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Tomer Shary

Study:
In the 3rd year of my Bachelor's Degree in Biology-Psychology
Position:
Head of the group, Research team
Why Did You Join The Project?
Participating in competition is a unique opportunity to get experienced in the field of synthetic biology. We learn how to plan experiments, collaborate and manage a laboratory. In addition to the lab work, we get to work with students from other departments and learn of other projects from around the world.

Ben Vaknin

Study:
In the 3rd year of my Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences.
Position:
Research team
Why Did You Join The Project?
I joined the iGEM team because I heared that it’s an amazing experience and it’s a chance to do very high level science with a lot of freedom. I think that this kind of project is really unique and I won’t have another chance to participate in something like this again.

Noa Weiss

Study:
A second year in my Bachelor's Degree in Biology-Psychology
Position:
Marketing, fund raising and community team
Why Did You Join The Project?
I've joined the project after I learned about the projects subject and its agenda. I come from a Moshav in the north of Israel. As a child I used to hike and spend a lot of time outdoors with my family and friends. Preserving and keeping the environment clean always been a great part of my life, so I was happy to participate and contribute to such an important subject.

Nir Zafrany

Study:
A second year in my Bachelor's Degree in Biology-Psychology
Position:
Marketing, fund raising and community team
Why Did You Join The Project?
I joined iGEM because the project sounds very interesting. It's a good opportunity for me to be exposed to the research field and to be a part of a unique experience. Personally, I care about keeping our environment clean and that is why I get a lot of satisfaction from our work. For me, the most exciting thing is that we inspire to achieve something innovative which will have a wide influence

Inbar Segal

Study:
In the 3rd year of my Bachelor’s in life sciences
Position:
Research team
Why Did You Join The Project?
I joined the team because I saw it as an opportunity to learn more about building, planning and working on a group project, and about environment and science. I hope we'll succeed in contributing to the knowledge in our field of work

Guy Farjon

Study:
In the 4th of my BS.C Pursuing M.A. in industrial engineering and management
Position:
I’m the Head of the technology & web design dept. of our team
Why Did You Join The Project?
I've joined the iGEM team because scientific research always interested me, biology in particular. After I finished a course in websites building, I looked for a project in which I could apply my new found knowledge and I found it in the iGEM project. I saw a great opportunity and a privilege to participate in the project

Dor Bar-On

Study:
In the 3rd year of my Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences
Position:
Research team
Why Did You Join The Project?
I've joined the iGEM team because I thought that it’s a unique way for a Bachelors student to experience in an independent work in the lab, working on a budget and marketing. The project sounds like an empowering and self-developing experience

Efrat Jeshurun

Study:
In 4th of my BS.C in Biotechnology
Position
Research team
Why Did You Join The Project?
I’ve joined the project because I saw in it a great opportunity to learn more about synthetic biology and to meet new people. I think we are working in favor of great cause therefore I'm very happy to take part in the competition and represent our university

Eyal Zajfman

Study:
In the 3rd year of my Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences
Position
Research team
Why Did You Join The Project?
I joined the iGEM team because of my wide curiosity about anything related to science, and the idea of independently run a research seemed magical to me. The project topic, biodegradation of plastic is a great cause to follow

Inbar Bariah

Study:
In the 3rd year of my Bachelor’s Degree in life sciences
Position
Research team
Why Did You Join The Project?
I joined the team to acquire additional lab experience and, more specifically, to experience the interpersonal dynamics of a large laboratory. Also, I saw this as an opportunity to broaden my horizon with a new field of research

Yotam Itzhaky

Study:
In the 4th of my BS.C. in industrial engineering and management. Pursuing M.A in statistics
Position
I’m a part of the technology & web design dept. of our team, and the Head of the project’s business plan
Why Did You Join The Project?
I’ve joined the iGEM team because the quality of the environment is important to me and I sought to contribute my professional knowledge in favor of a project that promotes this goal. In addition, I wanted to expand my scientific knowledge to new areas that interest me and that i didn’t get to study during my academic degree

Inbar Bariah

Study:
In the 3rd year of my Bachelor’s Degree in life sciences
Position
Research team
Why Did You Join The Project?
I joined the team to acquire additional lab experience and, more specifically, to experience the interpersonal dynamics of a large laboratory. Also, I saw this as an opportunity to broaden my horizon with a new field of research

Prof. Lital Alfonta obtained her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry. She then moved to The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California for her postdoctoral studies. In the Fall of 2006 she has started her own group at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Her research focuses on protein engineering for improved communication between enzymes and electrodes (electron transfer) and development of genetic code expansion tools to enable protein engineering.

Dr. Ramon Birnbaum is the incumbent of the Belle and Murray Nathan Career Development Chair in Neurobiology, and the Principal Investigator of the Genomics and Transcriptional Regulation Laboratory at BGU. He is member of the Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells, the Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, and he is a co-founder of the Evolutionary Genomics and Medicine Center at BGU. Dr. Birnbaum was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) where he conducted research at the UCSF Institute for Human Genetics. Dr. Birnbaum’s focus was on functional genomics, gene regulation, and human disease. His research group is currently investigating genome-wide regulatory elements that are involved in inhibitory interneuron differentiation during brain development and their role in neurodevelopmental disorders.

Dr. Idit Dahan obtained her M.Sc. and Ph.D.and degrees from Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Life Sciences. She continued to her Postdoctoral studies in the same University. Since 2005 she is the Lab manager of Prof. Ohad Medalia in Ben Gurion University. The lab focuses on the research of the nucleus skeleton using electron microscopy.