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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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+ | <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=== | ||
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===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> | ||
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<h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Wendell Lim</h4> | <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. | 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> | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Jason Park</h4> | ||
- | I am a | + | 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> | ||
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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. |
<h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Wilson Wong</h4> | <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. | ||
<h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Krista McNally</h4> | <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. | ||
<h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Silinda Neou</h4> | <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;">Samantha Liang</h4><br><br> | + | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Stacy Fang</h4> |
+ | http://limlab.ucsf.edu/ | ||
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+ | <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> | ||
<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> | ||
<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> | ||
<h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Reid Williams</h4> | <h4 style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">Reid Williams</h4> | ||
- | + | Lim Lab<br> | |
- | + | http://limlab.ucsf.edu/<br> | |
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