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Branko is a third-year physics student at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Croatia. He is participating at the Summer School of Science since 2004, first as a student, then as technical assistant and leader/organizer of the "Research Swapshop" projects. His fields of interest are physics of colloids and scientific education.

Branimir holds a diploma in physics from Faculty of Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia. Currently he is finishing a doctoral thesis at the Institute of Physics of Complex Matter, EPFL. He works on short-time dynamics of colloidal particles using optical traps and on nanomechanics of carbon nanotubes and biological structures using atomic force microscopy. His interests revolve around quantitative biology and soft-matter physics. Depending on the year, he was a lecturer, group leader or organiser at S3 since its beginning in 2001. [personal webpage]

Martina holds a diploma in molecular biology from Faculty of Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia. Since 2002 she is working on her doctoral dissertation at the Institute for Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Her research field is transcription - first step in the flow of genetic information. She works on crystallography of general transcription factors. She is also a teaching assistant in molecular biology and biophysics courses at the ETH Zurich. Martina is participating in the Summer School of Science as a lecturer, group leader or school organizer since 2003. [personal webpage]

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