iGEM Berlin

MEET THE TEAM

Our team is made up of 12 undergraduates and postgraduates from different disciplines as well as our supervisors. The iGEM Team Berlin 2015 is an assembly of highly motivated students from different universities. Due to the multidisciplinarity our team is able to find different strategies to solve complex problems in synthetic biology. Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Nediljko Budisa group leader of the Biocatalysis Group at the TU-Berlin. Our lab is located at the Müller-Breslau-Straße 10, 10623 Berlin (Germany).

Saba Nojoumi

PhD student of Molecular Pharmacology and Synthetic Biology.
Team PI, project coordinator and advisor.
As a supervisor I
supported the team when they had scientific questions or hardships with handling stuff in the laboratory.

Ludwig Sinn

PhD student in Biochemistry at the Technical University of Berlin.
As a supervisor I
supported the team when they had scientific questions or hardships with handling stuff in the laboratory.

Johannes von Sass

PhD student in Biochemistry at the Technical University of Berlin.
Laboratory supervisor
I supported the team
in scientific questions and helped them with evaluating their results.

Johann Bauerfeind

Master student in Life Science Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences (HTW) in Berlin.
iGEM Berlin 2014 alumni and responsible for fliC BioBrick design.
I supported the team with solving problems in their strategy and kept them updated about iGEM stuff.

Mariam Hammoud

Biotechnology student at the Technical University of Berlin.
team leader and financial coordinator.
I took care of all the financial stuff,
including writing applications to different enterprises for supporting us. I worked in the laboratory with the team.

Raha Tehrani

Master student in Medical Biotechnology at the Technical University of Berlin
Lab-Manager and research associate
I coordinated the project development by planning and performing the experiments for the laboratory work. In addition, I was responsible for organizational tasks and for writing applications to enterprises within the financial part.

Zehra Uyar

Master student in Medical Biotechnology at the Technical University of Berlin
Lab-Manager and research associate
I was responsible for the project coordination, designing and performing the experiments in the laboratory. Besides, I supported the financial part of the project by fundraising and writing applications to enterprises.

Pablo Rojas

PhD Student of Medical Microbiology at the Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin.External research consultant on bacterial cellulose biosynthesis.
I was responsible for the cellulose part in this project and designed some animations for visualizations.

Benjamin Haby

Master student in industrial Biotechnology at the Technical University of Berlin
Wiki Manager and laboratory research associate
I carried out the development of our Wiki page, poster and presentation and coordinated the editing of its content and design. In addition, I was a driving force for the laboratory work and also involved in fundraising.

Philipp Albrecht

Bachelor Student in Bioinformatics at Free University of Berlin.
Development of Web Design
I was mainly responsible for the wiki page.

Jan Schneider

Master Student in Bioinformatics at Free University of Berlin.
I designed the D3 domain in pymol.

Valerian Blos

Student of Visual Communication at the University of Arts.
As collaborative Designer and Artist, he supports the team with creative input.
I designed the exposé for the team.

Team:Berlin/Attributions