The Team

The background of the first Finnish iGEM team. Team dynamics. Pictures.

Official Team Profile

The team picture.

Team Members

Lorpem iepsem Kalavale. Mieleni minun tekevi, aivoni ajattelevi lähteäni laulamahan, saa'ani sanelemahan, sukuvirttä suoltamahan, lajivirttä laulamahan. Sanat suussani sulavat, puhe'et putoelevat, kielelleni kerkiävät, hampahilleni hajoovat.

Veli kulta, veikkoseni, kaunis kasvinkumppalini! Lähe nyt kanssa laulamahan, saa kera sanelemahan yhtehen yhyttyämme, kahta'alta käytyämme! Harvoin yhtehen yhymme, saamme toinen toisihimme näillä raukoilla rajoilla, poloisilla Pohjan mailla.

Oskari Vinko

Aalto University
University of Helsinki

A third year student in engineering physics and mathematics and a second year student in molecular biosciences. Oskari dreams of a career as a gene engineer and aims to combine computational methods, mathematics and biology.

Minttu Salmela

Aalto University

A third year student of chemical engineering, with a major in food technology. Her strengths include lab work and general biochemistry. She's especially interested in medicine and health applications.

Laura Laakso

University of Helsinki

A third year student of molecular biosciences interested in genetics and bioinformatics with a minor in computer science. Art has always been an important part of her life.

Lassi Vapaakallio

University of Helsinki

A second year computer science student, who also had time to study biotech for two years. Especially interested in bioinformatics and programming tools for the team, but also has the necessary skills for handling a micropipette.

Pietu Roisko

Aalto University

Pietu is a second year student in the School of Electrical Engineering, with a major in bionics and minor in product development. Specializing in medical technology. He also has skills and enthusiasm for fundraising and marketing.

Martina Ikonen

Aalto University

A third year student majoring in food techonology in the chemical engineering degree program. She has bachelor's thesis on Biobrick and she's very excited in using them in practice. She's interested in applications in the environment, nutrition and medicine.

Otto Lamminpää

University of Helsinki

A second year physics student with love for mathematics as well as chemistry. Applying mathematics to biology and mathematical modeling are of great interest.

Niklas Itänen

University of Helsinki

A second year student in theoretical physics and mathematics. Interested in mathematical applications in physics and biology as well as number theory and mathematical analysis.

Mikko Laine

Aalto University

Mikko is a fifth year student in chemical engineering and jack of all trades, majoring in bioprocess technology and minoring in industrial management. He's interested in biochemistry, gene technology and bioinformation as well as communication and influencing.

Advisors and Mentors

Attributions

Sponsors

We want to thank our sponsors for all the support they've given us. In the beginning there was no guarantee that we'd get any support at all. Even if we expected that we might get some support, the amount of people offering their help far exceeded our expectations.

From the following list you can find all our partners, what/who they are and what they did for/ with us.

Aalto University

"Aalto University is a new multidisciplinary university, where science and art meet technology and business."

Aalto University helped us in multiple ways. They offered us great mentors and a work environment where you could ask anything from the experienced lab people around you. They gave us space in the lab to work in, they supported us us financially, they ordered us reagents when we needed. Synthesizing our gene switch wasn't a problem either. It feels like we couldn't have done this, or at least this would have been a severely harder project, without Aalto.

Aaltoes

"Aaltoes stands for Aalto Entrepreneurship Society, Europe’s largest and most active student run entrepreneurship community."

Aaltoes helped Aalto-Helsinki by offering us the possibility to participate in "Summer of Startups", "a 9-week full-time program which is targeted for ambitious people to help them get started with their own businesses." The program made us view our project from business point of view and gave the opportunity to learn how to talk science to business people.

University of Helsinki

"The University of Helsinki is one of the best multidisciplinary research universities in the world. The high-quality research carried out by the university creates new knowledge for educating diverse specialists in various fields, and for utilisation in social decision-making and the business sector."

The University of Helsinki offered us a lab space to work in (even though we ended up spending our summer in the labs offered by Aalto University) and also supported us financially.