Team:Imperial College/Team
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Our team is composed of 12 members. Half of our team comes from the Department of Life Science, the other half come from the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial. Our chosen disciplines span from biochemistry to biomedical engineering.
Here are some need-to-know facts about Imperial’s 2016 team
Biggest Challenge: Not boiling cell cultures in the incubator (don’t ask, it’s been done before)
Team Communication Strategy: Open lines of communication are important. We believe gifs, vines, and interpretive dances are better than words and talking.
Ideal Collaboration: A team which also enjoys long walks on the beach and candlelit dinners.
Things We Understand About iGEM: Synthetic biology is exciting, GFP will verify anything, and building a wiki is insane
3rd year Biomedical Engineering
Age? 20
Where are you from? From a little bit of everywhere.
What do you do outside of iGEM? Read everything I can find.
Favourite quote from iGEM? Just keep swimming [...]
Favourite microbe? Deinococcus radiodurans
3rd year Biomedical Engineering
Age? 21
Where are you from? London
What do you do outside of iGEM? What do you mean outside of iGEM
"Favourite quote from iGEM? I know I’m eating the donuts I was meant to be eating.
I just wish they were the donuts I wanted to be eating."
Favourite microbe? Rhodobacter sphaeroides
3rd year Biomedical Engineering
Age? 21
Where are you from? Hamilton, Ontario, Canada!
What do you do outside of iGEM? Talk about hot dogs, donuts, and fried butter. You?
Favourite quote from iGEM? "I know these are the donuts I was meant to be eating,
I just wish they were the donuts I WANTED to be eating" - me
Favourite microbe? Lactobacillus bulgaricus
2nd year Biology
Age? 20
Where are you from? London
What do you do outside of iGEM? Rowing, Eating, Sleeping
Favourite quote from iGEM? I know i’m eating the donuts I was meant to be eating.
I just wish they were the donuts I wanted to be eating - Carter Teal, 2016
Favourite microbe? MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
2nd year Biochemistry
Age? 20
Where are you from? India
What do you do outside of iGEM? Tennis, watch movies, eat Indian cuisine.
Favourite quote from iGEM? "Where's the wow factor?"- Our supervisors
Favourite microbe? Monocercomonoides
3rd year Biomedical Engineering
Age? 21
Where are you from? Canada
What do you do outside of iGEM? I can't remember anymore. I think it used to
involve sleep though.
Favourite quote from iGEM? What’s the “wow factor”?
Favourite microbe? Escherichia coli, since no one thinks I'm crazy when I say
I want to use it to build something
3rd year Biotechnology
Age? 22
Where are you from? Thailand
What do you do outside of iGEM? Watch TV series and eat
Favourite quote from iGEM? Where's the WOW factor?
Favourite microbe? Aliivibrio fischeri
2nd year Biochemistry
Age? 20
Where are you from? California
What do you do outside of iGEM? Climbing and adventuring
Favourite quote from iGEM? For light, the technology wasn't up to scratch.
For yeast, the biology isn’t up to scratch. Come back in a billion years.
Favourite microbe? Synechocystis
4th year Biotechnology with a year in Research
Age? 22
Where are you from? 50% Austrian, 50% Nigerian
What do you do outside of iGEM? Read (mostly science fiction), ski,
listen to repetitive electronic music, admire plants
Favourite quote from iGEM? ...?
Favourite microbe? Last universal common ancestor (Luca)
3rd year Biomedical Engineering
Age? 21
Where are you from? THE NORTH
What do you do outside of iGEM? iGEM is love, iGEM is life
Favourite quote from iGEM? *Aqualose team complaining about our name*...
'Your name was Aqualose' - Carys *Slow clap*
Favourite microbe? Arthrospira platensis
2nd year Biochemistry
Age? 21
Where are you from? Cornwall
What do you do outside of iGEM? Think about iGEM,
and attempt to not get run over by buses (a.k.a. cycling in London)
Favourite quote from iGEM? "I'm so over human practices" - Lisa
Favourite microbe? Yarrowia lipolytica
3rd year Biomedical Engineering
Age? 20
Where are you from? Cannes
What do you do outside of iGEM? Listen to music and
poke people with swords wearing astronaut like clothes i.e Fencing.
Favourite quote from iGEM? "I like your style" Guy-Bart Stan
Favourite microbe? Magnetospirillum
To our PIs, supervisors and advisers thank you for all the help
The team at the iGEM giant Jamboree, Photo Credit: iGEM Foundation and Justin Knight.
