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+title: Welcome to UROP students 
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+We are delighted to welcome Thomas Pointon, Samuel Ogunmola and Ashley Davies-Lyons 
+who will be working with the group this summer as part of Imperial’s 
+[Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP)](http://www.imperial.ac.uk/urop).
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