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iGEM Leicester Test Page 2012

Meet the team
Hi! We are the University of Leicester iGEM Team, a group of Biologists, Chemists and a Computer Scientist, all focused on degrading polystyrene. The team consists of a computer scientist (Emily), two organic chemists (Reema and Idres) , one main stream biological scientist (Christopher), two geneticists (Anthony and Nathan), and three biochemists (William, Luke and Philip). The whole team were inducted into the Genetics Department at the University of Leicester. This means everybody is cleared to work in the lab and all of us can contribute to the hands-on experiments. Christopher Morton - Project Leader Anthony Cox - Vice Project Leader Philip Higgs - Treasurer Luke Thompson - Lab Leader Nathan Hanna - Webmaster Will Harrison - Deputy lab Leader Emily Halsey - Bioinformatician Reema Naran - Organic Chemist Mohammed Idres - Organic Chemist
	Christopher Morton - Project Leader	Anthony Cox - Vice Project Leader	Philip Higgs - Treasuerer

	Luke Thompson - Lab Leader	William Harrison - Deputy lab Leader	Nathan Hanna - Webmaster

	Emily Halsey - Bioinformatician	Reema Naran - Organic Chemist	Mohammed Idres - Organic Chemist

Where we're from

We're from the University of Leicester, located in the UK. The University was founded in 1921 and gained University Status by Royal Charter in 1957. It is perhaps most famous for the discovery of DNA fingerprinting by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys FRS (one of our generous sponsors!). It is also home to the Genetics Education Network for Innovation and Exellence (GENIE), the UK's Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Genetics.