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Members
Oscar Smits
Oscar loves the idea of having your own lab, your own goals, with peers, and iGEM can provide him with just that. His life is about creating nice things and having fun doing it. He also has fun playing underwater hockey in his home of 'Twente' where they speak with a very typical accent.
Function:
Vice-Chair - Lab manager - Lab rat
Otto Schepers
Otto wants to find out how synthetic biology can affect everyday life and joined iGEM to work with a very cool team. He always wants to keep learning and trying new things. All this learning can distract him from keeping an eye on his house key so he keeps it around his neck.
Function:
Policy & Practice - Modeling
Lisa Hielkema
Lisa heard great stories about iGEM and joined to see if the truth matched the tall stories. After her masters', Lisa would like to becomes a professor. She is a scientist, and will not let vapid things like vanity come in the way of doing some nice science.
Function:
Treasurer - Policy & Practice - Lab rat
Rick Elbert
Rick wants to rule the world with a bio-engineered giant amoeba. Until then, he walks his computer mouse in the hallway. His... special view on the world is much appreciated by the rest of the team.
Function:
Lab Manager - Lab Rat
Sandra Mous
Sandra is a fan of synthetic biology and she likes the idea of spending her summer in the lab. Apart from providing vital shade, the lab allows her to spend time with bacteria. She thinks they are cute when she sees them crawling around.
Function:
Lab Manager - Lab Rat
Freek de Wijs
IGEM gives Freek the opportunity to work in a team towards an ambitious goal. His main goal is to have fun, both in iGEM and in life. He has two eyes, a nose, and two ears, as you can see on his picture.
Function:
Design - Editor
Thomas Meijer
Thomas joined iGEM for he challenge and experience that challenge comes with. Thomas takes life as it comes, grabbing opportunities as he sees them. This attitude makes him the life of the team. The team likes his antics, as long as he doesn't burn down the lab.
Function:
Chair - Lab rat
Lianne Wieske
Lianne joined iGEM to challenge herself and couldn't wait to do practical work beyond practical classes. She loves the French language and would like to speak it fluently. She has dreams of Thomas and Otto and loves legumes.
Function:
Secretary - Policy & Practice - Lab help
Anna Lauxen
Anna joined iGEM to be able to express her own ideas in science. She also really wants to go to Boston. Like many aspiring young scientists, she would really like to win a Nobel prize one day. If that fails, she can fall back on selling fake mustaches.
Function:
Acquisition - Lab rat
Chandhuru Jagadeesan
Chandhuru wants to use synthetic biology to realize his great imaginations. He wants his work to contribute to society. He is so engrossed in the project that he sometimes forgets the lab keys in his pockets and takes them home.
Function:
Modeling - Lab rat
Aakanksha Saraf
Aakanksha wants to learn through iGEM new applications of synthetic biology. Aakanksha wants to improve humanity's wellbeing with life science. Aakanksha really likes very spicy food, as long as it is vegetarian. Her vegetarianism does not prevent her from operating the barbeque.
Function:
Trip Manager - Lab rat
Andries de Vries
Andries has joined the team to become more professional and make the world a bit better. The goal of iGEM groningen 2014 to reduce antibiotics helps him to make the world a cleaner, healthier place. Andries always takes off his shoes in the office.
Function:
Design - Wiki