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Team

Hi everyone!!!

We are team iBB from the University of Pune. Our institute is a center for excellence in research in biotechnology.

Our iGEM Team consists of 7 undergrads and 2 advisors.

The IBB iGEM story

It all began in July 2008 when Samit read about iGEM and the whole idea fascinated him...it remained a topic of hot discussions and really intense brainstorming in IBB for months together until it slowly waned away due to the exams and normal curriculum.....people forgot what iGEM was until the day a mail was received by Mandar about the registration, and as always the IBB trio; Mandar, Swetha and Samit started the registration process at the eleventh hour....The task was tedious and tiring and there was a lot of red tapism they had to go through... finally the hard work paid off... And IBB got into iGEM.....

Wish us luck!

Students

* Mandar Phatak

Mandar...a versatile singer and a creative artist. He also likes to argue with people about everything(he may want to argue that he does not!). He is currently at his final year M.Sc Biotechnology at IBB. Wants to make a mark at the 'sing-thetic biology' arena !!

* Swetha Srinivasan

Swetha is a 5th year integrated M.Sc biotech student in IBB and is interested in cell biology...Has excellent lab skills, meticulous approach. Certainly an up-coming successful biologist..

* Samit Watve

Samit...final year student in M.Sc.Biotech at IBB. Has special interest in Game theory!! A hardcore problem-solver. Wants to make a mark in iGEM this year. Beware iGEM...he is coming!!(if he receives his passport :D)...which he now has.

* Chinar Patil

Chinar...a final year M.Sc. Biotechnology student...an excellent communicator and a motivator, with tremendous enthusiasm. Looks forward to celebrate his birthday (3rd NOV) at the MIT Jamboree, this year.

* Sharvari Sathe

Sharvari..a 4th year student in M.Sc.Biotech course at IBB. Experienced in immunology and tissue culture studies, good communicator and excellent team worker,looks forward to iGEM this year!!

* Amrita Oak

Amrita...a 4th year undergrad in M.Sc.Biotechnology..already a national level young scientist (KVPY) fellowship under her belt.. she's crazy about mountain trekking and river-rafting..wants to make a career in vesicle genetics...

* Rahul Bhosale

Rahul...a great guy indeed. Doing M.Tech after his M.Sc.Biotechnology. Already author of two international publications in Phycology & one more in the pipeline...Has excellent experimental designs & lab skills, aspires to do a doctorate in plant molecular & functional genomics.

Advisors

* Professor B.A. Chopade

Professor Balu Ananda Chopade...the Director of IBB, University of Pune is the faculty cum Advisor for the IBB_Pune iGEM 2009 Team. An eminent professor in Microbial molecular genetics having a doctoral degree from Nottingham, has more than 60 international & national research publications and two highly cited US patents. A strong motivator and with a 'never-say-die' attitude...has tremendous willpower to see and make IBB happening in iGEM as well as in international arena.

* Praveen Kishore Sahu

Praveen...currently working as a Senior Research Fellow in IBB. Basically a Biotechnology post-graduate, with 4 international & national research publications in malariology and parasitology. Also doing ph.D. Biotechnology in 'Pathogenic & Medical Biofilm Genomics' under Prof. Chopade. Instructor for the team IBB_Pune; loves music and correlative science, looks forward to meet the giants in synthetic biology this year at MIT !!

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