James Strutt

Discipline: Biology

Code name: Lord Tywin, of House Lannister.

James finished his undergraduate degree 1 week prior to iGEM starting. He has been 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. He introduced the team to the light sabre app, which was greatly appreciated by his team mates.

Jemma Pilcher

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. Her roles have been performing enzyme activity assays, protein purification and outreach/PR. Her main hobbies are fencing, ballroom/latin dancing and painting.

Iain Bower

Discipline: Biology

Code name: King in the North, Captain of the Plate Armada

Iain is a devious, intelligent denizen of the North, beyond the Wall of London

Margarita Kopniczky

Discipline: Biology

Code name: Hungary Hungry!

Matthew Ho Wai Chin

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.

Sisi Fan

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.

Bobby Wenqiang Chi

Discipline: Biomedical Engineering

Bobby is a bioengineer in the group. He doesn't always show his real face on the team page. Instead, his face is always shown on other team's page all over the world.