Our Team

Team full

Team members

Martina Curcio
Martina Curcio
Team Leader

Loves to answer questions with counterquestions and cannot sleep without socks on.

Nathalie Weibel
Nathalie Weibel
Wet Lab Lead

Failed many times trying to close the -80°C freezer.

Gabriel Cervera
Gabriel Cervera
Wet Lab

Could deadlift the equivalent of ~840 Prix Garantie Tofu blocks but will probably eat them raw first.

Lea Brüllmann
Lea Brüllmann
Wet Lab

Has been hit on the head by a frisbee/ball at every team event.

Jana Mehdy
Jana Mehdy
Wet Lab

Listens to true crime podcasts to fall asleep.

Marine Mausy
Marine Mausy
Wet Lab

Established new methods of moving around in the lab without having to stand up as she hurt her foot.

Len Roth
Len Roth
Human Practices Lead

Loves doing drone shots at 6 in the morning and still owes us a coffee.

Tamara Flury
Tamara Flury
Human Practices

Was blamed for every pipeline failure during wiki sessions. AKA trusty Tämmy.

Valerie Pecina
Valerie Pecina
Human Practices

Likes to buy overpriced fresh orange juice and is afraid of sponges.

Atilla Schreiber
Atilla Schreiber
Dry Lab Lead

Shares a birthday with Harry Potter. Can't do magic, but is funny sometimes.

Andreas Meyer
Andreas Meyer
Dry Lab

Is a real one: takes his BeReal posts on the toilet. Repulsed by buttons.

Kim Starlinger
Kim Starlinger
Dry Lab

Cannot produce her own insulin but is a real expert when it comes to killing off her beta islet cells.


Principal investigators and instructors

Prof. Dr. Markus Seeger
Prof. Dr. Markus Seeger

Head of the Seeger Lab at the Institute of Medical Microbiology, investigating membrane transport processes in pathogenic bacteria and developing innovative protein engineering tools.

Prof. Dr. Martin Jinek
Prof. Dr. Martin Jinek

Head of the Jinek Group at the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Zurich. Expert in RNA Biology and Genome Editing.

Prof. Dr. Cyril Zipfel
Prof. Dr. Cyril Zipfel

Module coordinator of the iGEM Team at University of Zurich. Head and expert of Molecular and Cellular Plant Physiology at the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology.

Cauã Westmann
Cauã Westmann

PhD Candidate at the University of Zurich in Evolutionary Systems and Synthetic Biology. iGEM expert and mentor to the whole team.

Kenny Jungfer
Kenny Jungfer

PhD Candidate at the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Zurich.

Fabian Ackle
Fabian Ackle

PhD candidate at the Institute of Medical Microbiology at the University of Zurich.

Jennifer Earp
Jennifer Earp

PhD candidate at the Institute of Medical Microbiology at the University of Zurich.


Advisors

Jan Dernič
Jan Dernič

PhD candidate at the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Zurich.

Timothy Kurrer
Timothy Kurrer

Master student in Neural Systems and Computation at the University of Zurich. Former member of iGEM UZurich 2020.

Christian Andres Ramos Uria
Christian Andres Ramos Uria

PhD candidate at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Zurich.

Yen way Isabell Trinh
Yen way Isabell Trinh

MSc in Nanobiology with a passion for science communication and data science. Former member of iGEM TU Delft 2017.