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Our team consists of students from various disciplines such as molecular biology, mathematics, engineering and philosophy. Whilst the biologists will focus on building the machine in the wetlab, the mathematicians and engineers will model its predicted behaviour and effect in vivo whilst the philosopher will focus on the ethics of creating such a machine for medical application.

Who we are

The Team:

The Supervisors:

Dr Robert Kowalenko: School of Social Sciences
Dr Marco Weinberg: School of Pathology
Prof David Sherwell: School of Computational and Applied Mathematics
Prof David Rubin: School of Engineering and Information Engineering
Mr Ezekiel Madigoe: School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering
Dr Karl Rumbold: School of Molecular and Cell Biology
Dr Musa Mhlanga: CSIR, Biosciences
Dr Raymond Sparrow: CSIR, Biosciences

The Graduate Advisors:

Ms Robyn Brackin: CSIR, Biosciences
Ms Laura Millroy: CSIR, Biosciences
Mr Youtaro Shibayama: School of Molecular and Cell Biology
Mr Dario Fanucchi: School of Computational and Applied Mathematics

	Byron Jacobs	Michelle Robinson	Gregory Meyer
Liam Wilson	Shaun Burd	Langelihle Ntloko

Where we're from

The iGEM team is made up of students and lecturers from various faculties from the University of the Witwatersrand. Situated in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, Wits (as it is affectionately called) boasts a wide array of activities and achievements. Check out the promotional video to get a feel for the Wits way of life.

Promotional Video Link

Wits Home Page

A small portion of the team comes from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) situated in the city of Pretoria, a mere 50km north of Johannesburg. The CSIR Biosciences division is participating in this competition. The CSIR overview can be seen in the link below as well as the overview for the biosciences division itself.

CSIR Biosciences Link

CSIR information page

South Africa on the map	South Africa baby!	Johannesburg City	Sights around Johannesburg
Wits Main Campus	Skyline of Pretoria	Jacarandas in Pretoria City	Pretoria Central

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-!align="center"|[[Team:WITS-South_Africa/Project|Project]]
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-!align="center"|[[Team:WITS-South_Africa/Parts|Parts Submitted to the Registry]]
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+Our team consists of students from various disciplines such as molecular biology, mathematics, engineering and philosophy. Whilst the biologists will focus on building the machine in the wetlab, the mathematicians and engineers will model its predicted behaviour and effect in vivo whilst the philosopher will focus on the ethics of creating such a machine for medical application.
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 '''The Team:'''
-*'''Michelle Robinson''':
+*'''[https://2010.igem.org/Team:WITS-South_Africa/Michelle_Robinson Michelle Robinson]''':
-*'''Gregory Meyer''':
+*'''[https://2010.igem.org/Team:WITS-South_Africa/Gregory_Meyer Gregory Meyer]''':
-*'''Byron Jacobs''':
+*'''[https://2010.igem.org/Team:WITS-South_Africa/Byron_Jacobs Byron Jacobs]''':
-*'''Shaun Burd''':
+*'''[https://2010.igem.org/Team:WITS-South_Africa/Shaun_Burd Shaun Burd]''':
-*'''Langelihle Ntoklo''':
+*'''[https://2010.igem.org/Team:WITS-South_Africa/Langelihle_Ntloko Langelihle Ntloko]''':
-*'''Liam Wilson''':
+*'''[https://2010.igem.org/Team:WITS-South_Africa/Liam_Wilson Liam Wilson]''':
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 '''The Graduate Advisors:'''
-*''' Robyn Brackin''':  CSIR, Biosciences
+*''' Ms Robyn Brackin''':  CSIR, Biosciences
 *''' Ms Laura Millroy''':  CSIR, Biosciences
 *''' Mr Youtaro Shibayama''':  School of Molecular and Cell Biology
+*''' Mr Dario Fanucchi''':  School of Computational and Applied Mathematics
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 Image:Michelle.jpg|Michelle Robinson
 Image:Gregory.jpg|Gregory Meyer
-Image:Liam.jpg|Liam Wilson
+Image:Liam2.JPG|Liam Wilson
 Image:Shaun.jpg|Shaun Burd
-Image:Langelihle.jpg|Langelihle Ntoklo
+Image:Langelihle.jpg|Langelihle Ntloko
 Image:WITS-South_Africa_logo.png
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-== '''Progress as it happens...''' ==
-'''Recruitment Brochure: Getting the team together!'''
-To spread interest and excitement about iGEM, the recruitment brochure was developed. This aided in getting the team together. Below is the link for the recruitment brochure that also served as the initial fundraising document. From this, the first EVER African team was borne!
-[[Image:Wits iGEM brochure sponsors draft.pdf]]
-'''iGEM 2010 European Spring Workshop Evry, Paris, France 12th & 13th June 2010'''
-Dr Raymond Sparrow attending the iGEM 2010 European Spring Workshop in Paris. On his return he got us all up to speed with the following presentation. We identified what we are meant to do and set out a plan on how to achieve it.
-[[Image:WITS iGEM WORKSHOP FEEDBACK JUNE 25th 2010.ppt]]
 == '''Where we're from''' ==
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 [http://www.csir.co.za/biosciences/overview.html CSIR Biosciences Link]
-[[Image:About the CSIR.pdf]]
+[http://www.csir.co.za/pdf/csir_profile/about_csir_feb08_lowres.pdf CSIR information page]
-'''Gallery Under Construction!'''