Hair Colour: Depends on season,
currently honey blond
Nationality: Eastern Polish
Eye Colour: Grey / Green
Alignment: Catholic
Appearance: Smiling and non-intimidating :P
Psych. Profile: Very funny despite what team says! Intelligent despite the appearance, with many deep thoughts - but they can't be seen, as
they are deep, right? Extremely logical mind... excellent primer designer. Perfect in remembering books titles, authors and plot...
Crazy about sport, really! And generally good material for wife, despite lack of cooking skills. What would the Team do
without me??!!!
Personal History: More keen to look forward than behind; currently action takes place in Eastern Poland, Warsaw, Scotland and recently
Switzerland.
Modus Operandi: A very hungry caterpillar...
Witness Comments: The handsome one is Kirk, Marta, and it's Spock, not Spooky.
Marta, oh how I appreciate your witty, intelligent, philosophical insights. How do you show sarcasm in text?
Use the sarcasm button. What? Your keyboard doesn't have one? Lame...
Barbecue or Tai-chicken?
Marta, how will you choose between Johnny Depp and Gilbert?
Half of my reason to come into work every day.
Greatest Obsessions: Walking always on the right-hand side of other person, unless there is somebody on my both sides
Annoying Quirks: Spooky five!!
Superpower: Control over electromagnetic spectrum
Favourite Sport: Volleyball!!
Favourite Football Team: David Beckham's :)
Favourite Phrase: It wasn't me, I swear!
Favourite Books: 'LoTR' by You Know Who, 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' by G.G. Marquez, 'The Bad Girl' by Mario Vargas Llosa,
'The Catcher in the Rye' by J. D. Salinger
Favourite Films: Finding Neverland, What Dreams May Come, Chocolate, Seven,
Items to take to desert island: Johnny Depp :D
Attitude towards Johnny Depp: Neverending love and hopeless eternal devotion
Witness Comments: Five-dimensional modelling. Five-dimensional modelling. Five-dimensional modelling.
Apparently would benefit from having an Eastern-Polish wife (that isn't Marta).
The majority of the reason not to.
Favourite Sport: Squash, volleyball, rugby, tennis, capoeira, Argentine tango (if you can call that a sport)((Yeah, 'cause that gives me another
one to claim))
Favourite Football Team: N/A
Favourite Phrase: 'Indeed', 'Such is life'
Favourite Books: Immortality, Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Trial, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Norwegian Wood, ...
Favourite Films: Delicatessen, Princess Bride, Magnolia, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Leaving Las Vegas, Fight Club, ...
Items to take to desert island: Unknown
Attitude towards Johnny Depp: Good actor (Marta, how did you manage to get this in here?)
Most hated singer / song: Hate is a strong word, I tend not to use it
Tea?: No thanks
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Full Name: Hannah Patricia Fraser
Aliases: Tea Mistress
Code Name: The Terminator
Occupation: Chemical Engineer
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: February 9, 1990
Weight: 60.5kg
Blood Type: Unknown
Height: 5ft 7in
Handedness: Right
Hair Colour: Blonde
Nationality: Scottish-American
Eye Colour: Like the sea after a storm
Alignment: Perfect
Appearance: Wide-eyed and worried (usually about being tickled)
Psych. Profile: Paranoid
Personal History: Cambridge - Virginia - Edinburgh/New York. Does that make me Scottish?!
Modus Operandi: Be in competition always, but don't tell your opponent that you are in competition until you win!
Witness Comments: Hannah, don't worry - you're *irreplaceable*.
...that is, until we find another female American engineer who likes Harry Potter and is ridiculously ticklish...
Can bruise when she's mad...or thinks she's going to be tickled...
She's also the other half.
All hail the conqueror of Arthur's Seat. Hurrah!
Greatest Obsessions: Stopping people from tickling me...or possibly Harry Potter!
Annoying Quirks: Defensiveness
Superpower: Shapeshifter
Favourite Sport: Quidditch
Favourite Football Team: Is this real football or American football?
Favourite Phrase: All who wander are not lost - J.R.R. Tolkien Lord of the Rings
Favourite Books: See Maria's
Favourite Films: How to choose?!
Items to take to desert island: A boat
Attitude towards Johnny Depp: Really Marta?!
Most hated singer / song: Will's iPod
Tea?: Anyone?
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Full Name: Sarah Hunt
Aliases: Sizzle, Saratical
Code Name: The Ghost
Occupation: Unknown
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: 24/12/88
Weight: Unknown
Blood Type: Red
Height: Unknown
Handedness: Right (left to eat)
Hair Colour: Brunette
Nationality: Scottish
Eye Colour: Green / brown
Alignment: Shambles
Appearance: Unknown
Psych. Profile: Unknown
Personal History: Unknown
Modus Operandi: Unknown
Witness Comments: Judging by the rest of the page, she's slightly secretive...
Greatest Obsessions: Speed (as in going fast... don't want to start any rumours)
Annoying Quirks: I had a skiing accident & now my neck clicks... it's pretty horrible. Apologies in advance
Superpower: Telepathy
Favourite Sport: Rugby, XC mtb, Skiing
Favourite Football Team: Barcelona...sort of
Favourite Phrase: Aye carumba!, let's bounce
Favourite Books: Not got a favourite - currently reading 'the loop' by Nicholas Evans. Don't read it, it's rubbish
Favourite Films: Shutter Island, The Pianist, Fight Club, 21 grams, Memento, Notting Hill, American History X, Clerks
Items to take to desert island: Prison Break box set, unlimited cold Magners ontap, suncream (bliss!)
Attitude towards Johnny Depp: Slightly camp, good actor, beard or no beard?
Most hated singer / song: Lily Allen & that other really annoying one that sings 'murder on the dancefloor'
Tea?: Strong & milky... coffee's better though
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Full Name: Maria Theresa Wisdom Kowal
Aliases: Maz, Sir Mazbit III (V), Chairman of the Chalkboard, The Beast of the North
East, Beefshank
Code Name: The Dancer
Occupation: Biologist (with intention to become biotechnologist)
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: 03/12/1989
Weight: 66kg or 10st 6lb
Blood Type: 0-ve
Height: 5'7.5"
Handedness: Right...or so I would have
you believe
Hair Colour: Naturally brown but
currently blonde
Nationality: Northern
Eye Colour: Deep, soulful brown
Alignment: Will soon be upon us
Appearance: About once every couple of years
Psych. Profile: N/A
Personal History: Deeply embellished
Modus Operandi: Insultingly sarcastic
Witness Comments: Maria is lovely and brilliant and clever and beautiful and we all wish we could be like her, love the Edinburgh iGEM team.
(wishful thinking)
Xenomorphs. Yes, Maria, xenomorphs. And Harry Potter. And sci-fi in general. Yes, Maria.
This team member agrees with the above comment about Maria's loveliness, brilliance, cleverness, and beauty, but would
like to add her concerns about Maria's relationship with Gilbert.
Woof!!!! (...fuck off, Richard!!)
Greatest Obsessions: Harry Potter, Xenomorphs, Owls, Firefly, Buffy
Annoying Quirks: Don't really let things go...and get quite loud about it...
Superpower: Telekinesis
Favourite Sport: Ballroom Dancing
Favourite Football Team: ...?
Favourite Phrase: So's your face.
Favourite Books: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban, Harry Potter and - well, you can see where this is going... P.S. Also, Shadow of the Wind and Moonseed.
Favourite Films: Do quadrilogies count?
Items to take to desert island: A 2-man aircraft and a pilot
Attitude towards Johnny Depp: Got over that several years ago
Favourite Sport: Chin Wu Kung Fu, San Shao Kickboxing, Tai Chi Chuan, Skiing, Archery - preferably Longbow, Fencing, Scuba Diving....
the list goes on
Favourite Football Team: Chelsea... sort of
Favourite Phrase: 'Death is but a doorway, time is but a window, I'll be back' by Vigo the Carpathian from Ghostbusters II, 'How do you feel
about piracy? You'd make an excellent Dread Pirate Roberts' by Westley from The Princess Bride... as does this one
Favourite Books: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, 'The Lord of the Rings'
by Jrr Tolkien, Shōgun by James Clavell, Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, 'The Religion' by Tim Willocks, The Raw Shark Texts
by Steven Hall... and this one
Favourite Films: ... and this one, unsuprisingly
Items to take to desert island: The below?
Attitude towards Johnny Depp: I want his ship
Most hated singer / song: I see your game!
Tea?: Why thank you for the idea Good Sir. Hannah my Good Lady, may I?
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Full Name: William Galdric Rostain
Aliases: Frenchie
Code Name: The Fool
Occupation: Biologist (Biotech)
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: 14/08/89
Weight: Dunno
Blood Type: O-negative... I think
Height: 5'6
Handedness: Right
Hair Colour: Brown
Nationality: British / French
Eye Colour: Blue
Alignment: Happy hippy
Appearance: Flying lemur
Psych. Profile: Loves flying and eating tasty fruit
Personal History: Born in London to a Geordie mum and French dad. Lived in Paris till I was 18. Since then I study in Edinburgh.
Modus Operandi: Jumps, spreads arms and legs out, glides to next tree, catches on to branch, eats tasty fruit. Then starts again.
Also likes hanging from a branch and resting, wrapped in his cloak.
Witness Comments: Will's been early two days in a row! Somebody call the authorities, the world's coming to an end!
You kick that ball one more time and it and you are both going through the window.
"Iiii've gotta feelin'! That tonight's gonna be a good niight. That tonight's gonna be a good good ni-i-iight!"
Don't be so scared, it's only Gilbert...
Greatest Obsessions: People with dreadlocks
Annoying Quirks: Always early
Superpower: Teleportation
Favourite Sport: Football
Favourite Football Team: Hibs
Favourite Phrase: Was' crackin
Favourite Books: 1984
Favourite Films: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Items to take to desert island: A hammock
Attitude towards Johnny Depp: Unknown
Most hated singer / song: "Tonight's gonna be a good night...." I'll kill whoever wrote that.. and whoever sings it since it's probably not the
same person
Tea?: Yes, please
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Full Name: Donal Stewart
Aliases: None
Code Name: The Mercenary
Occupation: Software Engineer
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: A long, long time ago
Weight: Unknown
Blood Type: Unknown
Height: 6'2-ish
Handedness: Depends on weapon
Hair Colour: Brown with grey bits :)
Nationality: Celt
Eye Colour: Blueish... probably
Alignment: Unknown
Appearance: Tends to wear black on occasion
Psych. Profile: Unknown
Personal History: Mature student, taking a holiday from the real world
Modus Operandi: Unknown
Witness Comments: The most badass software engineer you'll see north of the equator (and probably south of it as well.)
I'm still convinced he's just Sephiroth in disguise...
Bloody seagulls.
Greatest Obsessions: Good software engineering practices
Annoying Quirks: Continually evangelising the above
Superpower: Electrokinesis
Favourite Sport: Martial arts (karate, swordfighting)
Favourite Football Team: Uninterested in football
Favourite Phrase: Unknown
Favourite Books: Anathem (Neal Stephenson) or most of David Brin or Iain M. Banks' books
Favourite Films: Kuro-Obi, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Iron Man, ...
Items to take to desert island: Unknown
Attitude towards Johnny Depp: Who?
Most hated singer / song: Unknown
Tea?: Yeah, OK
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Full Name: John Roger Wilson-Kanamori
Aliases: Ingwe Helyanwe, Johann Phoenix, PhoenixKnight,
Knight of the Football Scores, Dawnbringer, The Last Crusader
Eye Colour: An expressive dark brown
tinged with what he hopes
is intelligence
Alignment: Wondering if he's still Lawful
or Neutral Good
Appearance: Not much to meet the eye.
Psych. Profile: Quiet and shy, stubborn and single-minded, perfectionist and romanticist.
Personal History: Born in England, grew up in Japan, crossed over to Scotland for university. Self-taught through the latter years of his
education, which he uses to excuse the worst of his personality quirks.
Modus Operandi: Intellectual loner with a sweet tooth and a penchant for bumbling attempts to try to help others. Often found in the dry lab
either modelling, working on the wiki, or searching for something for somebody.
Witness Comments: Adorable.
Needs to stop being such a loser...or needs to stop calling himself one.
Greatest Obsessions: Trying (and failing) to ensure that the Tesco produce shelves are perfectly filled over the weekend, editing code and text
to ensure that they conform to his particular standards of elegance
Annoying Quirks: Lots of self-derogation and a lack of confidence, a cheeky side that makes itself known ever so often
Superpower: The ability to control atomic vibration and thus thermodynamic temperature.
Favourite Sport: Baseball, with football a close second.
Favourite Football Team: The Samurai Blue
Favourite Phrase: When campaigning, be swift as the wind; in leisurely march, majestic as the forest; in raiding and plundering, like fire;
in standing, firm as the mountains. As unfathomable as the clouds, move like a thunderbolt. (Sun Tzu)
Favourite Books: Musashi (Eiji Yoshikawa), Shogun (James Clavell), Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkein), Red Storm Rising (Tom Clancy)...
Favourite Films: Five Centimetres per Second
Items to take to desert island: A pair of wings to get me back off again!
Attitude towards Johnny Depp: My attitude would be irrelevant
Most hated singer / song: The only music that I tend to dislike is gangster rap
Tea?: None of this British stuff, thanks, Japanese green tea all the way!
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