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Team:Westminster/Team
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The Team
Silvia Berciano
Silvia is a second year Molecular Biology & Genetics student with a background in Electronic Engineering and Industrial Design. She is our team coordinator. Her hobbies include traveling, drawing, watching Game of Thrones and most recently trying to find the best ice cream in London. Her main academic fields of interest are Epigenetics, Nutrigenomics, Synthetic Biology and Bioinformatics.
Karin Ford
I'm a second year undergraduate in Molecular Biology and Genetics. This is my second degree, the first being in modern languages. Aside from this I have a keen interest in the arts - all aspects. I particularly enjoy photography, theatre, and classical music. My current academic interests lie in synthetic biology and molecular therapeutics, hence my great interest in iGEM and our present project on human cancer stem cells.
Radek Kwasniak
Hi, my name is Radek and I'm graduating this year with a MSc in microbiology.
Apart from finding a cure for cancer using synthetic biology, I enjoy travelling, reading books and martial arts
Moyin Odugbemi
Currently studying Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Moyin's main academic interests are Biochemical engineering and the Pseudomonas species. She has a background in pure Biochemistry. Currently, she's our Funding Coordinator and Treasurer. When she's not being a scientist, she likes to read, hang out in parks, people watch and write. Having personally encountered cancer, she believes strongly that this project is pivotal to developing a cure and saving millions of lives.
Hima Puthussery
I am Hima puthussery, currently staring at synthetic biology with a new found enthusiasm, trying to figure out how well to play with it. My background is a combination of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Zoology, further supplemented by applied microbiology. I love poetry, arts and climbing- and I would love to make a bacteria do all this! I believe we all are in a large fermenter, constantly evolving, adapting and producing metabolites that we alone can define.
Louise Usher
Hi. I am Louise. I am doing a MSc in Microbiology and Plant Pathology. I love
working in the LAB and have found iGEM to be great exposure to molecular biology and synthetic biology. I love travel, reading, flying kites and eating out.
working in the LAB and have found iGEM to be great exposure to molecular biology and synthetic biology. I love travel, reading, flying kites and eating out.
Shanmuga Priya Subramaniam
I am Shanmuga Priya Subramaniam doing MSc. Medical Microbiology. I am interested in laboratory works doing either microbiology or molecular biology works. My main intention to join in iGEM team is, I want to learn more microbiology and molecular biology laboratory techniques. Through iGEM I would be able to learn more about synthetic biology and possible ways of creating a new organism I also think that the cancer project is really worth doing it and I am excited about it hoping it would save some lives in the future. Honestly, I also like to join in iGEM to socialize with other people of different interests and scientific ideas which can put together as one through iGEM.
Ana Sokolovik
Ana is an undergraduate and is about to start her third year of her Graphic Communication Design course (BA Honours). Her hobbies include drawing, playing guitar, socialising, watching movies, reading, and gaming.
