Team:Imperial College/Meet the Team

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<h2>James Strutt</h2>
<h2>James Strutt</h2>
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Discipline: Biology
Discipline: Biology
<p class="clear"><b>Code name:</b> Lord Tywin, of House Lannister.</p>
<p class="clear"><b>Code name:</b> Lord Tywin, of House Lannister.</p>
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<p class="clear">James finished his undergraduate degree 1 week prior to iGEM starting. He has been instrumental in realising our living artwork with <i>E. coli</i>. In addition to this he has done at least 50 separate growth assays to effectively characterise our biobrick growth and maintained a steady rate of media preparation to ensure all experiments were feasible on their planned day. He introduced the team to the light sabre app, which was greatly appreciated by his team mates.</p>
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<p class="clear">James is a biologist, with a year spent at the Sainsburys' Lab where he gained invaluable lab experience. James is a cheerful and self-motiviated individual who was instrumental in realising our living artwork with E. coli. In addition to this he has done at least 50 separate growth assays to effectively characterise our biobrick growth and maintained a steady rate of media preparation to ensure all experiments were feasible on their planned day, without which the project would not have been possible. He was responsible for seeing the production of our 3D printed MAPLE bin. He introduced the team to the light sabre app, which was greatly appreciated by his team mates. This helped boost morale.</p>
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<h2>Jemma Pilcher</h2>
<h2>Jemma Pilcher</h2>
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Discipline: Biochemistry
Discipline: Biochemistry
<p class="clear"><b>Code name:</b> HRH Jurassic Pilch, Mother of Dinosaurs, Second of her Name, Admiral of the Calamarian Fleet</p>
<p class="clear"><b>Code name:</b> HRH Jurassic Pilch, Mother of Dinosaurs, Second of her Name, Admiral of the Calamarian Fleet</p>
<p class="clear">Jemma is the one and only biochemist on the team. Her awarded nickname <i>Jurassic Pilch</i> soon grew to a long and illustrious title, inspired by nerd activity. She finds Synthetic Biology "so exciting", as it brings together her passion for science and creativity. Also known as the Enzyme Queen, Jemma was in charged of protein purification and activity assays. Her main hobbies are fencing, ballroom/latin dancing and painting.</p>
<p class="clear">Jemma is the one and only biochemist on the team. Her awarded nickname <i>Jurassic Pilch</i> soon grew to a long and illustrious title, inspired by nerd activity. She finds Synthetic Biology "so exciting", as it brings together her passion for science and creativity. Also known as the Enzyme Queen, Jemma was in charged of protein purification and activity assays. Her main hobbies are fencing, ballroom/latin dancing and painting.</p>
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<h2>Iain Bower</h2>
<h2>Iain Bower</h2>
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Discipline: Biology
Discipline: Biology
<p class="clear"><b>Code name:</b> King in the North, Captain Plates</p>
<p class="clear"><b>Code name:</b> King in the North, Captain Plates</p>
<p class="clear">Iain is a devious, intelligent denizen of the North, beyond the Wall of London. He has been involved in the creation of a brand new optimised protocol for plastic purification from bacterial cells. Without his input, we would not have been able to show that our cells had synthesised the plastic from waste. As his code name suggests, he was in charge of producing our plates used for clearing assays. He was briefly nominated leader whereby he received his title, King in the North, which we affectionately shorten to KITN. He is an avid dancer in his free time.</p>
<p class="clear">Iain is a devious, intelligent denizen of the North, beyond the Wall of London. He has been involved in the creation of a brand new optimised protocol for plastic purification from bacterial cells. Without his input, we would not have been able to show that our cells had synthesised the plastic from waste. As his code name suggests, he was in charge of producing our plates used for clearing assays. He was briefly nominated leader whereby he received his title, King in the North, which we affectionately shorten to KITN. He is an avid dancer in his free time.</p>
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<h2>Margarita Kopniczky</h2>
<h2>Margarita Kopniczky</h2>
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Discipline: Biology
Discipline: Biology
<p class="clear"><b>Code name:</b> Marg, Son of Gloin</p>
<p class="clear"><b>Code name:</b> Marg, Son of Gloin</p>
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<p class="clear">Margarita has been our clone master throughout the project. She was heavily involved in producing our hybrid plastic synthesis construct, which has proved to be an amazing biobrick. Thanks to her initial experimentation with our blue pigmented bacteria, she was able to pave the way for the great masterpieces that were subsequently produced. Similarly to other team members, she has accrued a code name, which has raised her to the status of Tolkein Lore. Her passions include swimming and photography.</p>
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<p class="clear">Margarita has been our clone master throughout the project. She was heavily involved in producing our hybrid plastic synthesis construct, which has proved to be an amazing biobrick. Thanks to her initial experimentation with our blue pigmented bacteria, she was able to pave the way for the great art masterpieces that were subsequently produced. Similarly to other team members, she has accrued a code name, which has raised her to the status of Tolkien Lore. Her passions include hiking and photography.</p>
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<p class="clear">contact: margarita.kopniczky@gmail.com </p>
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<h2>Matthew Ho Wai Chin</h2>
<h2>Matthew Ho Wai Chin</h2>
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Discipline: Biomedical Engineering
Discipline: Biomedical Engineering
<p class="clear"><b>Code name:</b> Chewbacca the "OOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"</p>  
<p class="clear"><b>Code name:</b> Chewbacca the "OOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"</p>  
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<p class="clear">Matthew has a passion for engineering - notably the modelling side, which over the course of iGEM he has come to really enjoy. He has been especially helpful in designing a very useful model to aid in the construction of the team's biobricks. As hinted by his code name, he is very talented in impersonating wookies, and may yet be offered a place on the new Star Wars films by J. J. Abrams. He is a keen photographer and enjoys visiting the Gym when it isn't overcrowded.</p>
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<p class="clear">Matthew has a passion for engineering - notably the modelling side, which over the course of iGEM he has come to really enjoy. He has been especially helpful in designing a very useful model to aid in the construction of the team's biobricks. As hinted by his code name, he is very talented in impersonating wookies, and may yet be offered a place on the new Star Wars films by J. J. Abrams. He is a keen photographer and enjoys visiting the Gym when it isn't overcrowded, which is not often.</p>
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<h2>Sisi Fan</h2>
<h2>Sisi Fan</h2>
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Discipline: Biology
Discipline: Biology
<p class="clear"><b>Code name:</b> Mother Of Mooncakes, 99th Empress of the Moon</p>
<p class="clear"><b>Code name:</b> Mother Of Mooncakes, 99th Empress of the Moon</p>
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<p class="clear">Sisi has completed her undergraduate studies at Imperial. She has a passion for bioinformatics and synthetic biology. Her work has primarily focused on western blotting our biobricks. She was very keen to put together an industrial plan for the project. As her code name suggests, she is very fond of moon cakes, especially snowskin red bean ones. </p>
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<p class="clear">Sisi has completed her undergraduate studies at Imperial. She has a passion for bioinformatics and synthetic biology. Her work has primarily focused on western blotting our biobricks. She was very keen to put together an industrial plan for the project. As her code name suggests, she is very fond of moon cakes, especially snowskin red bean ones. Little known to her, she also had a secret passion for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Geass Code Geass].</p>
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<h2>Bobby Wenqiang Chi</h2>
<h2>Bobby Wenqiang Chi</h2>
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Discipline: Biomedical Engineering
Discipline: Biomedical Engineering
<p class="clear"><b>Code name:</b> The Real Bobby</p>
<p class="clear"><b>Code name:</b> The Real Bobby</p>
<p class="clear">Bobby is one of our bioengineers. He has co-ordinated with Matthew to optimise the existing P3HB model in order to add a metabolic component to it. In addition he designed the degradation modules for both PUR and PLA. He doesn't always show his real face on the team page but when he does it is always shown on every other team's page who are still using the default image. He is very fond of fine cuisine. </p>
<p class="clear">Bobby is one of our bioengineers. He has co-ordinated with Matthew to optimise the existing P3HB model in order to add a metabolic component to it. In addition he designed the degradation modules for both PUR and PLA. He doesn't always show his real face on the team page but when he does it is always shown on every other team's page who are still using the default image. He is very fond of fine cuisine. </p>
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Latest revision as of 23:00, 10 December 2013

Students

James Strutt

James lab photo.JPG

Discipline: Biology

Code name: Lord Tywin, of House Lannister.

James is a biologist, with a year spent at the Sainsburys' Lab where he gained invaluable lab experience. James is a cheerful and self-motiviated individual who was instrumental in realising our living artwork with E. coli. In addition to this he has done at least 50 separate growth assays to effectively characterise our biobrick growth and maintained a steady rate of media preparation to ensure all experiments were feasible on their planned day, without which the project would not have been possible. He was responsible for seeing the production of our 3D printed MAPLE bin. He introduced the team to the light sabre app, which was greatly appreciated by his team mates. This helped boost morale.

Jemma Pilcher

Jemma lab photo.JPG

Discipline: Biochemistry

Code name: HRH Jurassic Pilch, Mother of Dinosaurs, Second of her Name, Admiral of the Calamarian Fleet

Jemma is the one and only biochemist on the team. Her awarded nickname Jurassic Pilch soon grew to a long and illustrious title, inspired by nerd activity. She finds Synthetic Biology "so exciting", as it brings together her passion for science and creativity. Also known as the Enzyme Queen, Jemma was in charged of protein purification and activity assays. Her main hobbies are fencing, ballroom/latin dancing and painting.

Iain Bower

Iain lab photo.jpg

Discipline: Biology

Code name: King in the North, Captain Plates

Iain is a devious, intelligent denizen of the North, beyond the Wall of London. He has been involved in the creation of a brand new optimised protocol for plastic purification from bacterial cells. Without his input, we would not have been able to show that our cells had synthesised the plastic from waste. As his code name suggests, he was in charge of producing our plates used for clearing assays. He was briefly nominated leader whereby he received his title, King in the North, which we affectionately shorten to KITN. He is an avid dancer in his free time.

Margarita Kopniczky

Marg lab photo.JPG

Discipline: Biology

Code name: Marg, Son of Gloin

Margarita has been our clone master throughout the project. She was heavily involved in producing our hybrid plastic synthesis construct, which has proved to be an amazing biobrick. Thanks to her initial experimentation with our blue pigmented bacteria, she was able to pave the way for the great art masterpieces that were subsequently produced. Similarly to other team members, she has accrued a code name, which has raised her to the status of Tolkien Lore. Her passions include hiking and photography.

contact: margarita.kopniczky@gmail.com

Matthew Ho Wai Chin

Matt lab photo.JPG

Discipline: Biomedical Engineering

Code name: Chewbacca the "OOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

Matthew has a passion for engineering - notably the modelling side, which over the course of iGEM he has come to really enjoy. He has been especially helpful in designing a very useful model to aid in the construction of the team's biobricks. As hinted by his code name, he is very talented in impersonating wookies, and may yet be offered a place on the new Star Wars films by J. J. Abrams. He is a keen photographer and enjoys visiting the Gym when it isn't overcrowded, which is not often.

Sisi Fan

Sisi lab photo.JPG

Discipline: Biology

Code name: Mother Of Mooncakes, 99th Empress of the Moon

Sisi has completed her undergraduate studies at Imperial. She has a passion for bioinformatics and synthetic biology. Her work has primarily focused on western blotting our biobricks. She was very keen to put together an industrial plan for the project. As her code name suggests, she is very fond of moon cakes, especially snowskin red bean ones. Little known to her, she also had a secret passion for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Geass Code Geass].

Bobby Wenqiang Chi

Bobby photo.jpg

Discipline: Biomedical Engineering

Code name: The Real Bobby

Bobby is one of our bioengineers. He has co-ordinated with Matthew to optimise the existing P3HB model in order to add a metabolic component to it. In addition he designed the degradation modules for both PUR and PLA. He doesn't always show his real face on the team page but when he does it is always shown on every other team's page who are still using the default image. He is very fond of fine cuisine.

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