teams from all over the world

what did iGEM teach you for life? Never give up, planning a project from the beginning can be a lot of fun

other Interests: sports (tennis), cooking

Meet Georg in the box!

Georg belongs to the Keratinase-Team in the wetlab and is eagerly on the mission to rescue plugged pipes from nasty, clogging hairballs! Besides he's in the sponsoring team where he helps to pimp our lab with new, fancy equipment!

name and age: Georg Singer, 22

what are you studying (Master): Technical Biology

your iGEM tasks: sponsoring, make e.coli a keratin-destroyer

what do you like about iGEM/synthetic biology? Teamwork, meet teams from all over the world, get the chance to do what i want

what did iGEM teach you for life? How to get a No into a yes

other Interests: sports, football, piano, mountains

Hello hello - this is Amatus!

Amatus belongs to our Modelling-Crew! Besides he's the guy who's in charge of keeping our webside updated and to fill our wiki! :-) No matter how stressed we sometimes are - Amatus provides for peace and brings calmness into the team! Thank you Amatus!

name and age: Amatus, 25

what are you studying (Master): Technical Biology

your iGEM tasks: modelling
what do you like about iGEM/synthetic biology? I like it to be able to follow up a Project from its beginning to the end. I think synthetic biology is able to solve a lot of today’s problems

what did iGEM teach you for life? Not that much new

other Interests: computers in general, playing instruments (violin, piano, guitar), watching TV series

Meet Heidi!:-)

Heidi is the buisy lady that is in charge with everything of our project! She's part of the wetlab team helping out with every project part and takes care of our wiki also being part of the dry lab! At the end she will take care to let E.coli express all of our enzymes! If you struggle with something or run out of time Heidi is always the first one that offers her help! Thank you Heidi! :-)

name and age: Heidi Muehl, 27

what are you studying (Master): Technical Biology

your iGEM tasks: lab support, interlab study, extracellular expression of E. coli

what do you like about iGEM/synthetic biology? To gain insight of a project development right from the start, international exchange of interests and knowledge with other iGEM-teams, the giant jamboree in Boston :-)

what did iGEM teach you for life? Everything is possible with the right team, don’t give up

other Interests: family&friends, music+dancing, pizza

Meet Elke!

name and age: Elke Evgrafov, 29

what are you studying: Technical Biology (Master)

your iGEM tasks: My focus in this project is the production of a charming rose-scent with the help of E.coli.
what do you like about iGEM/synthetic biology? iGEM offers you the opportunity to develop and learn to work in a team towards one goal.My motivation at the project is the independent working in the laboratory on a self-chosen topic, and the gathering of new experiences that go beyond the university everyday life

what did iGEM teach you for life? Everything that belongs to an independent project, such as project finding, sponsorship, project organization, laboratory work,...

other Interests: diving, reading, sports

Say Hello to Nici! :-)

name and age: Nicole Buss, 25

what are you studying (Master): Technical Biology (Master)

your iGEM tasks: wetlab (keratinases), sponsoring, human practices/marketing

what do you like about iGEM/synthetic biology? iGEM enables students as a team the opportunity to establish their own scientific project from scratch and to create something completely new in an interdisziplinary and international environment. It’s a great chance to look behind the scenes what synthetic biology can offer and what will be possible one day.

what did iGEM teach you for life? Endurance, humor is all you need, youtube videos are a scientists best friend, everything’s feasible if you do it with the right people, nothing can harm E.coli

other Interests: Sports, traveling, going on adventures, spreading love and joy

Meet Cati!

name and age: Catrin Schuler, 25

what are you studying: Technical Biology (Master)

your iGEM tasks: mostly sponsoring, lab works (esterases and signal peptides) and human practices but there is no strict assignment of tasks
what do you like about iGEM/synthetic biology? I like the fact that iGEM is a competition but nevertheless people work together instead of against each other. It’s more important to achieve scientific and personal progress than winning a prize.

what did iGEM teach you for life? Just if you ask people for help, you can receive help. A few months ago I didn’t thought to speak to so many people in such a short time.

other Interests: goes and techno festivals, flea markets for record, fitness and traveling

Meet Benjamin!

name and age: Benjamin, 25

what are you studying: Engineering Cybernetics (applied to vehicles & autonomous systems), Graduate

your iGEM tasks: Modeling. Yes, Both.

what do you like about iGEM/synthetic biology? Genesis 3:5

what did iGEM teach you for life? If you wanna meet woman, major in biology

other Interests: E-Guitar & Composing; Magic Realism; Science-Fiction; Cold Countries, Seasons and Beers; Watching ‘The Bachelor(ette)’ while talking ‘bout quantum field theory