Alumni

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Yi Zeng

M.Sc. student
I received my M.Sc. from Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Jinzhou Medical University and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen. My interests focus on mammalian synthetic biology, such as high throughput screening mammalian secretory signal peptide, cell fate decision, gene circuits regulating pluripotent stem cells differentiation and mimic human embryonic development in vitro. Continue Reading Yi Zeng
 
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Noa Katz

Ph.D. Candidate
email:  katznoa@campus.technion.ac.il
Phone:  +972-77-8871894
I received my first degree summa cum laude from the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering in the Technion, and went straight to a PhD degree, as a part of the special doctorate program. I'm interested in many aspects of synthetic biology, mainly because of its engineering-like approach to biology; such as the reprogramming of cells that can cause them to re-grow a tissue, or to act as an analytic micro-robot. In order to know how to program living cells, the way we do electrical components, we need to understand how certain processes in biology actually work. Currently, I’m working on the transcription characterization and the creation of RNA-protein structures in vivo. On a more personal note, I like to read, play chess, and eat vanilla flavored pancakes. Continue Reading Noa Katz
 
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Noa Eden

M.Sc. student
email:  noaeden1@campus.technion.ac.il
Phone:  +972-77-8871894
I’m a M.Sc. student in the lab, co-mentored by Prof. Roee Amit and Prof. Yoav Shechtman. I received my B.Sc degree from the faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering at the technion. I was a part of Technion iGEM team 2017. My research focuses on monitoring the Mating-type switching process in yeast by using advanced microscopy techniques. Continue Reading Noa Eden
 
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Nanami Kikuchi, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
email:  nanami.k@campus.technion.ac.il
Phone:  +972-77-8871894
I received my M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Department of Chemistry at University of Central Florida (U.S.A.) and moved to Technion for postdoctoral training. My current work focuses on identifying Triple Helix oligonucleotide motif to better understand triplex interaction that occurs in vitro and in vivo. Continue Reading Nanami Kikuchi, Ph.D.
 
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Lior Levy

 
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Inbal Vaknin

Ph.D. Candidate
email:  inbalv@campus.technion.ac.il
Phone:  +972-77-8871894
I’m a Ph.D. student in the lab. My main interest is exploring the mysterious but fun area of transcription regulation in yeast. Most of all, what are the chromatin regulators required to up-regulate or down-regulate gene transcription. I received my B.Sc and M.Sc degrees from the Biotechnology and Food engineering Faculty in the Technion (2016). Continue Reading Inbal Vaknin
 
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Beate Kaufmann

Ph.D Candidate
email:  kaufmann@campus.technion.ac.il
Phone:  +972-77-8871894
I am a PhD student in the lab. Coming originally from Germany, I received my training for an MSc equivalent diploma in Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Genetics at both the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg (Germany) and University of Almería (Spain). During my participation as a student of the Freiburg iGEM team in 2010 and supervisor of the Freiburg team 2013, I gained insight into the fascinating world of Synthetic Biology. Tapping into the resource of biological parts available in nature, reengineer and recombine them in a modular fashion to build novel tools helps the research community better understand the complex networks in single cells and cell populations. That is where my project comes into play: I focus on the engineering and understanding of non-coding RNAs in mammalian cell systems. In my free time, I enjoy traveling and playing (beach) volleyball. Continue Reading Beate Kaufmann