Team:Gothenburg/Unofficial Team Page

“Kids, I’m gonna tell you an incredible story…

Once upon a time, in the rainy and stormy hills of the mysterious town in the north, called Gothenburg, there was a group of a few brave and fearless scientists gathering around a table in the sacred halls of wisdom, known as the Chalmers University of Technology. Though extremely busy, they decided to seize a challenge they’ve never faced before. In the beginning it seemed that the participation might remain a thought experiment, a theoretical journey through the depths of one of biotechnologies newest fields. Only after a serious round of recruitments the team was established in the form it exists now.“

Our team reflects the diversity of the iGEM competition, not only in one way. From the total amount of ten members, five of us are not Swedish but come from different nations, including Brazil, India, Hungary, Italy and Germany. During the time of the project, we were all studying at Chalmers in the Systems and Synthetic Biology Group in the Department for Chemical and Biological Engineering. Additionally, half of the team is at undergraduate level, giving everybody the unique opportunity to learn and help each other in many different ways.

Since we all were newbies in the iGEM competition, we relied a lot on the experience and competence of our supervisors. All three of our “masters” participated in different teams and advised us as much as possible.

Alexandra Imre
Exchange student on the Biotechnology Master program
"Listen and learn!"

Arvid Hagelberg
2nd year BSc in Biotechnology
"Oh dear!"

Beatriz "Bea" Pacheco
Exchange student on the Biotechnology Master program
"It is different in Brazil."

Gustaf Edman
2nd year BSc in Biotechnology
"Let's have coffee!"

David "Hammer" Hammer
2nd year BSc in Biotechnology
"Is it lunch time yet?"

Kumaravel "Kumar" Ponnandai Shunmugavel
Exchange student for Master Thesis
"No problem!"

Oliver Englund Örn
1st year MSc in Biotechnology
"I guess so."

Markus Janasch
1st year MSc in Biotechnology
"Ja. Work. Ja."

Riccardo Dainese
2nd year MSc in Nanotechnology
"Failure, failure, utter failure."

Johannes Borgqvist
1st year MSc in Mathematics
"I can do that!"

David Jullesson
Ph.D. Student
"Don't be insubordinate, Minions!"

Verena Siewers
Senior Researcher
"Have you checked the...?"

Eugene Fletcher
Post-Doc
"You're welcome!"