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Team
background
We are from Israel, Kiryat Shmona, a small, quiet and beautiful town. Kiryat Shmona is the most northwestern town in Israel, and gets a lot of visitors and travelers due to the spectacular views. Kiryat Shmona is in the “Galilee region”. You can find nature, history, extreme activities, picnic sites and heritage, in short, a bit of everything in one beautiful region.
Kiryat Shmona has one central comprehensive high school with 1350 students from seventh through twelfth grade. We are sophomore students studying Biotechnology as one of our major subjects. As part of this major, we learn and engage in synthetic biology. Last year we created a garment from the Kombucha fungus, and this year we are working diligently to produce the assessment to identify food allergens, which we are presenting here.
The biotechnology team includes 23 10th grade students. The students have been studying together since 7th grade until today. The school is characterized by a team of teachers who teach the students mostly on how to deal with challenges. The group of students intensifies their math and science studies exceptionally. We are all planning a science academic career. Alongside the studies, each member of the team is involved in volunteering for the community in their free time.
TEAM MEMBERS
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Hobbies: Likes to draw, dance and to be with friends
Team: Site
Volunteering at: Medical Cadets (Showing young children the world of medicine)
Major subjects: Biotechnology and Biology
“Don’t be afraid to be different, be afraid of being like everyone
else”.
Hobbies: Likes to dance, makeup, watch movies and be with friends
Team: Writing and logistics
Volunteering at: Idan (youth movement) and Medical Cadets.
Major subjects: Biotechnology and Physics
“Don’t let people define you,
be who you are”.
Hobbies: Likes to sleep
Team: Documentation, marketing and advertising
Volunteering at: Medical Cadets., student leadership and in the student council
Major subjects: Biotechnology and Biology
“Life is like a rollercoaster,
there are ups and downs, and it’s your choice to scream or to enjoy the ride”.
Hobbies: Likes to dance, watch movies, and listen to music and more
Team: Documentation, marketing and advertising
Volunteering at: Idan (youth movement) and Krembo (volunteering with autistic children)
Major subjects: Biotechnology and Physics
“The person who changes your
life is in the mirror”.
Hobbies: Likes to draw, dance and sport
Team: Laboratory
Volunteering at: Medical Cadets
Major subjects: Biotechnology and Physics
“Don’t ever give up on your dreams, they will
come true”.
Hobbies: Likes to draw, dance and to photograph
Team: Documentation and marketing
Volunteering at: Idan (youth movement) Major
subjects: Biotechnology and Physics
“It’s
better to have the truth with a tear, than a lie with a smile”
Hobbies: Likes to dance and sports
Team: Laboratory and presentation
Volunteering at: Special ed-school
Major subjects: Biotechnology and Physics
“Happy
people are those who dream and are willing to do anything to achieve it”.
Hobbies: Likes to be with friends, family and to dance
Team: Laboratory
Volunteering at: Idan (youth movement)
Major subjects: Biotechnology and Physics
“A day
without a laugh is a day lost”.
Hobbies: Likes to dance, be with friends, family and to draw
Team: Site
Volunteering at: Medical Cadets and student council
Major subjects: Biotechnology and Physics
“The
moment you stop looking for what you want, you will find it”.
Hobbies: Likes to dance and sports
Team: Laboratory
Volunteering at: Student council
Major subjects: Biotechnology and Physics
“A
1000 kilometer journey begins with one step”.
Hobbies: Likes to travel and go out with friends
Team: Presentation and logistics
Volunteering at: Medical Cadets
Major subjects: Biotechnology and Biology
“Be modest because you are made of powder, be noble because you
are made of stars”.
Hobbies: Likes to travel, ride on his bike and go out with friends
Team: Head of site
Volunteering: Fixit (youth fix computers for the community)
Major subjects: Biotechnology and Physics
“In the end, it’s not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many
moments took your breath away.”
Hobbies: Play the guitar, watch TV and go out with friends
Team: Head of laboratory
Volunteering: Scouts
Major subjects: Biotechnology and Biology
“Stars cannot shine without darkness”.
Hobbies: Have fun and go out with friends
Team: Logistics, documentation, advertising and marketing
Volunteering: Idan (youth movement)
Major subjects: Biotechnology and Physics
“Don’t strive to be anything but yourself and do
your best to do it in a perfect way”.
Hobbies: Hearing music and being at the beach
Team: Laboratory
Volunteering at: Hafuh al hafuh (youth help youth movement)
Major subjects: Biotechnology and Biology
“Character is what you are and
not what other people think”.
Hobbies: Dance and hearing music
Team: Head of laboratory
Volunteering: Medical Cadets (Showing young children the world of medicine)
Major subjects: Biotechnology and Physics
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it
happened”.
Hobbies: Play soccer
Team: Logistics, documentation and marketing
Volunteering: Helping struggling students
Major subjects: Biotechnology and Physics
“Success comes before work only in the
dictionary”
Hobbies: Go out with friends and watch movies
Team: Marketing and advertising
Volunteering: Magen David Adom (medical emergency and ambulance service) and student council
Major subject: Biotechnology and Physics
“Friends
are family we choose”.
Hobbies: Dance and go out with friends
Team: Logistics, documentation, advertising and marketing
Volunteering at: Idan (youth movement)
Major subjects: Biotechnology and Physics
“Don’t judge a book by its cover”.
Hobbies: Dance, go out with the family to the beach and with friends
Team: Site
Volunteering at: Medical Cadets and helping struggling students
Major subjects: Biotechnology and Physics
“Don’t look for the path to happiness; look for
the happiness in the path”.
Hobbies: Go to the beach and go out with friends
Team: Presentation and writing
Volunteering: Hafuh al hafuh (youth help youth movement)
Major subjects: Biotechnology and Biology
“Life ain’t all burritos and strippers, my friends.”
Hobbies: Play the guitar, riding a skateboard, playing soccer and basketball
Team: Site and laboratory
Volunteering: Music center
Major subjects: Biotechnology and Physics
“Life
begins where fear ends”.
ADVISORS
Qualifications: Second degree in biotechnology.
Profession: 20 years teaching biotechnology and biology at Danciger Darca High School. Vice principal at the school since 2008.
Team: Magi is the driving force of the team. Integrating the different teams and offers ideas to progress and improve the project. Magi is a parent-teacher-laboratory assistant-age affairs advisor figure for the entire team
Qualifications: Second degree in environmental science.
Profession: Biotechnology teacher at the school and homeroom teacher.
Team: The combination of working with students and synthetic biology is something I have always wanted to do. It is a privilege to educate children and have an impact on their present and future.The idea of synthetic biology is amazing to me – taking theoretical knowledge, and with design and engineering turning it into a game of upgraded lego with useful products.
Originally from South Africa has been teaching English as a second language since 2002 and at Danciger Darca High School since 2007. He studied TESL and ran his own language school online and offline until he began working at the school . Currently he teaches sophomore and senior students at the school. Mr. Dubb also teaches and guides the school English debate team. In addition he teaches students conversational English after regular school hours. Mr. Dubb has been living in Kiryat Shmona for 20+ years, his goal and passion is to give students in the periphery everything he has is in his power to assist them to succeed at school and in the future.
Education:
Ph.D. 2009, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel,
M.Sc. 2004, The Weizmann Institute of Science,
Israel
Academic
positions:
2013- Head of Molecular and Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, MIGAL– Galilee Research institute. 2010-2013 Post-doctoral Research fellow, lab of Prof. Shelley D. Copley at the University of Colorado at Boulder