Team Magneto - the iGEM Copenhagen Team 2013

Our team consist of 11 various people from the field of bioscience. We spent the spring preparing and the summer working on our project, Magnetotaxic bacteria. Being a diverse group gave us the advantage to think independently while still working together. Everyone has contributed equally, each with his or her own individual skillset, even outside the lab. Overall, we had a very successful team work and we are very proud to be part of this group.

Kim Ströh

Kim is the BioBrick Lab coordinator for the iGEM team. He is currently studying for his B.Sc. in Biotechnology with the hopes pursuing a career in research. He enjoys playing football.

Will Wright

Will is the Fundraising coordinator for the iGEM team. He is currently studying for his MBA in Bioentrepreneurship with the hopes of launching his 2nd start up after graduating. He enjoys walks with his dog and CPH’s cycling culture.

Thomas Stenum

Thomas is the CPH Strain Lab coordinator for the iGEM team. He is currently studying for his M.Sc. in Biology with a focus in tRNA research. He enjoys being out in nature and skiing.

Suzanne Schmidt

Besides working in the Lab, Suzanne is the video editor for the iGEM team. She is currently studying for her B.Sc. in Biology. She is an avid horse rider.

Anna Holzwarth

Anna is the Go to German in the iGEM team have helped in many roles (Lab, presentations and copy editing). She is currently studying for her M.Sc. in Biology, with a focus in plant biology. She enjoys watching Dr Who.

Eleonora Guglielmo

Eleonora is the copy editor of the wikipedia in the iGEM team. She is currently studying for her M.Sc. in Biochemistry, with a focus in stem cell research. She enjoys cooking and reading good books.

Emil Fischer

Emil chairs the iGEM team and keeping the show on the road. He is currently studying for his B.Sc. in Bioteknology with a interest in synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. He enjoys good music and strategic board games (Risk etc).

Ida Marie Boisen

Ida is the administrative coordinator of the iGEM team. She is currently studying for her M.Sc in Molecular Biomedicine and plans a career in research. She enjoys rock climbing and sailing.

Nanna Lunding Jensen

Nanna is the Communications coordinator of the iGEM team. She is currently studying for her M.Sc in Molecular Biomedicine would like to work in Pharma. She enjoys time at the beach.

Niels Christian Sanden

Niels is the iGEM Copenhagen’s “deus ex machina”. He is currently studying for his B.Sc. in Biotechnology with an interest in Biochemical and Biophysics applications. He enjoys swimming, underwater rugby and ultimate frisbee.

Signe Tang Karlsen

Signe is the Wiki master of the iGEM team. She is currently studying for her B.Sc. Natural Sciences and IT and hopes to pursue her interest in Bioinformatics for here masters. She enjoys learning languages (both code and cultural ones)

Our supervisors

Emil Polny

Emil is a project coordinator at UNIK Center for Synthetic Biology. He has supervised the team in PR and outreach. In his spare time he's involved the Copenhagen biohacker community.

Björn Hamberger

Björn is associate professor in the Plant Biochemistry section of Department for Plant and Environmental Sciences. Besides being a group leader here, he's also a group leader in the Plant Pathway Discovery section of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability. Björn is often staying in late and has a fast racer bike!

Adam Takos

Adam is associate professor in the Plant Biochemistry section of Department for Plant and Environmental Sciences. As an Aussie he finds the hills in the Copenhagen area way to easy when riding his awesome mountain bike.

Brian King

Brian is a post doc in the Plant Biochemistry section of Department for Plant and Environmental Sciences. He is responsible for the coffee machine and plays a badass banjo.

Eva Knoch

Eva is a post doc in the Plant Biochemistry section of Department for Plant and Environmental Sciences. She enjoys red wine and contemporary art.

Pratik Shah

Pratik is a Ph.D student at the Plant Biochemistry section of Department for Plant and Environmental Sciences. He is always there for the iGEM team - weekends and vacations.