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 exciting 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 Glenn Cremers and I’m the captain of the modelling team. I’m responsible for all the modelling that needs to be done in the project. I’m currently studying in the second year of the bachelor Biomedical Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology. I joined the iGEM team, because I wanted to work on a challenging project which hasn’t been done before allowing us to create our own project and the experiments we are going to do. Also I’m using iGEM to determine if the modelling part combined with the field of synthetic engineering is something I would like to specialize in. After iGEM I hope to have learned how to do my own research and experiments, and hopefully I’ll be able to decide if this field is something I would like to continue with.

My name is Lenne Lemmens and I will primarily focus on lab work in the team. I’m currently in the first year of the master Biomedical Engineering in the field of chemical biology at the Eindhoven University of Technology. The iGEM team was an excellent opportunity for me to participate in a group project at an international level in the interesting field of synthetic biology. After iGEM, I will start my graduation project in the exciting field of chemical biology.

My name is Melissa van de Pasch and I’ll be doing a lot of lab work, furthermore I’m responsible for the minutes of the meetings we have. I’m now in my second year of the bachelor Biomedical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology. I joined the iGEM team because I wanted to challenge myself more in my study. Also, I’m very interested in synthetic biology and I want to find out if it is something I would like to specialize myself in. After iGEM I will hopefully have more experience in bigger projects and I hope to explore my interests.

My name is Minke Nijenhuis and I’m part of the Human Practices group and share a responsibility in the aspect of Public Relations. Also I help with the lab work. I do a combined study of Medical Sciences and Technology and Biomedical Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology. I joined the TU/e iGEM team because I wanted to take part in a project that goes beyond the “pre-determined outcome”-projects often seen in bachelors. iGEM offers a unique chance at teamwork, challenge and a lot of fun. After the competition I hope to be accepted into the master program SUMMA-t, which trains you to be both a licensed physician as well as an engineer. iGEM could help a great deal in achieving this

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.

My name is Tom Nijhof and my role this year is modelling. I study Biomedical Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology, I joined the team because for me IGEM was a great opportunity to bring my knowledge to the field. After the competition I hope to be a math teacher at the end of my study.