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| − | + | We are the University of Michigan’s only student-run synthetic biology research and design team. Our team and project development is driven entirely by undergraduates and is separate from any faculty labs. | |
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| − | Cristina is a senior studying Cellular and Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. She is currently the president of the team and led the wetlab work. She often meows and watch out if someone turns on latin music, because this girl can dance. | + | Cristina is a senior studying Cellular and Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. She is currently the president of the team and led the wetlab work. She often meows and watch out if someone turns on latin music, because this girl can dance.<br><br> |
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Anuj Kumar is a team advisor and faculty member in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology here at Michigan where he has become a yeast guru. Known across campus for his Genetics course, Anuj is a die hard Detroit Tigers Fan and uses his old tickets as wallpaper for his office. After years of working on cellular processes in yeast, our team members can attest he is quite the FUN-GUY. <br><br> | Anuj Kumar is a team advisor and faculty member in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology here at Michigan where he has become a yeast guru. Known across campus for his Genetics course, Anuj is a die hard Detroit Tigers Fan and uses his old tickets as wallpaper for his office. After years of working on cellular processes in yeast, our team members can attest he is quite the FUN-GUY. <br><br> | ||
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Last year’s president and this year’s advisor, despite the fact that he already graduated, he hasn’t been able to get enough of iGEM and synthetic biology so he decided to come back and help. He provided emotional support when he was Jenn’s lab partner during the school year and taught Jeremy the ropes about funding. What would we do without this ginger? <br><br> | Last year’s president and this year’s advisor, despite the fact that he already graduated, he hasn’t been able to get enough of iGEM and synthetic biology so he decided to come back and help. He provided emotional support when he was Jenn’s lab partner during the school year and taught Jeremy the ropes about funding. What would we do without this ginger? <br><br> | ||
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Adam has worked with paper based gene networks in one of his rotations as a grad student. He provided valuable feedback about our overarching approach. He was also on the team when he was an undergrad at Michigan. <br><br> | Adam has worked with paper based gene networks in one of his rotations as a grad student. He provided valuable feedback about our overarching approach. He was also on the team when he was an undergrad at Michigan. <br><br> | ||
Revision as of 20:43, 24 October 2015
The Team
About the Michigan Synthetic Biology Team
We are the University of Michigan’s only student-run synthetic biology research and design team. Our team and project development is driven entirely by undergraduates and is separate from any faculty labs.
Members:
Cristina Castillo Cristina is a senior studying Cellular and Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. She is currently the president of the team and led the wetlab work. She often meows and watch out if someone turns on latin music, because this girl can dance.
Jennifer Knister Jenn is a senior studying Cellular and Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. As the Principal Investigator, Jenn thought paper based gene circuits were super cool and set about designing riboswitches to add to their uses. She instructed much of the experiments and designed new switches to test, even when she was three time zones away in San Francisco over the summer. She has mad frisbee skills and she is a dog whisperer.
Jeremy Kuo Jeremy is a senior studying Microbiology and Music, and is currently the treasurer of the team. He was indispensable for fundraising, consulted with people in industry, and also learned html from Max so we could do this wiki. When he is not giving out two liter jugs of bubble tea to team members, he also enjoys taking pictures of banana bread.
Nick Emery Nick is a sophomore studying Cellular and Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. Despite being his first year on the team, he has been invaluable for the design and wet lab work, and also single handedly did the modelling. Nick has a moderate addiction to caffeine. When we asked Nick how much time and energy he had for this project, his answer was “Infinite.”
Christine Hathaway Christine is a junior studying Materials Science and Engineering. Apparently she is super fun and can be found around campus, particularly at bus stops. Also, she is really good at making banana bread.
Max Gittelman Max is a junior studying Computer Science. When he was not two timing with the Michigan Software team, he was also working on our wiki. He enjoys flying hot air balloons in his free time and he has an identical twin.
Rachel Sun Rachel is studying Cellular and Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. This is her first year on the Michigan Synthetic Biology Team. She has shown a lot of potential as a first year member of the team, despite being super busy getting EMT certified over the summer. When it comes to rock climbing, she might beat Spider-Man.
Becca Loechli Becca is a senior studying Biochemistry. This is her second year on the Michigan Synthetic Biology team, she finds time in her busy schedule for synthetic biology when she is not studying for the MCAT. Becca helped the team gain background knowledge about infectious diseases and aptamers that have already been developed. Becca is has also studied ballet since she was a child, and is a wonderful dancer.
Jacob Leonhardt Jake is a student at the University of Michigan studying Biology and helped with human practices. He is also an expert painter.
Malcolm Childs Although Malcolm goes to Eastern Michigan University, he was welcomed into the team for his second year. He enjoys hanging out in lab.
Advisors:
Marc Ammerlaan Marc “MC.AMMER” Ammerlaan has been an iGEM advisor for 5 years. Marc has been essential in boosting the team's confidence when our project and experiment hit a brick wall. He is also known to comfort our team members with pizza when we are spending late nights working on the wiki.
Matt Mcguffie Matt is a master’s student in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and helped the team brainstorm project ideas!
Anuj Kumar Anuj Kumar is a team advisor and faculty member in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology here at Michigan where he has become a yeast guru. Known across campus for his Genetics course, Anuj is a die hard Detroit Tigers Fan and uses his old tickets as wallpaper for his office. After years of working on cellular processes in yeast, our team members can attest he is quite the FUN-GUY.
Drew Dunham Last year’s president and this year’s advisor, despite the fact that he already graduated, he hasn’t been able to get enough of iGEM and synthetic biology so he decided to come back and help. He provided emotional support when he was Jenn’s lab partner during the school year and taught Jeremy the ropes about funding. What would we do without this ginger?
Adam Kreiger Adam has worked with paper based gene networks in one of his rotations as a grad student. He provided valuable feedback about our overarching approach. He was also on the team when he was an undergrad at Michigan.