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Meet Our Team!
At Newcastle iGEM we are proud to have interesting individuals from varied backgrounds on our team. Click on our mugshots to find out more about us...Jessica Birt
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Jessica Birt
Sophie Badger
Background;A 3rd year MBiol Biology student. I joined iGEM to learn more about synthetic biology and the work that is being doing in this field, as well as to gain experience in a laboratory. Outside of my degree I am a mentor to younger students, am a member of the University LGBT society, and in my spare time I enjoy reading and drawing both by pencil and digitally.
Interesting fact; I love yoga
Sophie Badger
Bradley Brown
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Bradley Brown
Michaela Chapman
BackgroundGraduate in MSc Industrial and Commercial Biotechnology. I joined the team as part of my thesis and to gain an understanding of the world of Synthetic Biology. Outside of university I am an avid skier and was on the SnowSports society committee during my undergrad degree.
Interesting fact; I can also (used to be able to) speak French.
Michaela Chapman
Jack Cooper
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Jack Cooper
Declan Kohl
Background; A 3rd Year BSc Cellular and Molecular Biology student. I joined iGEM to have the chance to conduct my own research project and to gain insight into the workings of a Synthetic Biology Lab. Outside of my degree, I play for Newcastle University Gaelic Football Men's 1sts and sit on the club committee. I am also a keen runner, recently completing the Great North Run and Great Scottish Run.
Interesting Fact; I love Spanish music
Declan Kohl
Marcia Pryce
Background; A 3rd Year Chemical Engineering MEng student. I joined iGEM to broaden my understanding in an alternative field in a way that is challenging and aims to tackle important issues. Other than living in the Library in my free time I volunteer, teaching children coding and helping them with their extra-curricular activities, and have two other part time jobs with Newcastle Uni advertising STEM within schools and Student Ambassador.
Interesting Fact; I have a rabbit which is trained like a dog, he also likes to eat through wires and shock himself.
Marcia Pryce
Lais Christina Takiguchi
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Lais Christina Takiguchi
Valeria Verrone
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Valeria Verrone
Shriansh Vyas
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Shriansh Vyas
Anna Walsh
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Anna Walsh
Evangeline Whittaker
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Evangeline Whittaker
Zoe Wilson
Background;Third year English Language and Literature student. I joined iGEM for the challenge of working in an unfamiliar environment; the opportunity to learn new things and work with new people; and the chance to see how skills from my degree could be applied in a different context. To relax outside of uni I enjoy listening to music, reading, writing, watching cricket and practising yoga.
Interesting fact; I love old books- one of my favourite possessions is a 1904 edition of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.
Zoe Wilson
Anil Wipat
Background; I am a Professor of Bioinformatics at the School of Computing Science at Newcastle University. I co-direct Newcastle's Interdisciplinary Computing and Complex BioSystems (ICOS) research group. I am also affiliated with the Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, associate-director of the Centre for Synthetic Biology and Bioexploitation and director of the Centre for Health and Bioinformatics.
Anil Wipat
Dana Ofiteru
Background: lecturer in biochemical engineering, Romanian living in the North East.
Interesting Fact; I couldn't swim not long time ago, now I am a happy triathlete contemplating IronMan
Favorite Book; everybody should read "I contain multitudes" by Ed Yong
Dana Ofiteru
Wendy Smith
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Wendy Smith
Thomas Howard
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Thomas Howard
Jem Stach
Background;Principal research interests include the ecology of marine actinomycetes, (diversity, abundance and biogeography), novel natural products from marine actinomycetes, the application of peptide nucleic acids in species-specific bactericide and the development of antisense-based antibacterial screens
Jem Stach
Jon Marles-Wright
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Jon Marles-Wright
Angel Goñi-Moreno
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Angel Goñi-Moreno
