Team Introduction
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Bunch of nerds
Stefan Grossfurthner
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)
Alice "Queen" Boo
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
Lisa Asher
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
Carter "Wiki Destroyer" Teal
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
Aditi Satija
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)
Akash Bhattacharjee
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
Johnny Li
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? E. coli, since no one thinks I'm crazy when I say
I want to use it to build something
Gear Rotrattanadumrong
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
Alyssa Henderson
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
Akashaditya Das
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
Henry "Flower Master" Lloyd-Laney
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
Carys Moller
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? M. Magnetotacticum
Rescue Team
To our supervisors and PIs, thanks for all the help