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|Soy estudiante de Ciencias de la Computación, y estoy haciendo mi tesis de licenciatura construyendo una herramienta para razonar automáticamente sobre reglamentos. Si si, nada relacionado con la biología. Raro, ¿no? Sin embargo siempre tuve gran interés por esta disciplina, principamente la molecular. Cuando me enteré de la existencia de iGEM - hace sólo algunos meses - me dije "hay que armar un equipo en Argentina". Casualidad o no, sólo una semana después me llegó la convocatoria para formar el primer equipo iGEM argentino, y ahora me encuentro dando mis primeros pasos en la biología sintética como miembro de iGEM BsAs. Me interesa principamente la mirada ingenieril que tiene la biología sintética, y creo que desde el área de la ciencia de la computación tengo mucho para aportar a este nuevo enfoque. Amo la divulgación científica y la docencia; me considero un comunicador nato, y mi forma natural de trabajo es la grupal. Participo de instancias políticas y de organización estudiantil, e intento que mi paso por este mundo sea lo más transformador y comprometido posible.   
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|I'm M. Sc. in Biology (2001) and Ph. D. in Chemistry (2005). My subjects of interest are protein's structure/function/folding and their interaction with nucleic acids. Also hemoproteins, evolution and synthetic biology, and others. I did a post-doc with the molecular modelling group in the FCEyN and another one in the systems biology program of the Genomic Regulation Center from Barcelona. I started to work as teacher in the FCEyN in 2000 and I'm currently teaching assistant in the Department of Biological Chemistry at the University of Buenos Aires and researcher at CONICET. I'm also a member of the Structural Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Biological Chemistry. Given the lack of Synthetic Biology in Argentina, we are promoting the area with Ignacio Sánchez since 2011. For this effort, we organized the first post-graduate course in the subject in 2011, and conducted a course with featured international referents in April 2012. I'm convinced that from my place and given my formation, I can boost Synthetic Biology and begin formation of pure strain Synthetic Biologists. I believe the iGEM competitions are an excellent tool for the education and motivation of students. I'm convinced that from Argentina we can contribute to the subject and be on pair with teams from everywhere in the world. Even though we count on less resources and funds, this lack is compensated with a huge motivation and creativity. More info at http://adn.nadras.com.ar
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|Soy licenciado en biología (2001) y doctor en química (2005). Mis temas de interés son estructura/función/plegamiento de proteínas y su interacción con ácidos nucleicos. También hemoproteínas, evolución y biología sintética, entre otros. Hice un postdoc en el grupo de modelado molecular de la FCEyN y otro en el programa de biología de sistemas del Centro de Regulación Genómica de Barcelona. Comencé a ser docente de la FCEN en el 2000 y actualmente soy JTP en el departamento de química biológica e investigador del CONICET. Además soy miembro del Laboratorio de Bioquímica Estructural, departamento de Química Biológica.
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Dada la vacancia de la Biología Sintética en Argentina, desde el 2011 esamos impulsando el área junto con Ignacio Sánchez. En este esfuerzo, hemos organizado el primer curso de posgrado sobre la temática en 2011, y organizamos un curso con destacados referentes internacionales en abril de 2012. Estoy convencido que desde mi posicion y dada mi formacion puedo ser un impulsor de la Biología Sintética y comenzar con la formación de Biólogos Sintéticos de pura cepa. Creo que las competencias iGEM son una excelente herrameienta para la educación motivacion de los estudiantes. Estoy convencido de que desde Argentina podemos aportar al area y estar a la par de los equipos de estudiantes de cualquier parte del mundo. Si bien disponemos de menos recursos y fondos, esta falencia se compensa con una enorme motivación y creatividad.
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I'm Ms. in Computer Science. My interests: telecommunications, distributed systems, logic & computability, human-computer interaction, software design and engineering, social entrepreneur- ship, and obviously, Synthetic biology. I was student member of the first argentinian igem team.
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I'm mainly interested in the engineering vision that synthetic biology has, and I believe from the computer science standpoint, I have several ideas I can bring to this new subject.
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I love scientific dissemination and teaching; I consider myself a straightforward communicator, and my natural way of working is in groups. I'm part of a political movements in my university, and I try to make my passing through this world the most transforming and engaging possible.  
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Instructors

Ale.jpg Alejandro Nadra- Biologist - Chemistry PhD
I'm M. Sc. in Biology (2001) and Ph. D. in Chemistry (2005). My subjects of interest are protein's structure/function/folding and their interaction with nucleic acids. Also hemoproteins, evolution and synthetic biology, and others. I did a post-doc with the molecular modelling group in the FCEyN and another one in the systems biology program of the Genomic Regulation Center from Barcelona. I started to work as teacher in the FCEyN in 2000 and I'm currently teaching assistant in the Department of Biological Chemistry at the University of Buenos Aires and researcher at CONICET. I'm also a member of the Structural Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Biological Chemistry. Given the lack of Synthetic Biology in Argentina, we are promoting the area with Ignacio Sánchez since 2011. For this effort, we organized the first post-graduate course in the subject in 2011, and conducted a course with featured international referents in April 2012. I'm convinced that from my place and given my formation, I can boost Synthetic Biology and begin formation of pure strain Synthetic Biologists. I believe the iGEM competitions are an excellent tool for the education and motivation of students. I'm convinced that from Argentina we can contribute to the subject and be on pair with teams from everywhere in the world. Even though we count on less resources and funds, this lack is compensated with a huge motivation and creativity. More info at http://adn.nadras.com.ar




Manu.jpg Manuel Giménez - Computer Scientist


I'm Ms. in Computer Science. My interests: telecommunications, distributed systems, logic & computability, human-computer interaction, software design and engineering, social entrepreneur- ship, and obviously, Synthetic biology. I was student member of the first argentinian igem team.

I'm mainly interested in the engineering vision that synthetic biology has, and I believe from the computer science standpoint, I have several ideas I can bring to this new subject.

I love scientific dissemination and teaching; I consider myself a straightforward communicator, and my natural way of working is in groups. I'm part of a political movements in my university, and I try to make my passing through this world the most transforming and engaging possible.