Summary
In our first year of iGEM, we faced many new challenges as we had no previous experience from former years. Starting from finding support within our university, setting up our lab, fighting through all the administration and dealing with our expenses, we learned one big lesson: Together with this incredible team we can tackle all challenges! We are 23 students with a variety of different backgrounds ranging from traditional biology, biotechnology, chemistry, computer science to philosophy of science. This interdisciplinary team assembled at the beginning of the year - initiated by a few former iGEMers from other universities - to embark on this exciting journey of iGEM together. Our team is complemented by our advisors and instructors and headed by Prof. Dr. Schmid. We would like to thank everyone contributing to: MonChassis – a step towards bioeconomy.
Get to know our team members!
Student leaders
Theresa Wörmann
M.Sc.
Molecular Biomedicine
It is very exciting for me to set up a team and to see the inherent dynamics that arise from the work in the group, in which everyone is driven by the motivation of others.
Louis Schanzmann
B.Sc.
Biological Sciences
I wanted to join iGEM to meet motivated people, learn skills beyond my studies and understand natural scientific innovation.
Marius Luttermann
M.Sc.
Molecular Biomedicine
Exploring the endless possibilities of synthetic biology and coming up with something that might have an impact on our global society and industry, motivates me the most.
Team members
Antonia Irion
M.Sc.
Biotechnology
For me, iGEM is all about the people – the team, the network, and the impact of our projects on all our lives.
Benedikt Kuhs
B.Sc.
Biological Sciences
For me, iGEM is about the community and pushing the boundaries of synthetic biology.
Cara Jaeckel
B.Sc.
Biological Sciences
I like the idea of making a difference with synthetic biology for our future and working on our own scientific project as a team.
Carina Küstner
B.Sc.
Biological Sciences
iGEM not only gives me valuable hands-on lab experience but the feeling of growing with the project and the whole team.
Erik Schüftan
M.Sc.
Biotechnology
Why am I part of iGEM? Because of the people and the opportunity to learn new things together!
Felix Heumesser
M.Sc.
Biological Sciences;
Scientific Phillosophy
I love the possibilities that come with iGEM - so many new people, experiences, and challenges!
Florian Muhs
B.Sc.
Biological Sciences
Gaining lab experience, networking, and project-based work with potential impact on regional and global societal issues - iGEM offers me all this.
Helen Ewald
M.Sc.
Biotechnology
iGEM gives students the opportunity to plan and execute a project completely independently. I think that’s a very difficult but also exciting challenge that I want to take on.
Hendrik Franke
B.Sc.
Biological Sciences
I wanted to be part of iGEM since I want to get to know my future job and be part of a community of young scientists.
Henrike Brandt
M.Sc.
Biotechnology
I find the freedom given to us, through iGEM, relatively early in our career, to be unique. I am excited to create a project from beginning to end, to be able to experience the international community and to share my interests.
Karla Schönfeldt
M.Sc.
Biotechnology
I am looking forward to help organizing our iGEM project, dealing with synthetic biology, and to learn more about lab work, teamwork, and organizing skills.
Lasse Middendorf
M.Sc.
Biotechnology
What fascinates me about iGEM is being part of a community that tries to solve global problems while learning something about life itself.
Marvin Albers
M.Sc.
Chemistry
Mentoring this year’s iGEM Team Münster is a great pleasure. I hope to assist the team to grow together and have an exciting and impactful experience with iGEM.
Michel Westermann
B.Sc.
Chemistry
iGEM is a great way to work in a team motivated to make the future a little bit better.
Mona Lippelt
M.Sc.
Biotechnology
I like the challenge of setting up an entire project on our own. After years of studying, it's time to apply what we've learned and show what a few hard-working and motivated minds can achieve.
Sally Scherm
B.Sc.
Biological Sciences
My motivation is above all to have new experiences, develop myself further, and participate in a great project.
Simon Nimphius
B.Sc.
Biological Sciences
I participate in iGEM to collect some first-hand experiences in the lab and to work with cool people, who have the same interests.
Sophie Sedlacek
B.Sc.
Biological Sciences
For me, iGEM is a great opportunity to get an insight into scientific work in the laboratory and create connections with people through synthetic biology, an area I’m fascinated by.
Tobias Bröker
M.Sc.
Biotechnology
As a project, iGEM stands for what I always hoped for during my studies.
Vincent Kaltenbach
M.Sc.
Biotechnology
I was convinced by the unique nature of the iGEM concept, which allows us to work in a diverse team on a project that is essentially ours.
Advisors
Instructors
Dr. Moritz
Gansbiller
Post doc
Enabling young scientists to freely conduct their research and visions is a great way for them to establish themselves in this applied interdisciplinary field. Being able to support them is a great privilage.
Dr. Boje Müller
Post doc
In my opinion learning-by-doing is a crucial concept for applied science. The iGEM project gives an opportunity to the students to develop their own applied science project. I am happy to support this.
PI
Prof.
Jochen Schmid
Executive Director:
Institute for Molecular
Microbiology and Biotechnology
Giving students the opportunity to plan and implement their own project, while gaining the maximum independent experience in the lab, is what motivated me to initiate an iGEM team and put in the work. This experience is priceless and results in the best trained specialists of the next generation.
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