Team Members
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Team Members
Cihan TASTAN
Molecular Biology and Genetics Student
He is one of the founders of METU IGEM team. He is the third year student of Molecular Biology and Genetic and his main scientific interest is bioinformatics and synthetic biology. Cihan wants to find solution to diseases like AIDS with integrating his information about bioinformatics and genetic.
(CONTACT:cihantastan(at)hotmail.com or cihangene(at)yahoo.com)
Ozkan IS
Biology StudentHe is especially interested in neuroscience. In future, he wants to study in neuroscience field integrated with biotechnology. Also he is one of the creators of METU IGEM team and thinks that he can develop himself with this synthetic biology project.
(CONTACT: ozkanis_17(at)yahoo.com)
Funda GUZEY
Biology StudentAlthough we have known her for a short time, she have displayed very well team working. In a summer lab hard working, she became an inseperable part of our team.
Serap MEMIK
Biology StudentShe took part in different scientific and social projects in high school. She aims at studying in biotechnology. She wants to develop herself by working on this IGEM project.
Tugce OZ
Biology StudentShe is the third year of biology student and especially interested in cancer biology. She thinks that she can find solutions to cancer by developing of molecular biotechnology. Afterwards, she looks forward to learn much about molecular biology by working on the this project of the METU IGEM team.
H.Ezgi KARAKAS
Molecular Biology and Genetics StudentShe is interested in mechanisms of neural diseases and wants to find cures to these diseaes with resolving the genetic mechanisms of neural illnesses . She thinks that she can increase her genetic knowledge with this project.
Ahsen Ozcan
Biology StudentRory MacDonald
Subject: Chemical EngineeringThis mad geeky juggling nerdy raver is going into his fourth year of an undergraduate masters degree in chemical engineering. With his passion-fruit for science and battle-quest for knowledge, he types out endless MATLAB scripts for the team whilst running on cereal and protein shake.
Katriona McMichael
Subject: ImmunologyI began my university career at Aberdeen studying Psychology. After deciding that it was not the subject for me, I transferred to the wonderful school of medical sciences to do a degree in Immunology. I have just finished my third year, and am now about to run away to the lovely country of Switzerland for a year’s industrial placement at Novartis.
James Reid
Subject: Mathematics and PhysicsJames is compulsively interested in Everything and oftimes inescapably chatty. Watch out for me wearing a kilt at the Jamboree! :-P
Nicholas Smart
Subject: PhysicsJust graduated this year in physics, starting work in August as a graduate optical engineer but spending summer lost somewhere in pico plumber's 29 dimensional parameter space
Annika Wipprecht
Subject: Mathematics and PhysicsI've just finished my 3rd year of my undergraduate degree in Maths and Physics. For my summer break I decided to take part in iGEM. Spending most of my time in front of a computer, it was good fun working on the dynamical behaviour of our Pico Plumber.
Our Team | Instructors |
- Ozkan Is
- H. Ezgi karakas
- Tugce Oz
- Serap Memik
- Utku Sirin
- Deniz Kocaay
- Umut Toprak
- N. Hazar Bilir
- Ahsen Ozcan
- [http://openwetware.org/wiki/User:Burak_Yilmaz Burak Yilmaz ]
- Funda Guzey
ADVISORS
- Erhan Astarci
- Serkan Tuna
- Begum Akman
- [http://plantbiotech.metu.edu.tr/CVs/taner.htm Taner Tuncer]
INSTRUCTORS
- [http://www.chem.metu.edu.tr/academic/ancient/akkayamahi.htm Mahinur AKKAYA]
- [http://www.ceng.metu.edu.tr/~tcan/ Tolga Can]
- [http://www.qub.ac.uk/bb-old/prodohl/TroutConcert/Research/incitogan.htm Inci Togan]
- [http://molmicrobio.metu.edu.tr/members.html Gülay OZCENGIZ]
About METU
- [http://www.metu.edu.tr METU]
Middle East Technical University or ODTU(in Turkish) is one of the leading international research university of Turkey located in Ankara and it is established in 1956. The main research areas in METU are engineering and natural sciences. METU is considered to be the premier research university in terms of science and engineering in Turkey and it is one of the top ranking university according to university entrance exams. Middle East Technical University currently (according to2008 results) has about 23.000 students of which 4.100 are in masters and 2.400 are in doctorate programmes.METU also hosts more than 4.100 international students from nearly 68 different countries.