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| | Hi! I'm a 23 PhD student in BioPhysics ([http://www.nbp.espci.fr/ my lab]).<br> | | Hi! I'm a 23 PhD student in BioPhysics ([http://www.nbp.espci.fr/ my lab]).<br> |
| | My background ? A mix of Biology and Physics. <br> | | My background ? A mix of Biology and Physics. <br> |
| - | During my BSc of Molecular and Cellular Biology at [http://www.ens-lyon.eu/web/nav/ ENS Lyon], I realized that Biology was too complicated for me. I decided to switch to Physics studies, a subject matter that fits better with my brain...<br>
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| - | But I'm not giving up with Biology! I soon discovered Synthetic Biology, a physicist approach to living matter.<br>
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| - | I explain : when you are a biologist, most of the time you take a very complex system (a cell for instance) and you :
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| - | * observe (let's put a GFP on gene KKILY123.a)
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| - | * destroy (let's remove KKILY123.a and see what happens)
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| - | (OK OK That's not so simplistic...)<br>
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| - | On the contrary, Synthetic Biology aims at building part by part simple biological systems, and trying to understand them quantitatively (with statistical physics...).<br>
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| - | As soon as I heard about an iGEM team in Paris, I decided to join (well, working during the summer didn't enjoy me but the trip to the US finished to convince myself!).<br> When I'm not in the lab, I wish I'm rock-climbing or playing music (piano or trumpet in a [http://www.poilobrass.com/ band]).
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| | Any questions about me? Feel free to write : nicolas.chiaruttini (at) gmail.com. | | Any questions about me? Feel free to write : nicolas.chiaruttini (at) gmail.com. |
Latest revision as of 20:28, 18 May 2009
Hi! I'm a 23 PhD student in BioPhysics (my lab).
My background ? A mix of Biology and Physics.
Any questions about me? Feel free to write : nicolas.chiaruttini (at) gmail.com.
