During my bachelor thesis I was already able to work with Salmonella Typhimurium and still can, as I have the great opportunity to work as a student assistant. I am very interested in molecular microbiology, especially in regulatory networks of pathogenic bacteria. Because of that, I co-founded the new HU iGEM team.
What do you do?
For our iGEM team, I do my best to plan the lab project and experiments, to conduct experiments when time allows, to acquire some money as well as to manage the whole iGEM project of our team.
Favorite organism(s)
Pathogenic gram-negative rods, humphead wrasse and especially my cat
Currently money saving for
Going abroad for my master thesis
My 5-year plan
doing nice science stuff with bacteria while finishing my master studies and when doing the doctoral studies afterwards
Next travel destination
Italy
Actual fitness level
Running across corridors of the lab (= 3)
Mario
What I am studying?
Molecular Life Science (M. Sc.)
My role in our team
Wet Lab, Research
What brought you here?
I would like to continue learning about these systems and see what exciting new things can be developed using them.
What do you do?
Working in the lab
Favorite organism(s)
Taurine Cattle (Bos taurus taurus)
Next travel destination
Leipzig
Other language I would like to learn
Russian
Simon
What I am studying?
Biology (B. Sc.)
My role in our team
Modeling, Website
What brought you here?
My interest in research and teamwork
What do you do?
Modeling, programming
Favorite organism(s)
African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
My 5-year plan
Acquiring my Bachelor of Science
Actual fitness level
6 (= bulk phase)
Phil
What I am studying?
Biophysics (B. Sc.)
My role in our team
Fundraising, Website, Modeling
What brought you here?
I want to learn more about scientific research and lab work as well as work with other motivated students.
What do you do?
In our team my focus is on fundraising and PR work.
Favorite organism(s)
Tardigrade (Milnesium tardigradum) and all kind of Crocodiles (Crocodylia)
Olyssa
What I am studying?
Biophysics (B. Sc.)
My role in our team
Public Relations
What brought you here?
I want to learn more about scientific research and lab work as well as work with other motivated students.
What do you do?
I am creating flyers and posts for our social media channels, do photography and am the director and director of photography of our promotion and presentation video.
Favorite organism(s)
Box Jellyfish (Cuboza)
Next travel destination
Scandinavia
Other language I would like to learn
Swedish
Vincent
What I am studying?
Molecular Life Science (M. Sc.)
My role in our team
Lab, Public Relations, Research, Presentation and Promotion Videos, Website
What brought you here?
I am one of the cofounders of the new team as well as really interested in plant physiology and biochemistry using genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics.
What do you do?
Involved in the lab, public relations and wiki subteams
Favorite organism(s)
Guinea Pig (Cavia procellus)
Next travel destination
Mannheim
Other language I would like to learn
French
Anthea
What I am studying?
Biology (B. Sc.)
My role in our team
Fundraising, Public Relations
What brought you here?
Another Team member told me about the HU iGEM Project. I was fascinated and so I joined the iGEM Team in my first semester of university.
What do you do?
Everything related to PR, fundraising, organizing and writing/translating texts
Favorite organism(s)
Venezuelan Poodle Moth
My 5-year plan
Moving to Bonn and acquiring my PhD
Actual fitness level
5
Martje
What I am studying?
Molecular Life Science (M. Sc.)
My role in our team
Public Relations, Lab
What brought you here?
While doing my Bachelor thesis about virulence factors of M. tuberculosis, I discovered my huge interest in molecular microbiology and medicine.
What do you do?
Involved in the lab work and public relations.
Favorite organism(s)
Tardigrade (Milnesium tardigradum)
favorite lab method
Pipetting
Next travel destination
Lübeck
My actual fitness level
4, but increasing
Marcel
What I am studying?
Biophysics (M. Sc.)
My role in our team
Modeling
What brought you here?
For me iGEM is a great opportunity for me to work interdisciplinary with motivated people and to contribute to the scientific discussion.
What do you do?
Developing mathematical models for biological problems
Favorite organism(s)
Velociraptor
Next travel destination
United Kingdom
Other language I would like to learn
Mandarin
Alex
What I am studying?
Molecular Life Science (M. Sc.)
My role in our team
Lab and Research
What brought you here?
I get excited about microbiology projects very quickly and wanted to contribute positively with my experience from bachelor thesis and labjobs.
What do you do?
Wet lab work, Wiki, Research
Favorite organism(s)
Polar wolf (Canis lupus arctos)
favorite lab method
TSS-transformation
Next travel destination
Colombia
My actual fitness leve
5
Lukas
What I am studying?
Physics (B. Sc.)
My role in our team
Modeling
What brought you here?
A team member and my interest in interdisciplinary research.
What do you do?
Developing mathematical models for biological problems, which gives me a good opportunity for interdisciplinary research
Favorite organism(s)
Spotfin Lionfish (Pterois antennata)
Next travel destination
Australia
Other language I would like to learn
French
Doaa Saleh
What I am studying?
PhD student in the group of Marc Erhardt
My role in our team
Advisor
What brought you here?
Credit goes to Kristin and Mario who introduced their ambitious iGEM project to our lab, then I was motivated to support with any lab experience I have.
What do you do?
Currently doing my PhD in microbiology at the Humboldt University of Berlin at the lab of Prof. Marc Erhardt where I am investigating some aspects of Salmonella infection / cell biology.
Favorite organism(s)
Salmonella
Manuel Halte
What I am studying?
PhD student in the group of Marc Erhardt
My role in our team
Advisor
What brought you here?
Minicells and interesting things to study
What do you do?
Single cell analyses of the flagellar Type III secretion system assembly
Favorite organism(s)
Salmonella enterica
favorite lab method
Super-resolution microscopy
My actual fitness level
PhD count as a 10
Primary PI | Prof. Dr. Marc Erhardt
I am Professor for Bacterial Physiology at the Humboldt University of Berlin. I am a bacterial geneticist and fascinated by the function and complex assembly mechanisms of one of nature’s tiniest nanomachines - the bacterial flagellum. My research is funded among others by a European Research Council Consolidator Grant.
Secondary PI | Philipp
I am a post-doc in the bacterial physiology group of Prof. Dr. Marc Erhardt at the Humboldt University of Berlin.
