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Who we are

The University of Waterloo's 2008 iGEM Team is a dynamic group, consisting of students from the Faculties of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics. We are an undergraduate-run team, with a student Director managing most of our team's affairs and directing our team's ongoing activities. Our enthusiastic Faculty Instructors and Advisors give us the benefit of their experience and, in the case of Dr. Trevor Charles, lab space, and provide us with additional support and guidance in areas related to design, mathematical modelling, lab work and administration.


Because of Waterloo's co-op program, some of our members take courses during the summer, while others work full-time. The majority of our team members participate in the iGEM competition in their spare time, outside of work or school; a few have been involved part-time as part of their research-assistant positions in various labs in the UW Department of Biology. This team structure means that instead of each member taking on one aspect of the project to tackle over the course of the summer, our team collectively works on the project as a whole, each member picking up where the last left off the day before, or even earlier the same day!

UW iGEM Team members are all involved in a unique learning experience: our 2008 team consists largely of students who started with little or no research/laboratory experience and had a range of theoretical knowledge of molecular biology. With a desire to learn and guidance from more experienced teammates, these students have become comfortable working in a lab environment, and our senior members have had valuable opportunities to share their experience with others.

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Who we are


Undergraduate Students

Danielle Nash Director of the UW iGEM team; Acting Design Team leader.
Biomedical Sciences
Jordan LaPointe Modelling Team leader.
Mathematical Physics
Hillary Yeung Lab Team leader, Summer Co-op.
Chemical Engineering
Shira Davis Lab Team leader.
Biology
Erica Tiberia Lab Team leader
Biology
Emily Wendland Secretary
Biomedical Sciences
Julian Wiegelmann Lab Team leader.
Biomedical Sciences
Ben Ho Lab Team leader.
Biochemistry
Jostenn Herritt Lab Team member, Summer Co-op.
Chemical Engineering
Vanja Polic Lab Team member
Biology
Andre Masella Former Team Leader, BioMortar Developer, System Administrator
Computer Engineering
Adam Stinchcombe Modelling Team member
Applied Math
Philip Keung Modelling Team member
Actuarial Science
John Heil Lab and Design Team member
Biomedical Sciences
Nick Fischer Fundraising/PR
Biology
Robyn Halbot
Administration, Fundraising/PR
Biology
Somil Bhargava
Fall Co-op.
Nanotechnology Engineering



Faculty Instructors

Dr. Brian Ingalls

Team Founder/Mathematical Modelling Advisor

Dr. Trevor Charles

Lab Advisor, Provider of All-Important Lab Space

Dr. Barb Moffatt

Administration/Fundraising Advisor

Dr. Marc Aucoin

Co-op Supervisor



Advisors

Dr. Josh Neufeld

Advisor

Dr. Brendan McConkey

Advisor

Dr. Scott Clark

Lab/Design Advisor

Maria Trainer

Administration/Fundraising Advisor



Other Key Members

Bruce Spinning lots of things
Simon Spinning a few things



Team Pictures