Team:TU Eindhoven/Team

My name is Anke Boschman and I will take on the role of lab captain, meaning I will be responsible for all the exiting experiments we will perform in the wet lab. Together with Glenn, the modelling captain, I will keep an overview of all the tasks and information and we will schedule and organize the team meetings. At the moment, I’m a second year student at the Eindhoven University of Technology. I’m enrolled in the bachelor Biomedical Engineering. I joined this year’s iGEM team because I like to challenge myself and I believed iGEM would be a really nice challenge since it combines the field of synthetic biology with model based engineering. I also liked the fact that you would be able to conduct your own research during a team project. Moreover, I’m curious whether full time lab work would suit me and iGEM seemed like the opportunity to get in touch with this kind of work. I hope that after bringing this iGEM project successfully to an end, I have acquired some nice skills that I’m able to apply often in my future activities. In the future, I hope I will be enjoying executing scientific research – although I do not yet know whether this will be in the field of synthetic biology.

My name is Boris Arts and I’m part of the modelling team. Next to my main role, I make sure all expenses will be covered by enlisting sponsors. Currently I’m a third year student studying Biomedical Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology. I joined the iGEM team to do research in the field of synthetic biology because this is one of my areas of interest. Also I think it is a good way to experience how to build a research from the ground up and to apply everything you learned during the courses to the real world. After iGEM I will continue studying in the field of biomedical chemistry and biomaterials, focusing on designing new materials used for tissue engineering and pharmaceuticals.

My name is Jasper Nooten my role in the team consists of lab work, because I want to gain more experience in the practical side. I also hope to do a bit of modeling.I study biomedical engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology. I joined the team because I wanted to do a project in which I am able to do novel research, and to be able to influence the outcome of the project to a bigger extend than the projects in the regular education program. It also seemed fun to me to do a project in which I can apply chemistry in the lab. After the iGEM has finished I want to start a Masters program oriented towards biochemistry, and look into a job related to pharmaceutics.

My name is Rafiq Lubken and in this year’s iGEM team, I will work in the lab, design the TU Eindhoven iGEM Wiki Page and assist others with their roles. Currently, I’m studying in the second year of the bachelor Biomedical Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology. I joined the iGEM team this year since it would be a great opportunity to obtain certain skills for the rest of my bachelor, master and, most probable, also for my future activities in the Biomedical Engineering field. Furthermore, I really like working in groups on a project, particularly when we as group are able to form our own project. After the iGEM competition, I hope to have a good insight in doing research and hopefully I liked doing it, since it will be some of an experience.