Team:Oxford/Protocols
Protocols
Create DNA in Snapgene
Create DNA in Snapgene
Order DNA from IDT
Order DNA from IDT
PCR from G-Blocks
PCR from G-Blocks
Run a Gel of the PCR
Run a Gel of the PCR
Digest and Ligate
Jei Diwakar
Jei Diwakar (Biochemistry)Wet Lab Co-ordinator & Treasurer
T. schmoozi
Jei’s role means that sending emails and adding SUM functions to Excel have become routine to him. He spends most of his time doing wet lab work, unless he is organising flights and hotels, then he is on the phone all day! Outside of the lab, Jei plays a lot of cricket for the Oxford University Cricket Club and also is a co-founder of the Oxford University Biotech Society.
John Myers
John Myers (Biochemistry)Secretary
Oui. cruzi
John keeps track of the team’s regular meetings and is enthusiastic about outreach. Often he can be found helping out in the lab, learning all of the protocols in detail. Outside of iGEM, he rows for his college, plays the violin, and cooks - very useful for the team’s weekly cake rota. He also introduced a large chunk of the team to Bridget Jones, for which we are all eternally grateful.
Kushal Mansatta
Kushal Mansatta (Medicine)Wiki Co-ordinator & Social Sec
He. cruzi
Kushal is a man of two lives. By day he can usually be found browsing older wikis for inspiration or reminding people to reference EVERYTHING they read; by night he makes sure everyone on the team has fun and eats well. His medical background has been invaluable for our diagnostic track. Outside of iGEM, he enjoys going to the gym, caring for patients at his job on a hospital ward, and switching off at the end of the day with trashy TV.
Noah Sprent
Noah Sprent (Biochemistry)Co-leader
No. shoezi
Noah loves making agendas for meetings and reading about definitely-not-useless features on Benchling when he’s not keeping our lab beautifully clean. Although life outside of iGEM isn’t really life at all, Noah is a co-founder of the Oxford University Biotech Society, tries to do cool things with the Oxford University Gymnastics Club, and has confusing discussions with his philosopher housemates.
Sumaera Rathore
Sumaera Rathore (Biology)iGEM Requirements Co-ordinator
Tea. Brewzi
Sumaera puts the 'bio' into 'biochem' and is responsible for ensuring our project ticks all the boxes in the judging booklet so we can really impress the judges with all our hard work. She also knows a lot more about parasites than the rest of us. Outside of iGEM, Sumaera enjoys anything to do with plants, tea, and chocolate. In fact, she brightened up our iGEM desks with a collection of aloe plants!
Zoë Catchpole
Zoë Catchpole (Biochemistry)Outreach & Human Practices
Cant. choozi
Zoe wants to show everyone that synbio is as cool as she thinks it is by designing ‘fun’ activities for outreach, and is key to co-ordinating all of our meetings with experts from across the globe. She is always keen to pitch in with the lab work too. Outside of iGEM she has grade 8 recorder, but unfortunately serenading our E. coli hasn’t yet helped our transformation efficiency!
Zoe Ford
Zoe Ford (Biochemistry)Wet Lab Co-ordinator & Social Media
'Wee'. cruzi
Zoe enjoys spending endless hours in the lab pipetting clear liquids from one tube into another. Along with being our Queen of SnapGene, they love taking pictures of everything and everyone to make the prettiest iGEM Instagram account in history. Outside of iGEM they referee quidditch, sing in choirs, and use a lot of their free time in the evenings cross-stitching everything - including our logo!
Dr. George Wadhams
Oxford Department of Biochemistry
George's research interests lie in how bacteria sense and integrate environmental information. His group focuses on understanding in a quantitative manner how multiple, homologous pathways operate in individual cells and how the components of these pathways can be used to create synthetic pathways.
George has been mentoring Oxford iGEM teams since they were founded in 2014.
Oxford Department of Biochemistry
George's research interests lie in how bacteria sense and integrate environmental information. His group focuses on understanding in a quantitative manner how multiple, homologous pathways operate in individual cells and how the components of these pathways can be used to create synthetic pathways.
George has been mentoring Oxford iGEM teams since they were founded in 2014.
Dr. Nicolas Delalez
Oxford Department of Engineering
Nick's research interests include synthetic biology and its biophysics of molecular machines.
Nick is the main person we go to when we are stuck on something in the lab. He can troubleshoot everything from a unsuccessful PCR to a contaminated plate of cells.
Oxford Department of Engineering
Nick's research interests include synthetic biology and its biophysics of molecular machines.
Nick is the main person we go to when we are stuck on something in the lab. He can troubleshoot everything from a unsuccessful PCR to a contaminated plate of cells.
Prof. Antonis Papachristodoulou
Oxford Department of Engineering
Antonis' research interests include systems and synthetic biology, network systems, aerospace systems and flow control, and convex optimisation. Furthermore, he works on modern control theory, robust stability analysis and design, as well as nonlinear dynamical systems and Lyapunov stability.
Oxford Department of Engineering
Antonis' research interests include systems and synthetic biology, network systems, aerospace systems and flow control, and convex optimisation. Furthermore, he works on modern control theory, robust stability analysis and design, as well as nonlinear dynamical systems and Lyapunov stability.
Harrison Steel
Oxford Department of Engineering
Harry is a PhD student whose research interests include control engineering and its application to Synthetic Biology, as well as mathematical tools for analysis of biological systems. Furthermore, he works on the design and development of new tools and hardware for use in Biological research.
Oxford Department of Engineering
Harry is a PhD student whose research interests include control engineering and its application to Synthetic Biology, as well as mathematical tools for analysis of biological systems. Furthermore, he works on the design and development of new tools and hardware for use in Biological research.
Prof. Judy Armitage
Oxford Department of Biochemistry
Judy Armitage is interested in the dynamics of bacterial sensory transduction and the control of bacterial motility. In particular, her research group focuses on the communication between the sensory and adaptation mechanisms of the two pathways as a model for network sensory integration in general.
Oxford Department of Biochemistry
Judy Armitage is interested in the dynamics of bacterial sensory transduction and the control of bacterial motility. In particular, her research group focuses on the communication between the sensory and adaptation mechanisms of the two pathways as a model for network sensory integration in general.
