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+ | Our team is composed of 7 students from Lincoln High School, 3 first year students from SF City College and 1 undergraduate from Peking University. | ||
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===Students=== | ===Students=== | ||
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+ | <a href="http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/12435548/1/teamphotos?h=ac34b2" target="_blank"><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2010/9/9c/UCSF_GROUPPHOTOZ.jpg" width="550px" border="0" alt="UCSF 2010 Students Gallery" /></a> | ||
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+ | <center>Images Courtesy of June Park</center> | ||
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<h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Carmen Zhou</h4> | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Carmen Zhou</h4> | ||
My name is Carmen Zhou and I will soon be entering UCSD as a freshman molecular biology major. The seeding of my interest in biotechnology began when I first observed my transformed plate of fluorescing bacteria under a black light. A silly seed, I know, but having been able to see an actual result of one of my experiments first hand was something quite thrilling. This single seed grew as my knowledge of the causes and effects of diseases expanded, which made biology seem more dynamic, disgusting, and like it was begging to be changed. I guess that is where I stand today-on an open field full of possibilities to reverse such diseases. | My name is Carmen Zhou and I will soon be entering UCSD as a freshman molecular biology major. The seeding of my interest in biotechnology began when I first observed my transformed plate of fluorescing bacteria under a black light. A silly seed, I know, but having been able to see an actual result of one of my experiments first hand was something quite thrilling. This single seed grew as my knowledge of the causes and effects of diseases expanded, which made biology seem more dynamic, disgusting, and like it was begging to be changed. I guess that is where I stand today-on an open field full of possibilities to reverse such diseases. | ||
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<h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Sam Zorn</h4> | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Sam Zorn</h4> | ||
Although am still a senior at Abraham Lincoln High School, I am an active participant on the iGEM team. Lab work has been my passion for the last few years of my life. When I was picked for the iGEM team, I was ecstatic. Since that day I have been committed to working as hard as I could to make our project successful. iGEM has given me a real world career experience that has helped me decide on my academic path. The field of synthetic biology has appealed to me greatly, and this summer that I spent at iGEM has more than fulfilled my expectations. I hope that my summer here will not only help me get into college, but also help kick start my career as a bench researcher.
When i'm neither working in the labs nor at school, I enjoy getting out and being active. My favorite sports are soccer, and parkour, although I also like to run track, swim, and spar in various martial arts. | Although am still a senior at Abraham Lincoln High School, I am an active participant on the iGEM team. Lab work has been my passion for the last few years of my life. When I was picked for the iGEM team, I was ecstatic. Since that day I have been committed to working as hard as I could to make our project successful. iGEM has given me a real world career experience that has helped me decide on my academic path. The field of synthetic biology has appealed to me greatly, and this summer that I spent at iGEM has more than fulfilled my expectations. I hope that my summer here will not only help me get into college, but also help kick start my career as a bench researcher.
When i'm neither working in the labs nor at school, I enjoy getting out and being active. My favorite sports are soccer, and parkour, although I also like to run track, swim, and spar in various martial arts. | ||
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===International Student=== | ===International Student=== | ||
<h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Min Lin</h4> | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Min Lin</h4> | ||
- | + | I'm Min Lin from China; I just got my Bachelor degree in Biological Science from Peking University. This is my second year in iGEM; I'm also in Peking University iGEM 2009 team. I think I've learned a lot in iGEM, and the knowledge will be really useful to me in the future. I like our project this year, because I feel that medicine is a very promising field for synthetic biology applications, although we are still at very first steps. I've been enjoying the nice environment and weather in San Francisco during the summer. And it is really an unforgettable experience to work in iGEM in the Cell Propulsion Lab. | |
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<h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Eric Wong</h4> | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Eric Wong</h4> | ||
- | Good Afternoon, my name is Eric Wong and i am a graduate of Abraham Lincoln High School class of 2009. I am current pursuing my education in CCSF hoping to transfer into the UC system with the intended major of Molecular Cell Development. I was apart of the iGem team last year and in the time span of 4 months i have learned so many various things from running Assays, Cloning, Troubleshooting and analyzing Experiments and Data. I enjoyed the experience so much so that i decided to come back this year as a mentor for this year's team. I view this and last years iGem experience as something more than just a competition, I has given me the necessary education experience to prepare me for this | + | Good Afternoon, my name is Eric Wong and i am a graduate of Abraham Lincoln High School class of 2009. I am current pursuing my education in CCSF hoping to transfer into the UC system with the intended major of Molecular Cell Development. I was apart of the iGem team last year and in the time span of 4 months i have learned so many various things from running Assays, Cloning, Troubleshooting and analyzing Experiments and Data. I enjoyed the experience so much so that i decided to come back this year as a mentor for this year's team. I view this and last years iGem experience as something more than just a competition, I has given me the necessary education experience to prepare me for this field of study and allow me to learn about different project from various teams.<br><br> |
- | ===UCSF iGEM Program | + | ===UCSF iGEM Program=== |
- | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Raquel Gomes</h4> | + | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Raquel Gomes</h4> |
+ | I run the UCSF iGEM program for the last three years. I really enjoy designing all the educational components of the Program but especially the 2-week bootcamp. I love teaching and having the iGEM students around all summer. I will miss all their craziness. | ||
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<h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">James Onuffer</h4> | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">James Onuffer</h4> | ||
This is my second year of involvement and the second year the Cell Propulsion Lab has hosted the team. It was quite an experience to set up the program this year, especially since this is a subject area that we had not begun working on in the Cell Propulsion Lab. The immune response to cancer is a challenging topic to take on (especially coupled with synthetic biology) and required an intensive two week bootcamp to teach the students basic concepts and endogenous systems/parts that they should be aware of. We challenged the students to come up with designs for synthetic cytotoxicity logic gates and increasing the cytotoxic response. It was quite rewarding to see them propose various devices during their team challenge and to see them take charge of getting them prioritized, made , and tested. Things did not always go smoothly, after all this goes with the territory. They had to learn to be organized, think on their feet, and be problem solvers.......quite a growth opportunity that I’m sure will stay with them for the rest of their lives. | This is my second year of involvement and the second year the Cell Propulsion Lab has hosted the team. It was quite an experience to set up the program this year, especially since this is a subject area that we had not begun working on in the Cell Propulsion Lab. The immune response to cancer is a challenging topic to take on (especially coupled with synthetic biology) and required an intensive two week bootcamp to teach the students basic concepts and endogenous systems/parts that they should be aware of. We challenged the students to come up with designs for synthetic cytotoxicity logic gates and increasing the cytotoxic response. It was quite rewarding to see them propose various devices during their team challenge and to see them take charge of getting them prioritized, made , and tested. Things did not always go smoothly, after all this goes with the territory. They had to learn to be organized, think on their feet, and be problem solvers.......quite a growth opportunity that I’m sure will stay with them for the rest of their lives. | ||
+ | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Wendell Lim</h4> | ||
+ | I have had a lab at UCSF for 15 years. The most rewarding thing is working with bright, open-minded young scientists and seeing them develop. Its great to see that most of the iGEM kids that we have worked with have continued to be excited about science and synthetic biology. | ||
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+ | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Jason Park</h4> | ||
+ | I am a 5th year MD/PhD student in the UCSF School of Medicine and the UCSF / UC Berkeley Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering. I'm originally from the Los Angeles area and went to college at MIT. I've been in the Cell Propulsion Lab for about two years and I am co-advised by Dr. Wendell Lim and Dr. Bruce Conklin. I became a buddy for iGEM because I thought it would be fun working with bright, motivated high school and undergraduate students for the summer and I knew I would get good experience learning to be a better mentor. (Also, I had been interested in participating in iGEM as an undergraduate at MIT but never ended up doing it!) The best thing about being part of iGEM this summer has been working with and teaching students - together going through the learning process of doing lab research with all of its ups and downs. | ||
<h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Chia-Yung Wu</h4> | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Chia-Yung Wu</h4> | ||
I am a transplant from MIT, where I participated in iGEM as a graduate advisor for the MIT team in 2008 and 2009. This summer, I joined the Lim/Cell Propulsion labs as a postdoc. It has been a great pleasure working with the UCSF team. | I am a transplant from MIT, where I participated in iGEM as a graduate advisor for the MIT team in 2008 and 2009. This summer, I joined the Lim/Cell Propulsion labs as a postdoc. It has been a great pleasure working with the UCSF team. | ||
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<h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Russell Gordley</h4> | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Russell Gordley</h4> | ||
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<h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Jesse Zalatan</h4> | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Jesse Zalatan</h4> | ||
- | I got started in science research with a summer internship after my junior year in high school and I was hooked! I majored in Biochemical Sciences at Harvard and went on to get my Ph.D. in Chemistry at Stanford, where I studied how enzymes speed up chemical reactions that are otherwise incredibly slow. My current research at UCSF is focused on cell signaling, where enzymes | + | I got started in science research with a summer internship after my junior year in high school and I was hooked! I majored in Biochemical Sciences at Harvard and went on to get my Ph.D. in Chemistry at Stanford, where I studied how enzymes speed up chemical reactions that are otherwise incredibly slow. My current research at UCSF is focused on cell signaling, where enzymes play an important role. I am trying to understand how signaling enzymes maintain specificity for the correct targets and avoid signaling mixups. Being introduced to science research in high school inspired me to pursue science in college and beyond, and I got involved with the iGEM team to help share that experience with new students. |
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+ | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Wilson Wong</h4> | ||
+ | My name is Wilson Wong and I am a postdoc at Wendell Lim's lab. I got my undergraduate degree in chemical engineering at UC Berkeley and graduate degree in chemical engineering at UCLA. I am currently working on applying synthetic biology to rewire human T-cell receptor signaling dynamics. I am interested in helping iGEM because I have always enjoy teaching and mentoring. My iGEM experience has been great. I am very happy with the progress they've made so far and I have a wonderful time working with them. | ||
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+ | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Krista McNally</h4> | ||
+ | I am an Associate Specialist at UCSF and handle the Tissue Culture needs for the Cell Propulsion Laboratory. Before coming to UCSF, I was a Research Associate at a Medical Device company performing immunohistochemisty, histology, and thermal imaging. This is the first time I’ve encountered the iGEM program, and it was a great experience to see these young people work so hard as a team to accomplish a meaningful project. During the course of the summer, I gave a lecture to the Team on Tissue Culture and relevant Biosafety concerns, trained some of the students individually to do tissue culture work, and assisted with their use of the Flow Cytometer. I was really impressed with their commitment and diligence during the summer, and enjoyed having so many upbeat and energetic people in the lab. | ||
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+ | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Silinda Neou</h4> | ||
+ | I majored in Biochemistry from Cal State East Bay and now work at UCSF in the Cell Propulsion Lab. I love scientific research and have been chasing a career in research ever since my first internship at a microbiology lab. This summer I got the pleasure of interacting with the iGEM students and watching their overall scientific development. They are a great bunch of kids. | ||
<h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Jared Toettcher</h4> | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Jared Toettcher</h4> | ||
+ | http://limlab.ucsf.edu/ | ||
- | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;"> | + | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Stacy Fang</h4> |
+ | http://limlab.ucsf.edu/ | ||
+ | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Samantha Liang</h4> | ||
+ | I’m currently a second-year graduate student at UCSF in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program, where I am a member of Zev Gartner’s lab. My research involves using chemical techniques to make protein therapeutics more specific and effective. During my undergrad, I majored in Bioengineering at UC Berkeley and worked in Chris Anderson’s lab for 3 years. At Berkeley, I was on the iGEM team in 2006 and loved it so much that I joined again in 2007. I think that iGEM is a unique opportunity for students to conduct research in a fun team context, and also gives them to skills to perform research independently in the future. Because of this, I wanted to stay involved in iGEM during grad school, and that’s why I’m a buddy for the awesome UCSF team this year! | ||
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===Instructors=== | ===Instructors=== | ||
'''Special thanks to the following instructors for the seminars you provided during our bootcamp!'''<br> | '''Special thanks to the following instructors for the seminars you provided during our bootcamp!'''<br> | ||
<h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Derek Wong</h4> | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Derek Wong</h4> | ||
+ | Taunton Lab<br> | ||
+ | http://cmp.ucsf.edu/faculty/pdb_show.html?id=taunton<br> | ||
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<h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Dan Hostetter</h4> | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Dan Hostetter</h4> | ||
+ | Craik Lab<br> | ||
+ | http://www.craiklab.ucsf.edu<br> | ||
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<h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">David Pincus</h4> | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">David Pincus</h4> | ||
- | + | El-Samad Lab<br> | |
- | + | http://biochemistry.ucsf.edu/labs/elsamad/people/people.html<br> | |
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+ | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Reid Williams</h4> | ||
+ | Lim Lab<br> | ||
+ | http://limlab.ucsf.edu/<br> | ||
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