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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

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



Faculty Instructors

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Dr. Brian Ingalls

Team Founder/Mathematical Modelling Advisor

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Dr. Trevor Charles

Lab Advisor, Provider of All-Important Lab Space

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Dr. Barb Moffatt

Administration/Fundraising Advisor

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Dr. Marc Aucoin

Co-op Supervisor



Advisors

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Dr. Josh Neufeld

Advisor

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Dr. Brendan McConkey

Advisor

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Dr. Scott Clark

Lab/Design Advisor

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Maria Trainer

Administration/Fundraising Advisor



Other Key Members

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Bruce Spinning lots of things
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Simon Spinning a few things



Team Pictures