Team:BostonU/Team
From 2014.igem.org
The Team |
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Alan PachecoAlan is a senior studying biomedical engineering at BU. He is interested in engineering new biological functions with the help of computational tools and wants to pursue a research career in synthetic biology. 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 and carrying out the multiplexing reactions for Project Chimera. |
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Katie LewisKatie 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. |
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Yash AgarwalYash is a sophomore studying biomedical engineering at BU. He is interested in the automation of synthetic biology and its practical applications. He is also interested in medicine and intends on eventually pursuing research in human physiology. Yash is a big TV nerd and loves to read. He is assembling and characterizing a library of fusion proteins for the Chimera Workflow. |
Mentors and Advisers |
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Evan AppletonTeam MentorEvan 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. |
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Traci HaddockTeam AdviserTraci 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 as a postdoctoral researcher. This is the third year Traci has been the team adviser for BU's iGEM team and fourth year as a BU Team Mentor. Outside of the lab, Traci enjoys traveling around New England and trying new restaurants in Boston with her BU colleagues. |
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