Students

Santiago Sosa - Biology Student

My name is Santiago Sosa and I’m currently studying Biology. Although I like all areas of science I have a particular interest in life sciences. I decided to participate in IGEM because it’s a great and funny way of learning new stuff. However, it requires a hard work… I’m glad that our project is focus on contaminant detection and consequently it could be helpful for a lot of people.

But science is not my only one love, I also like singing. I’ve been singing in choirs for several years and I hope to do it for the rest of my life.

Inés Patop- Biology Student

I am a biology student with many interests in different areas. I have been studying arts since I can remember, I love design and I am interested in anthropology and scientific communication. So the possibility to participate in a project that combine all my passions and with a direct application to the everyday life was a great opportunity. The whole sinBio concept and the engineering approach are amazing to me. I am really grateful for learning, designing and being able to help with environmental problems in the process.

Francisco Dorr- Computer Science Student

I am 23 years old and I'm a Computer Science student. I've always been interested in biology though, so I started my studies in Bioinformatics. Im glad I can participate in the Buenos Aires Team and use my knowledge in theorical computer science to give a non-biology oriented vision to the project (if I manage to get listened by the biologists!). What I really love the most, is working with a so heterogenic human group. I'm learning a lot! Besides that, Synthetic Biology's span is so huge that one can do whatever he wants. There is no frontier!

	Luciano Marasco- Biology Student
	Biology student, assistant in Molecular Biology research, passionate botanic, part-time nerd, heavy drinker of orange juice and at night he fight against tooth decay.

Lucas Vattino- Biology Student

I am currently going through my last year as an undergraduate student at Facultad de Ciencas Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, where I am also a teaching assistant. My principal field of interest is Neurobiology, as my work is focused on understanding how cochlear hair cells work to process mechanical stimuli and transducer them into an electrical signal, regarding the overall auditory system.

I was interested in being part of an iGEM team because I think Synthetic Biology is a stimulating scientific challenge, where we can test ourselves in several important facets of a scientist’s life, e.g.: creativity, perseverance and the ability to develop an interdisciplinary work. Besides being attracted to the intellectual challenge provided by this competition, I think Synthetic Biology has a huge potential, giving us the possibility to achieve results surpassing the academic field, to become an important contribution to society.

Sebastián Mildiner- Biology Student

Tengo 22 y estudio biología en la UBA. De chico mis pasiones eran armar cosas con lego y hacer experimentos mezclando todo lo que hubiera en la casa (además de los power rangers, claro). Hice la secundaria en un colegio comercial y me olvidé un poco de todo eso, pero por alguna razón me anoté en esta carrera y me fui reencontrando con ese yo de mi infancia y todos esos recuerdos y sensaciones que tenía recluidas en algún lugar de la memoria. Hace algunos años me hubiera resultado imposible imaginar que hoy en día iba a estar pensando proyectos de lego otra vez, pero con partes biológicas reales y con gente tan copada con tanto para aportar. Por fuera de lo académico, me gusta leer literatura, ver películas, andar en bicicleta, muy de vez en cuando remar y jugar al futbol con amigos, actividad en la que me destaco por mi falta de habilidad.

Federico Agustín Vignale- Biology Student

I am a second year Biology Student at the University of Buenos Aires. I have never been involved in iGEM before, but I am very excited to be participating in the wet lab portion of it this year. I know that I will gain a ton of new knowledge and have a chance to hopefully step out of my comfort zone and learn a bit more about modeling and website design. Some of my interests include travelling, reading and reptile keeping.

Federico Barone- Physics Student

Soy estudiante de física y en mi carrera existe una clara división entre ciencia teórica y aplicada. Yo siempre me incline más hacia esta última y vi en la propuesta de IGEM Buenos Aires 2013 la posibilidad de aprender y desarrollarme en un proyecto interdisciplinario y desafiante, con el fin concreto de brindarle a la población una herramienta que pueda mejorar su calidad de vida. Como yapa no me acordaba que la biología era así de interesante y de la mano de mis compañeros me estoy metiendo de a poco en un mundo nuevo que cada vez me resulta más interesante.

Sebastián Degese- Chemistry Student

I'm 25 years old and I study Chemistry at the University of Buenos Aires. The main feature that attracted me the most about iGEM was the possibility of forming a project with people from different areas and see how my academic formation fits in an environment of cooperation and interdependece.

Outside the university I enjoy playing football, playing guitar, watching series (who doesn't), reading and ocassionally going to the sauna with friends (yes, I know).

Team:Buenos Aires/ students

From 2013.igem.org

Students