Team:DTU-Denmark/Team
Team
Meet the wetlab team
Peter Bing Svendsen
Member of the team building team, video team, Human Practices and the wetlab group.
Why did you join iGEM this year?
I joined the team because it is a great opportunity to acquire new skills and it is always fun helping with a project that tries to create novel solutions.
What’s your interest area in synthetic biology or bioscience?
Anything that has to do with genetic engineering is a huge passion of mine. So to optimize and harness the power of microorganisms in order to create new drugs, enzymes or other biological products is something I find truly exciting.
What’s your biggest screw up in the kitchen?
I have killed yeast with hot water and salt while baking on separate occasion - which is hard to admit as a biotechnology student.
Victoria Visby Nissen
Member of the Admin group and the wetlab team.
Why did you join iGEM this year?
I’m just a nerd who loves learning new things and thinks fungi are weirdly cool. iGEM is an unique opportunity to work with a group of great and very smart people and do research on a subject chosen based on our own interest.
What’s your interest area in synthetic biology or bioscience?
I find filamentous fungi to be cool (and a bit disgusting), because they can be used to solve so many different problems. I really think some of these biobased solutions can be used to make a more sustainable future.
What’s the dumbest way you have been injured?
I poured acetone (nail polish remover) in my hair, which dripped down on my face when I was 3 years old. My parents thought I had gotten it in my eyes and I ended up at the emergency room - luckily it hadn’t and I’m not blind today.
Timian Rindal
Member of the outreach group and the wetlab team.
Why did you join iGEM this year?
iGEM is a great opportunity to start and shape a project from scratch. Besides that it is an awesome way to meet new people and challenge yourself with something as interesting as synthetic biology.
What’s your interest area in synthetic biology or bioscience?
All the amazing things you can do with synthetic biology fascinates me. I have especially been attracted to the idea of tool development for synthetic biology. I like the idea of developing methods/tools that will help other scientists in their work.
What’s a body part you wouldn’t mind losing?
I think I could live without one of my little toes.
Daniel Bavnhøj
Member of the wiki group, the economy group and the wetlab team.
Why did you join iGEM this year?
It is a huge opportunity to get into a biotech start-up incubator where you meet a lot of interesting people nationally and internationally, get access to cutting edge technologies and dirty hands.
What’s your interest area in synthetic biology or bioscience?
Metabolic pathways are very interesting to study and engineer. I love the idea of being able to manipulate organisms for multiple purposes. Opportunities at scale. Genetic engineering - it's like playing with lego, just better!
What is the most supernatural thing you have ever experienced?
We once held a Christmas party at my parents house where Santa came in the window, not the chimney. Traumatic.
Cecilia Desiree Visti Graae
Member of the outreach team, Human Practices and the wetlab group.
Why did you join iGEM this year?
It seemed like a great opportunity to learn more about synthetic biology and get to work with different techniques in practice. Also meeting a bunch of new people both at DTU and internationally was a big, motivational factor!
What’s your interest area in synthetic biology or bioscience?
My main interest is in biomanufacturing of products through fermentation. I find it a really exciting area with lots of future potential for more sustainable production.
What is the dumbest way that you have been injured?
In elementary school, I had a friend turn up one day with a broken toe because she tried to do a cartwheel in her room and hit a bookshelf. I got home that day and thought… I can totally do a cartwheel in here, whereafter I broke my toe and was too embarrassed to tell anyone for a few days so I just stumbled around in pain.
Cecilia Desiree Visti Graae
Member of the outreach team, Human Practices and the wetlab group.
Why did you join iGEM this year?
It seemed like a great opportunity to learn more about synthetic biology and get to work with different techniques in practice. Also meeting a bunch of new people both at DTU and internationally was a big, motivational factor!
What’s your interest area in synthetic biology or bioscience?
My main interest is in biomanufacturing of products through fermentation. I find it a really exciting area with lots of future potential for more sustainable production.
What is the dumbest way that you have been injured?
In elementary school, I had a friend turn up one day with a broken toe because she tried to do a cartwheel in her room and hit a bookshelf. I got home that day and thought… I can totally do a cartwheel in here, whereafter I broke my toe and was too embarrassed to tell anyone for a few days so I just stumbled around in pain.