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<h1> Our team </h1> | <h1> Our team </h1> | ||
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+ | E. van der Kouwe<sup>1, 2</sup>, G. Mercy<sup>3</sup>, B. Baudu<sup>4</sup>, A. Chhun<sup>1</sup>, F. Amiot<sup>1</sup>, G. Guillocheau<sup>1</sup>, L. Le Goff<sup>5</sup>, H. Léger<sup>5</sup>, L. Ujéda<sup>6</sup>, W. Rostain<sup>7</sup>, C. Pauthenier<sup>8</sup>, T. Cerisy<sup>9</sup>, P. Parutto<sup>8</sup>, A. Tolonen<sup>9</sup>, N. Pollet<sup>10</sup> and A. Jaramillo<sup>7</sup> | ||
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+ | <h3>Affiliations</h3> | ||
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+ | <sup>1</sup> Université Evry Val d'Essonne<br/><br/> | ||
+ | <sup>2</sup> Faculté de Pharmacie de Lyon<br/><br/> | ||
+ | <sup>3</sup> Sup'Biotech Paris<br/><br/> | ||
+ | <sup>4</sup> AgroParisTech<br/><br/> | ||
+ | <sup>5</sup> Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique pour l'Industrie et l'Entreprise<br/><br/> | ||
+ | <sup>6</sup> Paris-Descartes<br/><br/> | ||
+ | <sup>7</sup> Synth Bio Team, Institute of Systems and Synthetic Biology<br/><br/> | ||
+ | <sup>8</sup> Bio-RetroSynth Team, Institute of Systems and Synthetic Biology<br/><br/> | ||
+ | <sup>9</sup> LGBM, Genoscope<br/><br/> | ||
+ | <sup>10</sup> Metamorphosys, Institute of Systems and Synthetic Biology | ||
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<h2 align='center'>Students</h2> | <h2 align='center'>Students</h2> | ||
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+ | <table class="table-fixed-size" cellspacing="20%" align="center" style="margin-top: -40px"> | ||
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+ | <a href='https://2013.igem.org/User:Guitou' target='_blank' title="Complete profile"><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/9/9a/Guillaume.jpg' alt='Guillaume' width="80%" style='padding:5px;'/></a> | ||
+ | <h3>Guillaume Mercy</h3> | ||
+ | <i>Biologist</i><br/> | ||
+ | <i><b>"Imagination is more important than knowledge."<br/></b>Albert Einstein</i> | ||
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- | + | <a href='https://2013.igem.org/User:Eccho' target='_blank' title="Complete profile"><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/8/8b/Emiel_VanDerKouwe.jpg' alt='Emiel' width="80%" style='padding:5px;'/></a> | |
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- | <a href='https://2013.igem.org/User:Eccho' target='_blank'><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/8/8b/Emiel_VanDerKouwe.jpg' alt='Emiel' | + | |
<h3>Emiel van der Kouwe</h3> | <h3>Emiel van der Kouwe</h3> | ||
- | <i> | + | <i>Pharmacist</i><br/> |
+ | <i><b>"Beware the lollipop of mediocrity; lick it once and you'll suck forever."<br/></b>Brian Wilson</i> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
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- | <a href='https://2013.igem.org/User: | + | <a href='https://2013.igem.org/User:AUDAM' target='_blank' title="Complete profile"><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/4/4a/Audam_Chuun.JPG' alt='Audam' width="80%" style='padding:5px;'/></a> |
- | <h3> | + | <h3>Audam Chhun</h3> |
- | <i>Biologist</i> | + | <i>Biologist</i><br/> |
+ | <i><b>"Biology is like Santa Klaus. You have to believe in it."<br/></b>Anonymous</i><br/> | ||
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- | <a href='https://2013.igem.org/User: | + | <a href='https://2013.igem.org/User:L%C3%A9ni' target='_blank' title="Complete profile"><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/0/01/Leni_legoff.JPG' alt='Léni' width="80%" style='padding:5px;'/></a> |
- | <h3> | + | <h3>Léni Le Goff</h3> |
- | <i> | + | <i>IT engineer</i><br/> |
- | + | <i><b>"Buy us some golf shoes... Otherwise we'll never get out of this place alive. Impossible to walk in this muck."</b><br/> Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas </i> | |
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- | <a href='https://2013.igem.org/User:Rasend' target='_blank'><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/e/e8/Gabriel_Guillocheau.JPG' alt='Gabriel' | + | <a href='https://2013.igem.org/User:Rasend' target='_blank' title="Complete profile"><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/e/e8/Gabriel_Guillocheau.JPG' alt='Gabriel' width="80%" style='padding:5px;'/></a> |
<h3>Gabriel Guillocheau</h3> | <h3>Gabriel Guillocheau</h3> | ||
- | <i> | + | <i>Bioinformatician</i><br/> |
- | + | <i><b>"Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again? "</b><br/> The IT Crowd</i><br/><br/> | |
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- | <a href='https://2013.igem.org/User:Hippo' target='_blank'><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/c/c4/PhotoHippo.jpg' alt='Hippolyte' | + | <a href='https://2013.igem.org/User:Hippo' target='_blank' title="Complete profile"><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/c/c4/PhotoHippo.jpg' alt='Hippolyte' width="80%" style='padding:5px;'/></a> |
<h3>Hippolyte Léger</h3> | <h3>Hippolyte Léger</h3> | ||
- | <i> | + | <i>IT engineer</i><br/> |
+ | <i><b>"If you want to be sure of what you are doing, just plant some turnip, don't do biological modeling!"</b><br/>Anonymous</i><br/> | ||
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- | <a href='https://2013.igem.org/User:Batou' target='_blank'><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/a/ad/Baptiste.JPG' alt='Baptiste' | + | <a href='https://2013.igem.org/User:Batou' target='_blank' title="Complete profile"><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/a/ad/Baptiste.JPG' alt='Baptiste' width="80%" style='padding:5px;'/></a> |
<h3>Baptiste Baudu</h3> | <h3>Baptiste Baudu</h3> | ||
- | <i>Biologist</i> | + | <i>Biologist</i><br/> |
- | + | <i><b>"To create is likewise to give a shape to one's fate."<br/></b>Camus</i> | |
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- | <a href='https://2013.igem.org/User:louis.ujeda' target='_blank'><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/9/9f/Louis_Ujeda.jpg' alt='Louis' | + | <a href='https://2013.igem.org/User:louis.ujeda' target='_blank' title="Complete profile"><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/9/9f/Louis_Ujeda.jpg' alt='Louis' width="80%" style='padding:5px;'/></a> |
<h3>Louis Ujéda</h3> | <h3>Louis Ujéda</h3> | ||
- | <i>Bio-ethician</i> | + | <i>Bio-ethician</i><br/> |
+ | <i><b>"The only skills I have the patience to learn are those that have no real application in life."<br/></b>Calvin and Hobbes</i> | ||
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+ | <a href='https://2013.igem.org/User:sanakht' target='_blank' title="Complete profile"><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/2/20/Florent.jpg' alt='Florent' width="80%" style='padding:5px;'/></a> | ||
+ | <h3>Florent Amiot</h3> | ||
+ | <i>Biologist</i><br/> | ||
+ | <i><b>"We told you it would happen: by constantly producing machines to serve you, you have become yourself the slaves of your own instruments."<br/></b>Patrice Maniglier</i> | ||
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- | <a href='https://2012.igem.org/Team:Evry' target='_blank'><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/ | + | <a href='https://2012.igem.org/Team:Evry' target='_blank'><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/2/21/Steinbock.png' alt='William' align='left' height='150px' style='padding:5px;'/></a> |
<h3>William Rostain</h3> | <h3>William Rostain</h3> | ||
- | <i> | + | <i>PhD Student in <a href='http://jaramillolab.issb.genopole.fr/display/sbsite/Jaramillo+Lab' target='_blank'> Synth-Bio team</a>, iSSB</i><br/><br/> |
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- | + | William is a PhD student in the Synth-Bio team of iSSB, Evry University. He is developing synthetic RNA circuits using computational methods. William discovered synthetic biology through his participation in the Edinburgh 2010 and Evry 2012 teams, and is advising the 2013 Evry team. | |
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<a href='https://2012.igem.org/Team:Evry/GB' target='_blank'><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2012/6/63/Photo_Cyrille.jpeg' alt='Cyrille' align='left' height='150px' style='padding:5px;'/></a> | <a href='https://2012.igem.org/Team:Evry/GB' target='_blank'><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2012/6/63/Photo_Cyrille.jpeg' alt='Cyrille' align='left' height='150px' style='padding:5px;'/></a> | ||
<h3>Cyrille Pauthenier</h3> | <h3>Cyrille Pauthenier</h3> | ||
<i>PhD Student in Jean-Loup Faulon's group, iSSB, École Normale Supérieure alumni</i><br/><br/> | <i>PhD Student in Jean-Loup Faulon's group, iSSB, École Normale Supérieure alumni</i><br/><br/> | ||
<p> | <p> | ||
- | Cyrille participated the iGEM competition twice, in 2011 with <a href='https://2011.igem.org/Team:Paris_Bettencourt ' target='_blank'>Paris Bettencourt's team</a> (Nanotube's project, semi-final finalist) and 2012 Evry team (French froggies project, Best Model and Best Human Practice in the semi-final) in which he helped | + | Cyrille participated the iGEM competition twice, in 2011 with <a href='https://2011.igem.org/Team:Paris_Bettencourt ' target='_blank'>Paris Bettencourt's team</a> (Nanotube's project, semi-final finalist) and 2012 Evry team (French froggies project, Best Model and Best Human Practice in the semi-final) in which he helped founding with William Rostain and Tristan Cerisy. Chemist by training and alumni of the <i>École Normale Supérieure</i> he is currently doing a PhD thesis in metabolic engineering on yeast at <a href='http://www.issb.genopole.fr/~faulon/ ' target='_blank'>Jean-Loup Faulon's group</a>, in the institute of System and Synthetic Biology in France. |
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<a href='https://2012.igem.org/Team:Evry/Project' target='_blank'><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2012/1/19/Photo_Tristan.jpeg' alt='Tristan' align='left' height='150px' style='padding:5px;'/></a> | <a href='https://2012.igem.org/Team:Evry/Project' target='_blank'><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2012/1/19/Photo_Tristan.jpeg' alt='Tristan' align='left' height='150px' style='padding:5px;'/></a> | ||
<h3>Tristan Cerisy</h3> | <h3>Tristan Cerisy</h3> | ||
- | <i>Master | + | <i><a href='http://www.issb.genopole.fr/Education ' target='_blank'> Master SSB </a> (2012), Université d'Evry</i><br/> |
+ | <i>PhD student,<a href='http://www.genoscope.cns.fr/spip/' target='_blank'> Genoscope</a>, Université d'Evry</i><br/><br/> | ||
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- | + | After my bachelor in Bioinformatics, I did the <a href='http://www.issb.genopole.fr/Education ' target='_blank'>Master Systems and Synthetic Biology</a> at the University of Evry. During the master, William and I decided to create the iGEM Evry team in November 2011, quickly joined by Cyrille. One year after the <a href='https://2012.igem.org/Team:Evry ' target='_blank'>iGEM Evry team</a> (with 15 people) got 2 prices in Amsterdam (Best Model and Best Human Practices Advance) and was qualified for the final in Boston! Now I am beginning a PhD in environmental systems biology. I study the degradation of cellulose and hemicellulose by <i>Clostridium phytofermentans</i> in the French Sequencing Center under the supervision of <a href='http://www.tolonenlab.org/ ' target='_blank'> Andrew Tolonen</a>. | |
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<a href='https://2012.igem.org/Team:Evry/Modeling' target='_blank'><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2012/b/b9/Photo_Pierre.jpeg' alt='Pierre' align='left' height='150px' style='padding:5px;'/></a> | <a href='https://2012.igem.org/Team:Evry/Modeling' target='_blank'><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2012/b/b9/Photo_Pierre.jpeg' alt='Pierre' align='left' height='150px' style='padding:5px;'/></a> | ||
<h3>Pierre Parutto</h3> | <h3>Pierre Parutto</h3> | ||
- | <i> | + | <i>Master2 Bioinformatics and Modeling student - UPMC Paris</i><br/><br/> |
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- | + | As a retired modeler of the 2012 Evry team, I accumulated some experience on how to build models for biological systems. After graduating from the engineering school <a href="http://www.epita.fr">EPITA</a> and an internship in metabolic network modeling in the <a href="http://www.issb.genopole.fr/~faulon/research.php">BioRetroSynth</a> group, I decided to do a <a href="http://www.lgm.upmc.fr/BIM/">master in bioinformatics</a> from the UPMC university. I followed this year's project because it provides interesting challenges with the use of different modeling methods(FBA, ODE, probabilitiy) at different scales - the same kind of problems we faced last year. As a good IGEM fellow, I wanted to share my skills and pursue the Evry modeling immemorial tradition with the 2013 IGEM modelers in order to guide them through the harsh and merciless world of modeling of biological systems. | |
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+ | <a href='https://2012.igem.org/Team:Evry/HumanPractice' target='_blank'><img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/f/ff/IronChassis.png' alt='Iron Chassis' align='left' style="margin-right:10px;"height='180px'/></a> | ||
+ | <h3>Iron Frog</h3> | ||
+ | <i>SuperHero, Mascot and Frog</i> | ||
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+ | Iron Frog has joined iGEM Evry 2013 team to support the Iron Coli Project. However, its <a href='http://www.facebook.com/chassis.igemevry' target='_blank'><FONT COLOR="black" >true identity</FONT></a> remains unknown . Some pretends that it always yells <a href='https://2012.igem.org/Team:Evry/HumanPractice/modelorganism' target='_blank'><em>“Yes, call me Iron Chassis”</em></a>, while other rumors says that its catchphrase is <a href='https://2012.igem.org/Team:Evry/HumanPractice/chassis' target='_blank'><em>“I’m not an Iron Chassis, I’m a free frog !”</em></a>.<br/> | ||
+ | The only certain fact is that it likes French wines.</p> | ||
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<h2 align='center'>Instructors</h2> | <h2 align='center'>Instructors</h2> | ||
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- | <img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/ | + | <img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/1/1f/Nicolas_Pollet.jpg' alt='nicolas' align='left' style="margin-right:10px;" height='150px'/> |
- | <h3>Dr. | + | <h3>Dr. Nicolas Pollet</h3> |
- | <i>Group leader of the <a href='http:// | + | <i>Group leader of the <a href='http://www.issb.genopole.fr/Research/teams/metamorphosys' target='_blank'>Metamorphosis team</a> at iSSB</i><br/> |
- | <a href='mailto: | + | <a href='mailto:nicolas.pollet@issb.genopole.fr'>Contact</a><br/><br/> |
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- | After a PhD in | + | After a PhD in developmental physiology at INSERM, he was a Marie Curie post-doctoral fellow at the German Cancer Research Institute in Heidelberg. He is now a CNRS senior scientist, head of the Metamorphosys group at iSSB working in genomics and systems biology using the Xenopus frog model. Nicolas Pollet will participate to IGEM as Evry team supervisor for the second time this year. |
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- | <img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/0/05/Andrew_Tolonen.jpg' alt='Andrew' align='left' height='150px'/> | + | <img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/0/05/Andrew_Tolonen.jpg' alt='Andrew' align='left' style="margin-right:10px;" height='150px'/> |
<h3>Dr. Andrew Tolonen</h3> | <h3>Dr. Andrew Tolonen</h3> | ||
- | <i>Group leader <a href='http://www.tolonenlab.org/' target='_blank'>Tolonen group</a> at Genoscope</i><br/> | + | <i>Group leader <a href='http://www.tolonenlab.org/' target='_blank'>Tolonen group</a> at the <a href="http://www.genoscope.cns.fr/spip/">Genoscope-CEA</a> and Assistant Professor at the <a href="http://www.univ-evry.fr/fr/index.html">Université d'Evry</a></i><br/> |
<a href='mailto:atolonen@gmail.com'>Contact</a><br/><br/> | <a href='mailto:atolonen@gmail.com'>Contact</a><br/><br/> | ||
- | <p> | + | <p> Andy studies the systems biology and genetic engineering of environmentally important microbes. His research focuses on <i>Clostridium phytofermentans</i>, an anaerobic bacterium from forest soil that ferments plant biomass to ethanol and hydrogen. He did his PhD in microbial genomics at MIT and his post-doc in <a href="http://arep.med.harvard.edu">the Church lab</a> at Harvard Medical School. Andy also <a href="http://www.tolonenlab.org/Presentations/index.html">teaches</a> microbiology and molecular biology undergraduate and graduate classes at the Université d'Evry and microbial biotechnology in the Evry-Genopole MSSB program. Andrew Tolonen has been a superadvisor of the Evry iGEM since it was founded in 2012. |
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- | <img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/ | + | <img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/b/b5/Alfonso_Jaramillo.jpg' alt='Alfonso' align='left' style="margin-right:10px;"height='150px'/> |
- | <h3>Dr. | + | <h3>Dr. Alfonso Jaramillo</h3> |
- | <i>Group leader of the <a href='http:// | + | <i>Group leader of the <a href='http://jaramillolab.issb.genopole.fr/display/sbsite/Jaramillo+Lab' target='_blank'> Synth-Bio team</a> at iSSB</i><br/> |
- | <a href='mailto: | + | <a href='mailto:alfonso.jaramillo@gmail.com'>Contact</a><br/><br/> |
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- | After a PhD in | + | After a PhD in theoretical physics, he was converted to synthetic biology for over 10 years. He gained international recognition in this field. He is now the team director of the Bio-Synth iSSB, working on the design, synthesis and characterization of biological regulatory artificial pathways. He is also one of the main teachers of the mSSB (synthetic and systematic biology master). He led <a href='http://www.igem.upv.es/igem06/index.php?title=Main_Page' target='_blank'>Valencia iGEM team </a> in 2006, and participated in the supervision of <a href='https://2007.igem.org/Valencia' target='_blank'>Valencia' </a> and <a href='https://2007.igem.org/Paris' target='_blank'>Paris'</a> teams. |
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Latest revision as of 07:25, 11 December 2013
Our team
Students
Advisors
William RostainPhD Student in Synth-Bio team, iSSBWilliam is a PhD student in the Synth-Bio team of iSSB, Evry University. He is developing synthetic RNA circuits using computational methods. William discovered synthetic biology through his participation in the Edinburgh 2010 and Evry 2012 teams, and is advising the 2013 Evry team. |
Cyrille PauthenierPhD Student in Jean-Loup Faulon's group, iSSB, École Normale Supérieure alumniCyrille participated the iGEM competition twice, in 2011 with Paris Bettencourt's team (Nanotube's project, semi-final finalist) and 2012 Evry team (French froggies project, Best Model and Best Human Practice in the semi-final) in which he helped founding with William Rostain and Tristan Cerisy. Chemist by training and alumni of the École Normale Supérieure he is currently doing a PhD thesis in metabolic engineering on yeast at Jean-Loup Faulon's group, in the institute of System and Synthetic Biology in France. |
Tristan CerisyMaster SSB (2012), Université d'EvryPhD student, Genoscope, Université d'Evry After my bachelor in Bioinformatics, I did the Master Systems and Synthetic Biology at the University of Evry. During the master, William and I decided to create the iGEM Evry team in November 2011, quickly joined by Cyrille. One year after the iGEM Evry team (with 15 people) got 2 prices in Amsterdam (Best Model and Best Human Practices Advance) and was qualified for the final in Boston! Now I am beginning a PhD in environmental systems biology. I study the degradation of cellulose and hemicellulose by Clostridium phytofermentans in the French Sequencing Center under the supervision of Andrew Tolonen. |
Pierre ParuttoMaster2 Bioinformatics and Modeling student - UPMC ParisAs a retired modeler of the 2012 Evry team, I accumulated some experience on how to build models for biological systems. After graduating from the engineering school EPITA and an internship in metabolic network modeling in the BioRetroSynth group, I decided to do a master in bioinformatics from the UPMC university. I followed this year's project because it provides interesting challenges with the use of different modeling methods(FBA, ODE, probabilitiy) at different scales - the same kind of problems we faced last year. As a good IGEM fellow, I wanted to share my skills and pursue the Evry modeling immemorial tradition with the 2013 IGEM modelers in order to guide them through the harsh and merciless world of modeling of biological systems. |
Iron FrogSuperHero, Mascot and Frog
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Instructors
Dr. Nicolas PolletGroup leader of the Metamorphosis team at iSSBContact After a PhD in developmental physiology at INSERM, he was a Marie Curie post-doctoral fellow at the German Cancer Research Institute in Heidelberg. He is now a CNRS senior scientist, head of the Metamorphosys group at iSSB working in genomics and systems biology using the Xenopus frog model. Nicolas Pollet will participate to IGEM as Evry team supervisor for the second time this year. |
Dr. Andrew TolonenGroup leader Tolonen group at the Genoscope-CEA and Assistant Professor at the Université d'EvryContact Andy studies the systems biology and genetic engineering of environmentally important microbes. His research focuses on Clostridium phytofermentans, an anaerobic bacterium from forest soil that ferments plant biomass to ethanol and hydrogen. He did his PhD in microbial genomics at MIT and his post-doc in the Church lab at Harvard Medical School. Andy also teaches microbiology and molecular biology undergraduate and graduate classes at the Université d'Evry and microbial biotechnology in the Evry-Genopole MSSB program. Andrew Tolonen has been a superadvisor of the Evry iGEM since it was founded in 2012. |
Dr. Alfonso JaramilloGroup leader of the Synth-Bio team at iSSBContact After a PhD in theoretical physics, he was converted to synthetic biology for over 10 years. He gained international recognition in this field. He is now the team director of the Bio-Synth iSSB, working on the design, synthesis and characterization of biological regulatory artificial pathways. He is also one of the main teachers of the mSSB (synthetic and systematic biology master). He led Valencia iGEM team in 2006, and participated in the supervision of Valencia' and Paris' teams. |