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The original project designer in charge of our Sensing module

Ken is a final year student who are very passionate about biology. He is known for being the "Cha-siu" (barbeque pork in chinese) of our lab as this is the way he says "I trust you". With all his trust for the team, we also calls him a god who never gets angry.

The original project designer in charge of our Recombinase module

As an experienced iGEM team player as this is Gary's second year joining iGEM, he always emphasizes on the importance of negative control,even when we held experiment workshops to primary school children in the HKSTP science fair.

The original project designer in charge of our Time Control module

As an final year students and the oldest members in our team, Max is experienced with the laboratory procedure and precaution. He always reminds us of the precaution. Being one of the boss, he cares the precaution very much.

The Mandarin translator in Human Practice

Handi is a sweet girl working in the Recombinase recombination module.Using her skilful knowledge in Chinese and Biology, she made the production for the Chinese version of Synthetic Biology 101 videos a lot smoother.

The perfectionist

As one of the year one members in the team, Harold studies very hard for the knowledge in synthetic biology and laboratory design. As a perfectionist, he uses camera to keep track of what he has done. He keeps help modifies the execution of the Recombination module, which helps a lot.

Our main artist

Jenny not only draws the amazing pictures so that the public can understand our project more, but also creates numerous of iGEM meme to entertain us. She is enthusiastic in the lab and project development, but sometimes you may find her fall asleep to recover her energy.

The automatic "laugh-generator".

Whenever Kapher is present, the lab will be full of laughters and her loud voice. Being an energetic person, she will yell "Yo! Let's goooo!!!" when our lab day begins.As a team player in the Sensing module, she is very responsible to keep track of the lab work for the Sensing module. She is also very engaged in the human practice activities which she loves to get in touch with children very much.

The adventurer

Alvin is one of the people you will see in the lab everyday. You can tell how committed he is to our project.Despite his love for messsaging, he sometimes shares food with his e.coli pets when he wants to know how it double distilled water taste like.

The Promoter of our team

Katie always reminds us to do work on time. She is responsible not only to the Time Control Module, human practise and also other duties. She does not only strive for the best of herself, but she will also make sure that everyone completes their work to the best of their ability.

A secretary who needs faster typing skills

Kelly is very committed that you can see her in the lab early in the morning working for our project. As a part of Time Control Module, she keeps track on the progress of the module as there has too many dishes.

The Pokered-faced Comedian

Being an introvert, Marco seldom speaks. However when he does, he always hits the nail on the head. He will never laugh to whatever jokes he was making. That is what make us think he is so funny all the time! This personality made him got along with the kids and high students a lot easier in Science Park and the high school event.

The Efficient Helper

Nicole is very willing to offer help to every members in the team and she will try to finish the work people assigned to her as soon as possible and properly. You can tell from the posters design, wiki page as well as the banner! Apart from the lab work, what she enjoys the most is socializing with kids in the HKSTP science fair.

The calligrapher

Devi writes neatly and beautiful to keep our Sensing module logbook the most beautiful logbook. Her writings are like as if they are fonts printed out from the computer, which can surely put you in a good mood before you start your experiment of the day..Although sometimes she may not speak a lot, but you can feel her passion when she is doing lab.

The Snacks Secretary

Yolanda is an extraordinary secretary who takes her job one step further by always making sure we have enough snacks to survive our daily work. She likes eating but always complains about eating too much. She is involved in not only one group. She both involved in the Sensing module and Recombination module.

The math and IT support center of the team

The genius not only can model the whole construct but also can explain the complicated idea and modelling clearly to every one of us. Perhaps he likes cat, he is nice to everyone in lab.

The "Kekanak-kanakan" Foodie

"Kekanak-kanakan" (means Childish in Indonesian) is the only word Mario taught in Indonesian and we still cannot spell and pronounce it correctly.We named him this because he is always acting silly, especially in front of delicious food.

The Calmest member of the team

Marcel is the best representative for the word "Santuirrrrrrrrrrrr" (means Calm Down in Indonesian), and also one of the first person who you will see in the lab each day.

The Presenter

To polish her presentation skills, Belkis is always the kindest person who take the initiative to present for groups during general meetings.

The "Radio Reporter" of the team

With William's perfect tone in both english and cantonese, he will always be chosen whenever we need a good voice (Especially for the weekly presentations and voice-over for our "Synthetic biology 1" videos).

The Funny Lecturer

Sheldon is our greatest teacher available for public education on synthetic biology and biosafety. He can also keep the lab in a relaxed atmosphere by joking around.

Our Quiet Janitor

Martin set over 80% of pipettes back to the highest volume setting after everyday's lab work, and the script writer for Cantonese version of Syn Bio videos

The Main Contact person for the human practice in our team

David puts a lot of effort in the human practice group by organising various events and activities for the public. He is a very sociable person who is not shy to contact people from other teams or the professionals. With these personalities, it is really a good thing to have him in the human practice group.

The Good Teacher

Luna taught us a lot of useful wet lab skills on our lab training tutorial. She often makes sure our team know where we are focusing and will guide us to the right direction. Especially for human practice, she always gives amazing advices to modify our plans.

One of our best advisors that we are pleased to have.

She has taught us so many things in the lab and also in theory. She gives us advice from the very beginning of the project to the whole journey. The advices on the project design and troubleshooting help us to make our project better.

Our IT backup.

As experienced from last year, Tiffany knows the importance of the wiki page, so she gives us a lot of useful tips on our page design and help us tackle those technical problem. To most people, she appears to be a very serious no-nonsense kind of person. However, once she warms up, she has a pretty silly side too. She likes to call iGEM girls "Dua eng" (which mean "Sweetheart" in Thai)

The past secretary from last year team.

Mike keeps us on a good manner for the minutes as well as all the public documents. With her help, our publications can reduce a lot mistakes. She is also a perfectionist who will make sure we annotate gel photo correctly.

Our Lab Guider.

Karen ensures we do our lab work properly. She is patient to our questions raised and gives up useful suggestions to all the module groups and the auxiliary group.

From what Katie have said, Danson "looks so old that was thought a postgraduate". However,he is actually a nice advisor that he answers our questions and gives suggestions softly. He gives advices that is closely related to the work that we are doing and putting us into the right track.

Cynthia is a nice and helpful girl who always smile. She gives us a helping hand before we ask her. Her willingness smooths our progress. She is also a very nice and reliable friend to have, both inside and outside the lab.

He is currently Director of Interdisciplinary Programs Office. His research work spans a broad spectrum of biological sciences,with many different interdisciplinary collaboration. He engaged in iGEM activities for the past 9 years and sees it a very effective way of vertically integrated education that can train our critical thinking skills. When facing problems, he encourages us to explore by ourselves rather than directly telling us the solution.

Dr.Tang has been joining the iGEM team as an instructor for the eighth year. Prior to joining iGEM, most of the members, especially those from life science disciplines, are already familiar with her since their first year as she is the course instructor for General Biology. She never puts on airs and has always treats us like more than a student of hers. Just like the lyrics, "Let this be our lesson in love. Let this be the way we remember us."