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Alex J H Fedorec Group leader he/him
I am a new group leader (assistant professor/lecturer) in the Division of Biosciences at University College London, UK. My research involves applying computational and mathematical techniques to understand and engineer new biological systems. I am particularly interested in biotherapeutic and bioindustrial applications of biological engineering with a focus on creating stable and predictable synthetic microbial communities in complex environments, such as the gastrointestinal tract.

I was previously a Research Fellow in the Computational Systems and Synthetic Biology group in the Department of Cell & Developmental Biology at University College London, UK. I have a background in computer science and industrial experience as a software engineer at Research in Motion (now BlackBerry).

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Alice Cook PhD student 2023-
I am a PhD student on the London Interdisciplinary Biosciences Consortium DTP (LIDo). My research will look at motility, patterning, and information processing in cellular communities, as part of the Fedorec group at UCL and the Bentley group at the Francis Crick Institute. Previously, I completed a BASc in Arts and Sciences at UCL. I also completed a PhD rotation project in the Pearce and Barnes groups at UCL looking at experimental and computational design of self-organised patterning via chemical signalling in microbial communities, and a further rotation project with the Logan group (King's College London) and Bentley group on fibroblast, ECM, and muscle fibre disorganisation in congenital limb abnormalities using wet-lab and agent-based modelling approaches.

Yue (Casey) Chen PhD student 2023-
I am a PhD student on the EPSCR CDT BioDesign Engineering program. I am interested in using both wet-lab and dry-lab approaches to design and control different aspects of microbial communities. Before joining the group, I worked as a research assistant at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (SIAT), focusing on the characterisation of a biofilm-derived conductive protein. I completed an MRes in Systems and Synthetic Biology from Imperial College London and obtained a BSc in Molecular Genetics from the University of Edinburgh.

Louie Destouches PhD student 2023- he/him
I am Louie and I grew up in France, near Paris. I moved to the UK for my Bachelor's in Biological Sciences at the University of Exeter with one year abroad at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. I returned to Paris and worked one year in an analysis laboratory using TEM microscopy. On the side, I pursued Aquaponics, a type of sustainable fish and plant agriculture system, and built an installation for my local community garden. I then graduated from a two-year Masters in Systems and Synthetic Biology at the Université Paris Cité, and completed several placements at INRAE, Institut Curie and Institut Pasteur. I was also team leader of the 2022 Paris-Bettencourt team for the iGEM competition, where we endeavoured to create an interface between bacterial genetics and electronics. I am now in my first year of PhD in Alex Fedorex's lab group developing synthetically engineered microbial communities for bioindustrial applications. In my free time I enjoy visiting art exhibitions, reading and martial arts.

Renlong Xie BSc Biomedical Science student 2023-24

Nunnapat (Mod) Jantorn BSc Biomedical Science student 2023-24
I'm Mod. I'm from Thailand and right now I'm doing biomedical science. I really like to try delicious food in several restaurants around London. If you wanna join me, please let me know.

Griffin Kiedaisch MSc Natural Sciences student 2023-24

Paul Goodman MRes Synthetic Biology student 2023-24