Meet the Team
Giovanni Maresca di Serracapriola
23 yrs old, former MEng, now PhD student
Role:
Team Lead
Favourite iGEM memory:
I will never forget the Catalyse competition back in February, where our team pitched Sporadicate’s concept and won the first prize! To celebrate we all went for a team burger session.
Role:
Team Lead
Favourite iGEM memory:
I will never forget the Catalyse competition back in February, where our team pitched Sporadicate’s concept and won the first prize! To celebrate we all went for a team burger session.
Shirin Bamezai
20 yrs old, Molecular Bioengineering
Role
Team Leader
Favourite iGEM Memory
My favourite iGEM memory so far was participating in Catalyse. It was the first time we presented our idea to an audience, and it was so encouraging seeing the reaction we got and the discussions we engaged in. The celebration we had as a team later was also a great bonding moment!
Role
Team Leader
Favourite iGEM Memory
My favourite iGEM memory so far was participating in Catalyse. It was the first time we presented our idea to an audience, and it was so encouraging seeing the reaction we got and the discussions we engaged in. The celebration we had as a team later was also a great bonding moment!
Marc Amil
22 yrs old, Biotechnology
Role
Dry Lab, Web Designer, Video Editor
Favourite iGEM Memory
Late night works with the rest of the team.
Haoran Xin (Kitty)
19 yrs old, Bsc Biological Sciences
Role
Wet Lab, Wiki Design
Favourite iGEM Memory
The lunch where everyone brought wheat-based dishes from their own different cultures! I love food!! We also watched Tokyo Godfather in the afternoon, it was amazinggggg!!
Role
Wet Lab, Wiki Design
Favourite iGEM Memory
The lunch where everyone brought wheat-based dishes from their own different cultures! I love food!! We also watched Tokyo Godfather in the afternoon, it was amazinggggg!!
Jay Montogomery-Johnson
22 yrs old, Physics
Role
Protein and microbiome modelling as well as fundraising
Favourite iGEM memory:
On the first day in the lab at the beginning of summer I was amazed by a tap which can dispense specific quantities of water.
Role
Protein and microbiome modelling as well as fundraising
Favourite iGEM memory:
On the first day in the lab at the beginning of summer I was amazed by a tap which can dispense specific quantities of water.
Rasmus Hilderbrandt
23 yrs old, Biology
Role
Dry lab (4am coder in chief)
Favourite iGEM memory:
Returned to the dry lab in the morning after a trip to Denmark and was greeted with spontaneous jiu-jitsu training before the clock even hit noon.
Role
Dry lab (4am coder in chief)
Favourite iGEM memory:
Returned to the dry lab in the morning after a trip to Denmark and was greeted with spontaneous jiu-jitsu training before the clock even hit noon.
Freya Morris
21 yrs old, Molecular Bioengineering Masters Student
Role
Dry lab rat
Favourite iGEM Memory:
When everyone brought wheat products from their country while filming the promo video and we ended up eating most of it by the time shooting was finished.
Role
Dry lab rat
Favourite iGEM Memory:
When everyone brought wheat products from their country while filming the promo video and we ended up eating most of it by the time shooting was finished.
Youzi Bi
20 yrs old, Biological Sciences
Role:
Wet Lab & Wiki
Favourite iGEM Memory:
Arriving at lab and knowing there are 96 colony PCRs to do (don’t ask why) & discussing who will have the most kids in the future with lab partners :)
Role:
Wet Lab & Wiki
Favourite iGEM Memory:
Arriving at lab and knowing there are 96 colony PCRs to do (don’t ask why) & discussing who will have the most kids in the future with lab partners :)
Yuancheng Ding
21 yrs old, Biochemistry
Role
Wetlab lead (cloning), Partnership, Wiki, Making jokes from Fontaine, Coffee supplier
Favourite iGEM Memory:
Travelling between South Ken and White City, and being banned from Imperial's shuttle bus
Role
Wetlab lead (cloning), Partnership, Wiki, Making jokes from Fontaine, Coffee supplier
Favourite iGEM Memory:
Travelling between South Ken and White City, and being banned from Imperial's shuttle bus
Fontaine Gibbs
19 yrs old, Biological Sciences
Role
Wet Lab, Human Practices coordinator, Partnership
Favourite iGEM Memory:
Scrambling to meet farmers in Harpenden, after struggling to secure a SSD card and a morning of train cancellations. It was so inspiring to speak to stakeholders face to face. We were even introduced to the world of farming Twitter, which we can now claim to be a part of!
Role
Wet Lab, Human Practices coordinator, Partnership
Favourite iGEM Memory:
Scrambling to meet farmers in Harpenden, after struggling to secure a SSD card and a morning of train cancellations. It was so inspiring to speak to stakeholders face to face. We were even introduced to the world of farming Twitter, which we can now claim to be a part of!
Alessandro Serafini
22 yrs old, Bioengineering
Role
Wet Lab lead (spores) and writer
Favourite iGEM Memory:
The undescribable emotion of finally getting a single bright, crisp band at 2am after 258 failed colony PCRs
Role
Wet Lab lead (spores) and writer
Favourite iGEM Memory:
The undescribable emotion of finally getting a single bright, crisp band at 2am after 258 failed colony PCRs
Emese Klug
23 yrs old, Biology
Role:
Partnership coordinator and Wet Lab member
Favourite iGEM memory:
When after a long day of work we went to Jollibee and Marc invited us to try the famous spaghetti. It was great fun even though we did not get free extra ice-cream!
Role:
Partnership coordinator and Wet Lab member
Favourite iGEM memory:
When after a long day of work we went to Jollibee and Marc invited us to try the famous spaghetti. It was great fun even though we did not get free extra ice-cream!
Anvita Srinath
18 yrs old, Bioengineering
Role
Human Practices
Favourite iGEM Memory
Having our pictures taken by Royal Albert Hall!
Role
Human Practices
Favourite iGEM Memory
Having our pictures taken by Royal Albert Hall!
Tairan Wang
19 yrs old, Bioengineering
Role:
Human Practices, Wet Lab
Favourite iGEM Memory:
I'll never forget the night before the promotional video deadline with Fontaine. We kept editing every detail until it's perfect. It's really intense but it turned out interesting and meaningful.
Role:
Human Practices, Wet Lab
Favourite iGEM Memory:
I'll never forget the night before the promotional video deadline with Fontaine. We kept editing every detail until it's perfect. It's really intense but it turned out interesting and meaningful.
Allegra Maresca di Serracapriola
20 yrs old, Molecular Bioengineering
Role:
Wet Lab, Graphic Design, Human Practices
Favourite iGEM Memory:
When the team made me betray my Italian culture by making me try the banana ketchup spaghetti.
Role:
Wet Lab, Graphic Design, Human Practices
Favourite iGEM Memory:
When the team made me betray my Italian culture by making me try the banana ketchup spaghetti.
PI & Instructor
PI: Dr Joaquin Caro Astorga
PI: Dr Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro
Mohamed Almerai
Advisors
Prof Geoff Baldwin
Prof Tom Ellis
Prof Mark Isalan
Dr John Heap
Prof Peter Setlow
Dr Graham Christie
Georg Wachter
David Featherbe
Colin Campbell