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Team



The Team

Alan Pacheco
Alan is a senior studying biomedical engineering at BU. In his free time he enjoys learning new languages, playing the piano, and eating tasty food around Boston. Alan is currently creating new destination vectors for Project Chimera's new constructs.

contact: pachecoa@bu.edu
Katie Lewis
Katie is a sophomore studying biomedical engineering at BU. She enjoys playing basketball, writing, and traveling. Her favorite foods are Fajitas and Hainanese Chicken Rice. Katie is working on the design and characterization of tandem promoters as part of the Chimera Project.

contact: kmlewis@bu.edu
Yash Agarwal
Yash is a sophomore studying biomedical engineering at BU. He is interested in synthetic biology and how it can to a very large extent be automated. He is also interested in medicine and intends on eventually pursuing research in human physiology. Yash is a giant TV nerd and loves to read, and he enjoys Indian and Italian food. Yash is assembling and characterizing Fusion Proteins for the Chimera Project.

contact: yash1214@bu.edu

Advisers and Mentors

Evan Appleton
Team Mentor
Evan is a graduate research assistant in the Densmore laboratory at Boston University. Evan received a BS in Biomedical Engineering and MS in Bioinformatics at BU ('10,'12) and is currently a PhD candidate in the Bioinformatics program. He is the primary mentor for the team this summer. In his free time, he enjoys boxing, basketball, live music and traveling.

contact: eapple@bu.edu
Traci Haddock
Team Adviser
Traci is the executive director of the Center of Synthetic Biology at Boston University. Traci received her PhD in Molecular Biology with a concentration in Microbiology from the University of Rhode Island in December of 2010 and joined the Densmore lab in January of 2011. This is the third year Traci has been the team adviser for BU's iGEM team. Outside of the lab, Traci enjoys traveling around New England and trying new restaurants in Boston with her BU colleagues.

contact: thaddock@bu.edu







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