Study:

Bachelor in Life Sciences and Technologies

Origin:

Switzerland

I was mostly dedicated to the follow up part of Capoeira which for me mostly involved the detection of chromosomal rearrangements and point mutations in plasma. This implies that I had the pleasure to work with Cas12a and its mysterious promiscuous activities.

Fun fact:

I try to motivate my teammates by feeding them an unhealthy amount of chocolate.

Study:

Bachelor in Life Sciences and Technologies

Origin:

France

Role:

When in the lab, I work on the vaccine part of our project. This means mainly transforming bacteria and expressing proteins cell-free, which is crazy when you think about the fact that I hold a pipet in my hands for the 1st time this summer! Graphic designer of the team, I spend my remaining time drawing on paper as well as on my computer for our poster and the visual identity of our project

Fun fact:

We all wish each other "happy meal" before eating because of (or thanks to) my English translated literally from French :P.

Study:

Master in Bioengineering

Origin:

Italy

Role:

I am mostly working on the miRNA part. This means designing the right dumbbell probes and gRNAs, testing them on the online softwares and praying that the good results on the modelling will be validated when I am struggling with them in the lab.

Fun fact:

I have a twin brother who’s studying at ETH in Zürich and most of my teammates don’t know it. Unfortunately he’s not participating into iGEM, it would have been nice to prank them at the Giant Jamboree.

Study:

Bachelor in Life Sciences and Technologies

Origin:

France

Role:

Financial manager and responsible of the detection of miRNAs

Fun fact:

I’m in a huge competition against my dear teammate Théophile for the making of the worst electrophoresis gel ever.

Study:

Master in Chemistry

Origin:

Switzerland/Germany

Role:

Design plasmid assemblies and parts as well as assembling and expressing the encapsulin-antigen complex with the help of Theophile, Moustafa , Laurine and Vio. Also perform different measurement techniques used for nanoparticles as well as purification methods.

Fun fact:

I love the smell of Ethidium Bromide in the morning. Persists on a diet consisting mainly of müesli, chocolate and coffee as well as the occasional dank science meme.

Study:

Bachelor in Life Sciences and Technologies

Origin:

France

Role:

My lab contribution to CAPOEIRA is to work on the Vaccine side of the project. Transformations, cell-free expressions, SDS-PAGE… Clumsy and always the head in the clouds, I spent many nights redoing experiments! Outside the lab, I am responsible to take care of the public relations of the project. This consists in for example organizing a shooting for a teaser of the project or trying to keep our social media accounts alive.

Fun fact:

Wether on the campus or in the lab, I am always on my rollerblades. I’m the fastest to deliver plasmid for sequencing in critical situations! At the cost of being a public danger in the university hallways...

Study:

Bachelor in Life Sciences and Technologies

Origin:

France

Role:

In the lab I mainly work on the vaccine part of the project. This means cloning, modifying plasmids and sometimes growing cells which is fun. Outside of the lab I mostly work on the website

Fun fact:

The hardest part of the project so far was to open the door of the incubator.