Team:Imperial College London/The Team

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Department of Bioengineering

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+   var nam = new Array();
-   det[1] = "This was our primary target. Read our wiki to find out more!";
+   nam[1] = "Nicolas Kylilis";
-   det[2] = "Detecting HIV Protease with our system could be a quick, simple and cheap alternative way to diagnose HIV.";
+  nam[2] = "Kirill Shkura";
-   det[3] = "Currently, a lumbar puncture is necessary to diagnose the devastating Chagas' disease. However, a simple blood test could test for a specific protease called cruzipain which is produced by the Trypanasoma cruzi parasite.";
+  nam[3] = "Florian Sessler";
-   det[4] = "Detecting this coagulation factor could be a way of determining if patients should be given warfarin or a low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) if they are displaying atrial fibrilation following a stroke. Factor X is the first member of the thrombin pathway which essentially leads to blood clotting.";
+  nam[4] = "Piotr Faba";
-   det[5] = "The complement system is part of the innate immune response to an acute infection. Detecting C3 convertase could give medical professionals a rapid method of seeing if a patient is fighting an acute infection.";
+  nam[5] = "Benjamin Miller";
-   det[6] = "This protease is produced by the ''leishmania'' parasites which cause leishmaniasis, an NTD. Diagnosis currently takes at least 20 minutes and requires microscopy. Our kit would allow rapid detection with very simple apparatus. ";
+  nam[6] = "Kyasha Sri Ranjan";
-   det[7] = "This cysteine protease is made by the Tobacco Etch Virus (TEV). It is often used as a molecular biology tool as it is very well characterised and has a high degree of activity and specificity.";
+  nam[7] = "Harriet Gliddon";
+  nam[8] = "Maximillian Wolfgang Pernice";
+  nam[9] = "Maddie Rounds";
+  nam[10] = "Anita Nguyen";
+  var des = new Array();
+  des[1] = "Nick is a third year biochemist who wants to do a PhD in synthetic biology. His XylE assays always give us something to talk about. That, and the fact that he used to be in the Cypriot gymnastics team! ";
+   des[2] = "Kirill is just about to start a Master’s in Systems Biology and is our Bioinformatics guru! As a member of the vectors team, he spent hours cloning things that didn’t want to clone...";
+   des[3] = "As a third year biologist, Florian’s lab skills were put to good use assembling and testing the surface protein.";
+   des[4] = "Piotr is an absolute legend when it comes to modelling biological systems. He’s a third year bioengineer who likes to cycle the length of the Thames before coming into uni.";
+   des[5] = "Ben is a third year bioengineer and the wiki god of the team. His artistic talents usually leave us lost for words, usually for the right reasons… He also has a taste for buzzwords.";
+   des[6] = "Our Sri Lankan lab goddess, Kyasha, is just about to start an MRes in Cardriovascular Science at the NHLI, having studied bioengineering at IC. She can usually be found late at night in the lab, running gels and making overnight cultures.";
+   des[7] = "Harriet is a third year biochemist with a passion for NTDs and public health. She was on the surface protein lab team and also organised the school workshops.";
+  des[8] = "A third year biologist, Wolf would like to work on bridging the gap between science and clinical medicine. He throws amazing parties (which isn't surprising, as he hails from Berlin) and has an amazing singing voice. Karaoke anyone?";
+  des[9] = "Having done 3 years of biochemistry, Maddie has just started a course in Business Management. As one of the more creative members of the team, she designed our logo and edited the school workshop video. She also put in a lot of hours in the lab, working on XylE.";
+  des[10] = "Anita is a third year bioengineer who hopes to study medicine in the future. She was on the modelling team.";
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