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Team:Colombia/Members
From 2014.igem.org
Meet Our Team!
Nicko is our Magnetospirillum magneticum bacterium super hero. He has the power of absorbing nickel from contaminated water like a super vacuum. Due to he has magnetosomes, Nicko loves magnetic fields and when one is near he feels attracted to it.
Daniel GiraldoDaniel is an undergraduate Chemistry and Chemical Engineering double major senior at Universidad de los Andes. Although he decided to study Chemistry, he has always had an interest in Biology and is always eager to learn about other fields. He is very interested in learning more about organic chemistry applied to biological systems, which is why iGem is the perfect opportunity for him to explore a little bit into microbiology and synthetic biology. His very passionate about research and working at the lab. This year Daniel decided to hang the lab coat and joined the modeling team. |  |
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Paula SiauchóPaula is an undergraduate student in Physics and Microbiology at Universidad de los Andes. She loves knowledge, she is very curious and she love everything related to science, specially anything related with live and how it can be modeled and understood with Physics, it's amazing!. That's why she like so much iGEM and this year she works in mathematical models. Also the social aspect that the proyect have is important for her and, off course, the experience of being part of this wonderful team. |
Fabián Camilo ClavijoCamilo is an undergraduate student in Medicine. iGEM team is his first contact with applied science, which has always struck him. He is part of iGEM lab group, which has helped him to learn more about different laboratory techniques and how biological systems work. He is very interested in learning how the synthetic biology can be used to treat diseases. He loves to spend his free time watching television series like Game of Thrones or Cosmos, doing some exercise, and sharing with his friends. |  |
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Laura RodríguezLaura is an undergraduate student in Chemistry and Microbiology at Universidad de los Andes. She is passionate about science, likes organic chemistry and loves bacteria! She is also curious and a realll hard worker. For her, iGEM has been an opportunity to learn, practice lab skills and making good friends!. She is really excited to meet people involved in science from another countries, this will give her a perspective of science outside her country and will also be a cultural enriching experience. |
Eitan ScherEitan is an undergraduate Medicine and Biology double major freshman at Universidad de los Andes. He joined iGEM this year because he was amazed by the still untapped potential of synthetic biology. His vision is to integrate the later with Medicine so he can exploit the benefits of both, helping the health system providing easy and accessible methods of disease detection and hormone mass production. Though this is his first experience with molecular biology he is always eager to jump right into the lab and learn his way through. |  |
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Valentina MazzantiValentina is an undergraduate student at the Universidad de los Andes. She decided to be part of of this great team because she wants to keep working on investigation for the rest of her life. Besides, she studies medicine and feels passionate about detection and further healing of diseases that affect large populations in her country. This is her first time in iGEM and she's loving it. |
Camilo GómezCamilo is an undergraduate student in Chemistry and Microbiology at Universidad de los Andes. He loves science and, specially, everything that combines these two areas of knowledge such as biochemistry, communication among bacteria, biocatalysis and molecular biology. He is currently working in Laboratory and Human Practices of Colombia iGEM Team, activity that he sees as a great opportunity to grow and improve as scientist and person; knowing new features and applications of synthetic biology and asking for problems that we can resolve with it. |  |
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María Camila RiveraMaria Camila Rivera Serna is a Microbiology undergraduate student at Universidad de los Andes, she is part of human practices team and lab team. She has a wide range of interests including parasitology, neuroscience, genetic and synthetic biology, in general she feels great passion for science. She also enjoys of learn languages, interact with different cultures and work with the community especially with children and women. |
Pablo CárdenasPablo is an undergrad student at Universidad de Los Andes and a first-time iGEMmer. He is interested in biology, biotech, and the ethics involved in these areas (as well as all of science) in the context of improving public health and social awareness. He is an enthusiastic supporter of open science, open source, and strange music, and is glad to participate in projects like this year's iGEM. |  |
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Carlos SánchezPERFIL CARLOS |
Roberto MoránPERFIL ROBERTO |  |
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Santiago TíjaroSANTIAGO PERFIL |
Daniela OliveraDaniela is an graduate student (master degree) in Computational Biology at the Universidad de los Andes. She is interested in bioinformatic and biomedical engineering research. This year Daniela is leading the mathematical model group. She loves to spend her little free time playing with her cat (named Anastasia), working on iGEM with her lucky friends, going to cinema and burning calories in the gym. |  |
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Juan Manuel Pedraza, Ph. D.Dr. Pedraza leads the Systems/Synthetic Biology division of the Biophysics Laboratory at Uniandes. His specialty is stochasticity in gene expression, but is getting more and more interested in evolution and the consequences of phenotypic variability. |
Silvia Restrepo, Ph. D.Dr. Restrepo is the leader and main researcher at the [http://lamfu.uniandes.edu.co Mycology and Plant Disease Laboratory] at [http://www.uniandes.edu.co Universidad de los Andes]. Additionally, she is the Dean of the [http://ciencias.uniandes.edu.co/index.php/es/home Faculty of Sciences]. Her main research topic is phytopathology, and her favorite organism is Phytophthora infestans Website: [http://lamfu.uniandes.edu.co/ Lab Page] |  |
