Thank you to our team!

Our PI

Dr. Patrick Vudriko was very instrumental in the developmental phase of our project. He has accorded the team with the necessary administrative and technical support since the birth of the team. Dr. Vudriko has also provided lab space at the RTC lab in Makerere to conduct the experiments.

Our Instructors

Ivy Chimulwa has been steered the team from protocol development, dry and wet lab experiments and web design. She was also the liason between the technical support team from the gene fragment sponsors.

Dr. Byamukama Benedicto has provided technical support in the RTC Laboratory during the experimental phase of the project.

Our Team

1. Kato Sebunya Emmanuel- Team Lead.

   He oversaw the project from inception and has steered the team. In charge of Team leader, finance mobiliser, collaborations coordinator, video direction, administrative work, promotion video, team logo, digital posters and advertisements, events and meetings.

2. Anguzu Simon- Head of Research.

   He led the team in the experimental part of the project and oversaw the experiments together with the PI, team lead and instructors..

3. Leku Bill Herbert- Head of Communications.

   He has been in charge of drafting official communications put out by the team..

4. Omara Ronnic Rogers - Social Media Manager. H

   He has been in charge of all social media platforms, the promotional video and graphics..

5. Atamba Edgar- Asst. Head of Communication.

   He has assisted the Head of Communications and Social Media managers..

6. Kaweesi Yusuf- Team Supervisor.

   He has drafted the team schedules for each of the components of the competition..

7. Nanyunja Judith- Head of Wet Lab.

   She has been in charge of drafting and revising of SOPs for the laboratory experiments..

8. Namayanja Martha- Head of Dry Lab.

   She has been in charge of the in silico work for the team..

9. Babirye Damali- Secretary.

   She was in charge of organising the periodic meetings organised by the team..

10. Akello Feddy- Assistant Secretary.

    She assisted the secretary by taking notes during the meetings.

Project Advisors and Mentors

1. Mr.Otim Goeffrey- Mentor and CEO of SynBio Africa. He has been in charge of resource mobilization and visibility for the team.
2. Baluku Erikan- Mentor and iGEM Africa Ambassador. He has been in charge of overseeing the human practices element for the team..
3. Dr. Kyabarongo Alex- Mentor and iGEM Africa Ambassador. He has been in charge of visibility and advised the team on the different competition rules..
4. Sandra Matinyi- Advisor and Chairperson Steering Committee SynBio Africa. She has assisted Geoffrey in resource mobilization and visibility.

Thanks to the different collaborators and partners for being instrumental during this whole process

1. LanzaTech - For providing all team fees for the whole competition. Special thanks to Michael Koepke, Marilene Pavan, Rasmus Jensen.
2. SynBio Africa - For resource mobilization and advisory support.
3. Rios Lab - For providing experimental technical support.
4. Twist Bioscience- Most especially Andrew Chen for giving us all information needed during ordering for gene fragments needed for the experiments.
5. Makerere University- For bringing all the team members together and providing the space to conduct other activities.
6. RTC Laboratory- For providing the space to conduct the experiments.
7. Lambert institute from USA- For the advice given on gene manipulations.
8. iGEM CU Egypt- For the advice on how to form iGEM teams
9. iGEM FSU- For the introductory advice to the iGEM competition
10. IISSER team-For more knowledge on mosquito manipulations as they are working on a project on dengue fever.
11. Genesis Marquez- For the help in video editing, editing team logo (to be used starting from next year) and digital posters.
12. Moses Bob Bogere- For the IT support and web development during Wiki Development.