Team:WashU/Team
From 2010.igem.org
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a nonsectarian, private research university located in suburban St. Louis area in Missouri. Founded in 1853 and named after George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations. Twenty-two Nobel laureates have been associated with Washington University, with nine doing the major part of their pioneering research at the university. The undergraduate program is ranked 13th in the nation by US News and World Report and 30th in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. Washington University has also been selected to host either a presidential or vice presidential debate in every United States presidential election since 1992. |
Undergraduate Researchers
Elaine Chang
Biomedical Engineering '11 | Amanda Hay
Biochemistry '11 | Zach Knudsen
Biomedical Engineering '11 |
Brian Landry
Biomedical Engineering '12 | Brenden McDearmon
Biomedical Engineering '12 | Alice Meng
Biomedical Engineering '11 |
Mentors
Professor Gautam Dantas
Department of Pathology & Immunology | Professor Joe Jez
Department of Biology | Professor Yinjie Tang
Department Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering | Professor Barak Cohen
Department of Genetics |
Advisors
Ph.D. Student Lawrence Page
Department of Biology |
Pictures of Us and our Lab
Alice and Brian at a team meeting
Brenden explaining an idea to the team
Brian and Brenden discussing design ideas at a team meeting
Brian and Brenden working hard
Brian, Brenden, Alice, Zach working on a weekly presentation
Alice staring intently at a flask of LB
Alice and Brenden discussing iGEM stuff before class. There appears to a a stowaway as well.
Front entrance to Rebstock on WashU's Danforth Campus. Location of our first lab.
Centrifuge and shaker in Biology teaching labs
37° incubator in Biology teaching labs
Rebstock 101
Rebstock 101
Rebstock 101
Rebstock 101
Rebstock 101
Rebstock 101
Spectrophotometer
Orbital Shaker
Laboratory equipment to be autoclaved
Biology teaching lab stock room
Tang Lab's gel box
Tang Lab's room for refrigerators
Tang Lab. Our second lab. <
Tang Lab. Our second lab.
Alice staring at centrifuge in Tang Lab
Alice running a gel
Mascots for Tang Lab
Our collection of bottles
Laboratory supplies
Brauer Hall. Location of Tang Lab.