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Who we are


The Team:

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


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:

  • Robyn Brackin: CSIR, Biosciences
  • Ms Laura Millroy: CSIR, Biosciences
  • Mr Youtaro Shibayama: School of Molecular and Cell Biology


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!

File: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.

File:WITS iGEM WORKSHOP FEEDBACK JUNE 25th 2010.ppt

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.

[http://www.youtube.com/v/f2xRHpFEcR4&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs= Promotional Video Link]

[http://web.wits.ac.za 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.

[http://www.csir.co.za/biosciences/overview.html CSIR Biosciences Link]

File:About the CSIR.pdf