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Our team is this year exceptionally composed of 10 young women. We are all very motivated and proud to participate in the iGEM competition 2013; Since we all were Bachelor's students at the beginning of the project. We participated in all aspects of the project except for what we mentioned in the section acknowledgments. Here are our personal profiles, come to meet our team!

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Undergrads

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Mareike Apelt

Her ride: Her bus

Her current road: Third year Bachelor in Life Sciences

In her car trunk: Cell surface display... and rice cakes

What kind of driver is she? Definitely a sweet driver

Her destination: Germany

Her spare wheel: Mareike probably broke a new iGEM record: a month without sleeping!




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Marcelle Arrigo

Her ride: A loooong limousine

Her current road: First year Master in Life Sciences

In her car trunk: Effector ... and a pair of heels

What kind of driver is she? Self-assured in every situation

Her destination: London

Her spare wheel: Marcelle is the only fashion model of the team.




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Nadia Berard

Her car: A motocross

Her current road: First year Master in Life Sciences

In her car trunk: Kit, nanoparticles ... and a soft E.coli toy

What kind of driver is she? Sporty

Her destination: A continuous travel around the world

Her spare wheel: Nadia is the "team's mom": her constant good mood and food supplies make the others survive!




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Léa Bernier

Her ride: Anything that runs

Her current road: Third year Bachelor in Life Sciences

In her car trunk: Nanoparticles, kit ... and her buddy Sophie!

What kind of driver is she? Funny

Her destination: Canada and, why not, everywhere else in the world

Her spare wheel: Léa is as funny as her buddy Sophie is crazy!




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Charlotte Broennimann

Her ride: Maseratti baby!

Her current road: First year Master in Bioengineering

In her car trunk: General organization, wiki and human practices ... and cornflakes!

What kind of driver is she? See GTA5

Her destination: All over the world

Her spare wheel: Charlotte manages everything: one smile, mail sent, two smiles, form filled, three smiles, there's a meeting!




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Sandra Chaudron

Her ride: A Bugatti

Her current road: First year Master in Life Sciences

In her car trunk: Cell surface display ... and an apartment

What kind of driver is she? Relaaaax

Her destination: Abidjan

Her spare wheel: Sandra is a hand of steel in a velvet glove.




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Caroline Desmurget

Her ride: A Megane V

Her current road: Third year Bachelor in Life Sciences

In her trunk: Cell surface display ... and all her friends on passenger side

What kind of driver is she? Stressed and excited

Her destination: As many countries as possible!

Her spare wheel: Caroline's eyes are mesmerizing!




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Axelle Justafré

Her ride: A big mini

Her current road: Third year Bachelor in Life Sciences

In her car trunk: Women and engineer's day ... and feminism

What kind of driver is she? Quiet

Her destination: Geneva

Her spare wheel: Woman and Engineer's Day




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Sophie Rivara

Her ride: A bike

Her current road: Third year Bachelor in Life Sciences

In her car trunk: Nanoparticles, kit ... and chocolate. Lots of chocolate!

What kind of driver is she? Crazyyyyy

Her destination: Right now in her bed... later to Quebec

Her spare wheel: Sophie is as crazy as her buddy Léa is funny!




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Luisa Spisak

Her ride: An impetuous mustang

Her current road: Third year Bachelor in Life Sciences

In her car trunk: Sensing, effector ...Coca cola and cigarettes

What kind of driver is she? Impulsive

Her destination: Home

Her spare wheel: Luisa : our Queen of PCR




TAs

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The TAs of the team (from left to right): Ekaterina Petrova, Rachana Pradhan and Kristina Woodruff.




Ekaterina Petrova

Her ride: A canoe

In her car trunk: Her Doctoral Program in Biotechnology and Bioengineering from LBNC

What kind of driver is she? Slippy in morning

Her destination: Bulgaria

Her spare wheel: Ekatarina's mornings are hard therefore her day should not beginn before 10am but then everything is alright




Rachana Pradhan

Her ride: A rickshaw

In her car trunk: Her Doctoral Program in Biotechnology and Bioengineering from UPDEPLA

What kind of driver is she? Delayed

Her destination: India

Her spare wheel: Rachana is lucky since her lab is far away from the one of the iGEM EPFL 2013 team




Kristina Woodruff

Her ride: A motorcycle

In her car trunk: Her Doctoral Program in Biotechnology and Bioengineering from LBNC

What kind of driver is she? Elegant

Her destination: Los Angeles

Her spare wheel: Kristina is as young as us or even younger





Advisors

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Our advisors (from left to right): Prof. Bart Deplancke, Prof. Sebastian Maerkl and Dr. Barbara Grisoni.


Bart Deplancke

His ride: A plane

In his car trunk: His Laboratory of Systems Biology and Genetics

What kind of driver is he? No waste of time

His destination: Belgium

His spare wheel: Bart is safe, since the iGEM EPFL 2013 team didn't work in his lab





Barbara Grisoni

His ride: A cloud

In his car trunk: Wings

What kind of driver is she? Angelic

His destination: Germany

His spare wheel: Barbara is our angel





Sebastian Maerkl

His ride: A 4X4

In his car trunk: His Laboratory of Biological Network Characterization

What kind of driver is he? Cool

His destination: USA

His spare wheel: Sebastian is blessed since the iGEM EPFL 2013 team didn't destroy his lab