Who we are
We are team Macquarie University. This is the first time that we have entered IGEM. Our team is made up of interdisciplinary expert advisors and undergraduate students.Read more about the team by clicking on the 'About us' tab on the left hand side of this page!
Advisors:
Professor Nicki Packer: the logistics, administration and finances manager
Dr Louise Brown: Leader of the pack!
Associate Professor Robert Willows: The creative brain behind the whole project.
Professor Helena Nevalainen : the head of Chemistry and Biolomolecular Sciences
Professor Ian Paulsen: the molecular, biology and genomics expert
Professor Michael Gillings : molecular tchniques expert
Karl Hassan: The man taking the team to MIT!!!
Manish K Sharma : Our wiki savior and expert!!
Undergrads:
Yagiz Alp Aksoy: Our fearless leader! Will be representing the team at MIT!
Hilal Varinli: Our DNA extraction extraordinaire and lovely lab lady! Will be representing the team at MIT!
Jo Hare: Our computer girl, can pour a mean agarose gel! Will be representing the team at MIT!
Olga Ibrahim: Our professional pippetter and our wannabe photographer! Will be representing the team at MIT!
Katie Mackenzie: Our PCR programmer!
Sangeev Sabthirasegaram : our scientific term researcher and modelling man!
"
