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                 <p>There aren't any interesting raves this summer, so I thought I'd do iGEM</p>
 
                 <p>There aren't any interesting raves this summer, so I thought I'd do iGEM</p>
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                 <h2>Notable quotes?</h2>
 
                 <p>Trying to rave at uninteresting raves</p>
 
                 <p>Trying to rave at uninteresting raves</p>
 
                 <h2>Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
 
                 <h2>Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
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                 <p>Because it is an amazing competition that gives young students the freedom to work on their own projects at a professional level.</p>
 
                 <p>Because it is an amazing competition that gives young students the freedom to work on their own projects at a professional level.</p>
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                 <h2>Notable quotes?</h2>
 
                 <p>I would be visiting family and friends around the world, hiking in the Alps or scuba diving in Mallorca. I could also be baking massive colourful cakes or tanning with my friends next to a crystal clear swimming pool. As none of these activities are fun enough I decided to do iGEM not to get bored this summer.</p>
 
                 <p>I would be visiting family and friends around the world, hiking in the Alps or scuba diving in Mallorca. I could also be baking massive colourful cakes or tanning with my friends next to a crystal clear swimming pool. As none of these activities are fun enough I decided to do iGEM not to get bored this summer.</p>
 
                 <h2>Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
 
                 <h2>Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
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                                 <h2>Why are you doing iGEM?</h2>
 
                                 <p>There aren't any interesting raves this summer, so I thought I'd do iGEM</p>
 
                                 <p>There aren't any interesting raves this summer, so I thought I'd do iGEM</p>
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                                 <h2>Notable quotes?</h2>
 
                                 <p>Trying to rave at uninteresting raves</p>
 
                                 <p>Trying to rave at uninteresting raves</p>
 
                                 <h2>Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
 
                                 <h2>Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
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                 <p>I needed a summer internship and iGEM sounded like fun. Also Bangkok is way too hot for any functioning human being to live in.</p>
 
                 <p>I needed a summer internship and iGEM sounded like fun. Also Bangkok is way too hot for any functioning human being to live in.</p>
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                 <h2>What would you be doing  now if you weren’t doing iGEM?</h2>
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                 <h2>Notable quotes?</h2>
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                 <p>Playing video games, lots and lots of video games.</p>
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                 <p>"I'm working on it!", "Buenisimo!" as well as any of lyrics from Rasputin, Country Roads and Heyeayea (He-Man version)</p>
 
                 <h2>Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
 
                 <h2>Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
 
                 <p>Be crazy, but plan your descent into madness one step at a time!</p>
 
                 <p>Be crazy, but plan your descent into madness one step at a time!</p>
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                                 <p>Why wouldn't I?</p>
 
                                 <p>Why wouldn't I?</p>
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                                 <h2>Notable quotes?</h2>
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                                 <p>Enjoying holidays probably</p>
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                                 <p>"What is morality?", "But is it stochastic?", "****ty pitty" and "I need a coffee and a bueno"</p>
 
                                 <h2>Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
 
                                 <h2>Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
 
                                 <p>”Ye were not form’d to live the life of brutes, but virtue to pursue and knowledge high” [Dante Alighieri]</p>
 
                                 <p>”Ye were not form’d to live the life of brutes, but virtue to pursue and knowledge high” [Dante Alighieri]</p>
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                                 <h2>Why are you doing iGEM?</h2>
 
                                 <p>I find iGEM to be an amazing opportunity to learn about synbio (subject I’m fascinated about) but also about so many other things in life, like: working in a team, working as a team, organisation, creativity… and in addition to this, getting to share this experience with thousand of other students from around the world in Boston is what made me do iGEM this summer :)</p>
 
                                 <p>I find iGEM to be an amazing opportunity to learn about synbio (subject I’m fascinated about) but also about so many other things in life, like: working in a team, working as a team, organisation, creativity… and in addition to this, getting to share this experience with thousand of other students from around the world in Boston is what made me do iGEM this summer :)</p>
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                                 <h2>Notable quotes?</h2>
 
                                 <p>I would probably be working in a cafe or maybe in a climbing gym or learning bike mechanics in a bike shop. And probably doing a python boot camp in my spare time. Sounds way less exciting than iGEM</p>
 
                                 <p>I would probably be working in a cafe or maybe in a climbing gym or learning bike mechanics in a bike shop. And probably doing a python boot camp in my spare time. Sounds way less exciting than iGEM</p>
 
                                 <h2>Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
 
                                 <h2>Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
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                                 <p>Love to build cool stuff with biology and Jurassic Park - mainly Jurassic Park</p>
 
                                 <p>Love to build cool stuff with biology and Jurassic Park - mainly Jurassic Park</p>
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                                 <h2>Notable quotes?</h2>
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                                 <p>I’d probably be at the gym or fishing at the lake - but I’d get bored quickly. iGEM is the right level of intensity.</p>
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                                 <p>"GG"</p>
 
                                 <h2>Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
 
                                 <h2>Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
 
                                 <p>Work on projects that you find cool - the applications will follow and are hard to predict. </p>
 
                                 <p>Work on projects that you find cool - the applications will follow and are hard to predict. </p>
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                 <p>Because you get a chance to be creative and think of crazy ideas with a group of lovely people. win-win</p>
 
                 <p>Because you get a chance to be creative and think of crazy ideas with a group of lovely people. win-win</p>
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                 <h2>Notable quotes?</h2>
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                 <p>I'd stay in my room with the AC turned on, eating mom’s home-cooked food and having fun with my little sister. So, instead of creating problems for the environment, I decided to solve them by doing iGEM.</p>
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                 <p>"ALB-EEEEEEEEER-TO"</p>
 
                 <h2>Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
 
                 <h2>Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
 
                 <p>I loved iGEM, I think you will too. </p>
 
                 <p>I loved iGEM, I think you will too. </p>
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                                 <p>Awesome CV building</p>
 
                                 <p>Awesome CV building</p>
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                                 <h2>Notable quotes?</h2>
 
                                 <p>Working on something to do with quantum dots.</p>
 
                                 <p>Working on something to do with quantum dots.</p>
 
                                 <h2>Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
 
                                 <h2>Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
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                                 <p>I like breaking down big complicated things and then remaking them however I like, that's why synthbio appeals to me. But, tbh I'll be doing things like that in a PhD anyway, the real reason I joined iGEM is to get involved with science outside the lab, and I comend the iGEM foundation for encouraging students to put emphasis on this forgotten aspect of science.</p>
 
                                 <p>I like breaking down big complicated things and then remaking them however I like, that's why synthbio appeals to me. But, tbh I'll be doing things like that in a PhD anyway, the real reason I joined iGEM is to get involved with science outside the lab, and I comend the iGEM foundation for encouraging students to put emphasis on this forgotten aspect of science.</p>
  
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                                 <h2>Notable quotes?</h2>
 
                                 <p>Nothing too different to what I'm doing now, I'd just be testing my limits in other ways, like working a summer job as a waiter, or spend more hours in the climbing gym. </p>
 
                                 <p>Nothing too different to what I'm doing now, I'd just be testing my limits in other ways, like working a summer job as a waiter, or spend more hours in the climbing gym. </p>
 
                                 <h2>Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
 
                                 <h2>Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
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                                 <h2 >Why are you doing iGEM (again!)?</h2>
 
                                 <h2 >Why are you doing iGEM (again!)?</h2>
 
                                 <p>iGEM was a great experience during my undergraduate, so much so that I did it twice. It would be a great opportunity to go from student to mentor and impart the spirit of iGEM into the young, fresh and naive minds of the following generation. Plus my supervisor said I have too. </p>
 
                                 <p>iGEM was a great experience during my undergraduate, so much so that I did it twice. It would be a great opportunity to go from student to mentor and impart the spirit of iGEM into the young, fresh and naive minds of the following generation. Plus my supervisor said I have too. </p>
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                                 <h2>What would you be doing now if you weren’t doing iGEM?</h2>
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                                 <h2>Notable quotes?</h2>
 
                                 <p>Playing with Bacterial Cellulose in my PhD and in my free time collecting and restoring antique weapons of the Indo-Persian variety and kicking it on some video games.</p>
 
                                 <p>Playing with Bacterial Cellulose in my PhD and in my free time collecting and restoring antique weapons of the Indo-Persian variety and kicking it on some video games.</p>
 
                                 <h2 >Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
 
                                 <h2 >Message to future iGEMers?</h2>
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                                 <h2 >Why are you doing iGEM (again!)?</h2>
 
                                 <p>I had previously taken part as a student in two iGEM teams and I found the experience rewarding at so many levels that I thought that having the chance to re-experience it in another role with the additional knowledge I had earned through some years was a chance that I could not miss</p>
 
                                 <p>I had previously taken part as a student in two iGEM teams and I found the experience rewarding at so many levels that I thought that having the chance to re-experience it in another role with the additional knowledge I had earned through some years was a chance that I could not miss</p>
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                                 <p>I’d be focusing more on my Ph.D and if I found some spare time I would be brewing a new batch of artisan mead while blasting some hard rock or just slacking around.</p>
 
                                 <p>I’d be focusing more on my Ph.D and if I found some spare time I would be brewing a new batch of artisan mead while blasting some hard rock or just slacking around.</p>
 
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Revision as of 13:58, 13 October 2018

Meet the Team



The Completely Clueless Ones



Joshua Lawrence

What is your nickname?

I am known as The Cheese Man, cos cheese is my second love after turing patterns

Why are you doing iGEM?

There aren't any interesting raves this summer, so I thought I'd do iGEM

Notable quotes?

Trying to rave at uninteresting raves

Message to future iGEMers?

Have crazy ideas and work on Turing patterns!

Lidia Ripoll-Sanchez

What is your nickname?

It’s Yaya, because I am the wisest in the team

Why are you doing iGEM?

Because it is an amazing competition that gives young students the freedom to work on their own projects at a professional level.

Notable quotes?

I would be visiting family and friends around the world, hiking in the Alps or scuba diving in Mallorca. I could also be baking massive colourful cakes or tanning with my friends next to a crystal clear swimming pool. As none of these activities are fun enough I decided to do iGEM not to get bored this summer.

Message to future iGEMers?

With enough enthusiasm and effort anyone can do iGEM. Just have fun, enjoy everyday, be super organised and follow the main iGEM rule: Trust your team!

Diellza Mujku

What is your nickname?

Don't have one, but Shiv occasionally calls me D, but I think that's cos he's just lazy to say my full name.

Why are you doing iGEM?

There aren't any interesting raves this summer, so I thought I'd do iGEM

Notable quotes?

Trying to rave at uninteresting raves

Message to future iGEMers?

Have crazy ideas and work on Turing patterns!

Siwat Chang

What is your nickname?

Big. Don’t ask.

Why are you doing iGEM?

I needed a summer internship and iGEM sounded like fun. Also Bangkok is way too hot for any functioning human being to live in.

Notable quotes?

"I'm working on it!", "Buenisimo!" as well as any of lyrics from Rasputin, Country Roads and Heyeayea (He-Man version)

Message to future iGEMers?

Be crazy, but plan your descent into madness one step at a time!

Alberto Scarampi del Cairo

What is your nickname?

”Guardian of Stochasticity”, “Plate Reader Master” or just Albi

Why are you doing iGEM?

Why wouldn't I?

Notable quotes?

"What is morality?", "But is it stochastic?", "****ty pitty" and "I need a coffee and a bueno"

Message to future iGEMers?

”Ye were not form’d to live the life of brutes, but virtue to pursue and knowledge high” [Dante Alighieri]

Luis Chaves Rodriguez

What is your nickname?

My friends may call me Luiso, Lucho and I gave myself the nickname of Lucha when I opened my twitter account back in 2008.

Why are you doing iGEM?

I find iGEM to be an amazing opportunity to learn about synbio (subject I’m fascinated about) but also about so many other things in life, like: working in a team, working as a team, organisation, creativity… and in addition to this, getting to share this experience with thousand of other students from around the world in Boston is what made me do iGEM this summer :)

Notable quotes?

I would probably be working in a cafe or maybe in a climbing gym or learning bike mechanics in a bike shop. And probably doing a python boot camp in my spare time. Sounds way less exciting than iGEM

Message to future iGEMers?

When it comes to choosing a project don’t be afraid of thinking of very innovative ideas but also ideas that can have a significant impact and that can be as universal and modulable as possible. Foundational projects are very much needed in this baby stage of Synbio.

Thomas Caganek

What is your nickname?

Scooterboy - I come to the lab on a scooter.

Why are you doing iGEM?

Love to build cool stuff with biology and Jurassic Park - mainly Jurassic Park

Notable quotes?

"GG"

Message to future iGEMers?

Work on projects that you find cool - the applications will follow and are hard to predict.

Yutong Yin

What is your nickname?

Yu

Why are you doing iGEM?

Because you get a chance to be creative and think of crazy ideas with a group of lovely people. win-win

Notable quotes?

"ALB-EEEEEEEEER-TO"

Message to future iGEMers?

I loved iGEM, I think you will too.

Will Beardall

What is your nickname?

Handsome, cos why not.

Why are you doing iGEM?

Awesome CV building

Notable quotes?

Working on something to do with quantum dots.

Message to future iGEMers?

Work on quantum dots

The Slightly Less Clueless Ones



Amritpal Singh

What is your nickname?

The Guardian

Why are you doing iGEM (again!)?

iGEM was a great experience during my undergraduate, so much so that I did it twice. It would be a great opportunity to go from student to mentor and impart the spirit of iGEM into the young, fresh and naive minds of the following generation. Plus my supervisor said I have too.

Notable quotes?

Playing with Bacterial Cellulose in my PhD and in my free time collecting and restoring antique weapons of the Indo-Persian variety and kicking it on some video games.

Message to future iGEMers?

Run. Kidding. Synbios the future so develop the field, pass on the knowledge and enjoy being at the cutting edge and driving a field that’s full of some truly great minds.


Ismael Mullor Ruiz

What is your nickname?

Isma and Rasputin (self-chosen)

Why are you doing iGEM (again!)?

I had previously taken part as a student in two iGEM teams and I found the experience rewarding at so many levels that I thought that having the chance to re-experience it in another role with the additional knowledge I had earned through some years was a chance that I could not miss

Notable quotes?

I’d be focusing more on my Ph.D and if I found some spare time I would be brewing a new batch of artisan mead while blasting some hard rock or just slacking around.

Message to future iGEMers?

Be bold, but remember research is a long term enterprise. Beware of burnout and narcissists.

The Least Clueless Ones



Dr Thomas Ouldridge

Fellow in Bioengineering
Imperial College London
Contact :

Dr Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro

Fellow in Bioengineering
Imperial College London
Contact :

Professor Richard Kitney

Professor in Bioengineering
Imperial College London
Contact: