Team leaders esnure that the operations of the teams they are responsible for proceeds smoothly and the lead researchers have the required resources (man, time, equipment, data,... to do their research. A team may consist of any combination of people and/or labs.
A team leader may be any member of Phanous, and it is possible for team leadership to be delegated even to a lab member. For now, the responsibilty of team leadership in phanous is shared between the PIs.