OUR TEAM

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Arsen Orazbek

4th year Biological Sciences student. Wet Lab Lead.

Arsen Orazbek

Arsen hates SDS-PAGE and if he was a pathogenic organism, he would be Papillomavirus. In iGEM he values coordinating experiments, building modeling, and brainstorming problems.

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Malika Vassilova

3rd year Biological Sciences student. Team Lead.

Malika Vassilova

Malika believes that a leader is only as good as their team and champions work done by her teammates. In iGEM, she values diverse community, cooperation, and open innovations. She thinks that she would be an Adenovirus: something once dangerous that was engineered for human benefit and safety.

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Anel Umirbaeva

3rd year Biological Sciences student. HIP Lead.

Anel Umirbaeva

Anel has two national flags in her room, and if she was a pathogenic organism, she would be Staphylococcus aureus. In iGEM she values teamwork and the opportunity for making science accessible for everyone.

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Lazzat Serik

4th year Biological Sciences student. Wet Lab member.

Lazzat Serik

Lazzat thinks that the legend of Korra is no worse than Aang and if she was a pathogenic organism, she would be Norovirus. In iGEM she values solving local problems, people and connections.

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Saya Maratova

4th year Biological Sciences student. Wet Lab member.

Saya Maratova

Saya believes that consistency is the key to success and if she was a pathogenic organism, she would be E. coli O157:H7. In iGEM she values responsibility and finding simple solutions for complex problems.

Akbota Mazhit

4th year Biological Sciences student. Wet Lab member.

Akbota Mazhit

Akbota is a private person and if she was a pathogenic organism, she would be Clostridium tetani. In iGEM she values an opportunity for popularizing synthetic biology in Kazakhstan.

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Aiman Abilova

4th year Biological Sciences student. Wet Lab member.

Aiman Abilova

Aiman's life motto is "be the change you wish to see in the world" and she does not want to be a pathogenic organism. In iGEM she values troubleshooting and the opportunity for creating a detection system for biological threats.

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Asset Kusherbayev

3rd year Biological Sciences student. Wet Lab Member.

Asset Kusherbayev

Asset can solve 4x4 Rubik's cube in 30 seconds and if he was a pathogenic organism, he would be Rabies lyssavirus. In iGEM he values cooperation and the opportunity to solve local and international problems.

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Sakengali Kazhiyev

3rd year Chemical Engineering student. Dry Lab Member.

Sakengali Kazhiyev

Saken loves to read and if he was a pathogenic organism, he would be Anthracis Bacillus. In iGEM he values the opportunity of making something useful for the world.

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Askarali Talkybek

2nd year Biological Sciences student. Dry Lab Member.

Askarali Talkybek

Askarali loves animals, especially birds and ants and if he was a pathogenic organism, he would be Thiovulum majus. In iGEM he values the opportunity for making the world a safer place and for developing perseverance.

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Polina Len

4th year Biological Sciences student. Dry Lab Member.

Polina Len

Polina is a latent computer scientist and if she was a pathogenic organism, she would be Bacillus anthracis. In iGEM she values development and promotion of new approaches in synthetic biology.

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Inabat Akanova

3rd year Computer Science student. Dry Lab Member.

Inabat Akanova

Inabat says: "live laugh hate" and if she was a pathogenic organism, she would be a dermatophyte-foot fungus. In iGEM she values constant development, broadening the scope of science and empowering women.

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Asset Malik

2nd year Robotics Masters student. Dry Lab Member.

Asset Malik

Asset loves music, and in iGEM he values the opportunity to change the world.

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Torekeldi Kuandyk

4th year Biological Sciences student. HIP Member.

Torekeldi Kuandyk

In iGEM Torekeldi values bright minds and the opportunity for contributing to the development of Synbio in Kazakhstan.

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Ayana Batyrbayeva

1st year Mathematics student. HIP member.

Ayana Batyrbayeva

Ayana loves pizza with pineapples and marzipan and if she was a pathogenic organism, she would be E.coli. In iGEM she values global impact and the opportunity to popularize science and solve global problems.

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Danissa Mussakhan

3rd year Biological Sciences student. HIP Member.

Danissa Mussakhan

Danissa is passionate about her interests and if she was a pathogenic organism, she would be one of Asgard viruses. In iGEM she values the opportunity to try yourself in different directions and popularize synthetic biology in Kazakhstan.

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Guldana Sabizhanova

3rd year Biological Sciences student. HIP Member.

Guldana Sabizhanova

Guldana's favorite way of relaxing is to go to the banya and if she was a pathogenic organism, she would be Staphylococcus aureus. In iGEM she values the opportunity to test her limits and popularize science among the younger generation.

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Zere Mamadil

4th year Biological Sciences student. HIP Member.

Zere Mamadil

Zere is a Taurean Kazakh, who will appreciate your dad jokes and if she was a pathogenic organism, she would be B.henselae. In iGEM she values the opportunity for developing science communication.

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Nurly Kapashova

3rd year Biological Sciences student. HIP Member.

Nurly Kapashova

Nurly is a little biologist who dreams of conquering both the scientific and human world. In iGEM she values the opportunity for developing and expanding horizons in the scientific field.

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Daniele Tosi

Primary Investigator.

Daniele Tosi

Assistant Professor. Associate Professor, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nazarbayev University.

Luca Vangelista

Secondary Investigator.

Luca Vangelista

Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Nazarbayev University.

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Sultan Mussakhan

Adviser.

Sultan Mussakhan

Biology Ph.D. student at Brock University.

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Daulet Aitymbayev

Adviser.

Daulet Aitymbayev

Technical Research Associate at DFCI, Sethi lab, M.Sc student at LMU Munich, Research advisor of iGEM team, iGEM Judge.

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Aigerim Mazhitkhanova

Adviser.

Aigerim Mazhitkhanova

Expert from the Kazakh National University of Arts.

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Yerkezhan Kalikanova

Adviser.

Yerkezhan Kalikanova

Visitor at Dr. Olivier Duss lab, Structural and Computational Biology Unit in the European Molecular Biology Laboratory.