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Who we are

The Team:

Michelle Robinson:
Gregory Meyer:
Byron Jacobs:
Shaun Burd:
Langelihle Ntoklo:
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

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

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

Gallery Coming Soon!

Jhb.jpg Johannesburg City	Jacarandas in Pretoria City	Wits.jpg Wits Main Campus	Jhb.jpg Sights around Johannesburg
Pta.jpg Sights around Pretoria	Wits/csir.jpg Our Beautiful Campus	The Whole Team	Safari picture/touristic value.jpg South Africa baby!