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The Advisors

Marc “MC.AMMER” Ammerlaan has been an iGEM advisor for 4 years. When Marc isn’t watching Van Persie’s 2014 World Cup header over and over again he teaches Introduction to Biology Lab, Introduction to Microbiology Lab and Genetics at the University of Michigan. Marc has been essential in boosting the team's confidence when our project and experiment hit a brick wall. He is also known to comfort our team members with pizza when we are spending late nights working on the wiki.
Spirit Animal: Lion

Anuj Kumar is a team advisor and faculty member in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology here at Michigan where he has become a yeast guru. Known across campus for his Genetics course, Anuj is a die hard Detroit Tigers Fan and uses his old tickets as wallpaper for his office. After years of working on cellular processes in yeast, our team members can attest he is quite the FUN-GUY.

Our team’s medaled veteran, Mike Ferguson is a walking encyclopedia of iGEM knowledge and wisdom. When searching for the protocol for a double digest, one has to look no further than Mike for the correct procedure. One look in his eyes, and you know the correct amounts of enzyme, DNA, buffer, meat stick, and water. When all hope is lost, he will venture to the deepest and darkest places of the Undergraduate Science Building to help you find gels, dyes, enzymes, plates… and courage… as long as you don’t make a mess. His interests lay in the magical realm of regenerative medicine, but he always finds time to help those in need of basic molecular biology techniques. Mike, we salute you.
Spirit animal: Jack Link’s Sasquatch

Josh “Satan” Abramson: As a veteran of the Michigan lab team for somewhere between 4 and 40 years Josh has moved on to become an adviser. Controversial debater at heart, he is known for engaging the religious leaders that troll the University of Michigan campus. Outside of iGEM, he enjoys tree climbing, playing pranks on his professors, and computer games.
Spirit Animal: Neanderthal

Send Kaitlyn an email to get all of this info

The Students

Our fearless president, Drew “Ginger Boy” Dunham is a Senior studying Microbiology in the DiRita Lab at Michigan. His disability of being a ginger does nothing to hold him back. Instead he uses it as motivation to guide our harrowing expeditions, learn html from scratch, and collaborate with teams around the globe. As president, he is truly “the one ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all, and, in the darkness, bind them.”
Spirit Animal: Teddy Bear

The Sam to Drew’s Frodo, our vice-president Raoul "Moosehunter" Martin is an artist in the realm of structural biology and protein purification. Working to uncover the designs of proteins in order to better understand structure/function relationship, this “Moosehunter” is a true interdisciplinary researcher spanning the realms of physics, chemistry, and biology.
Spirit animal: Moose

One of the rare veterans, Jonah "Bloopers" Sementkowski’s cloning expertise proved very beneficial when training new members and throughout the summer. Jonah is our team’s CFO/treasurer and keeps all his treasurer business under a rainbow. A Cell Molecular Biology major, Jonah plans on attending a Masters in Public Health program in the Fall.
Spirit Animal: House cat

Cristina Castillo speaks in a sinuous and sultry tongue about her latest cloning experiment. Rather like a snake charmer, the group is hypnotized by her tales of ribosomal binding sites, constitutive promoters, and pGEM ligations. A former student at Arizona State University, she was sometimes accused of being a spy for the enemy until she quickly proved her valor and loyalty to Team Michigan. One of the team members most likely to be transforming bacteria until 1 AM, and then returning to the lab at 8 AM, she represents the dedication of the Michigan spirit. She also known for her awesome unlimited meal plan (which she shares) and great Spanish homework assistance. Currently in a joint Bachelors-Master’s Biomedical Engineering and Molecular and Cellular Biology program, she hopes to eventually go on to medical school after graduation.
Spirit Animal: Penguin

A biomedical engineer at heart, Michael not only models biological systems, but calculates his meager amounts of sleep to balance course load, iGEM, independent research, and beard grooming. Grooming his beard to perfection is not all he does, as he can load an agarose gel without spilling a single drop of DNA. Never without a stick of Orbitz gum for the weary at heart, our modeling guru is always prepared for whatever the journey holds.
Spirit Animal: Lynx

Christine Hathaway, a member of the most awesome lab group, was sure to be found in the lab at all hours of the day. Christine is also known for her Thai heritage, and we are certain she was a most adorable half-baby. Christine is a materials science engineer who would one day like get her PhD and continue doing amazing research.
Spirit Animal: Walrus

Davie has played a key role in both the modeling and lab teams. When he isn’t stressing over grad school apps, Dave is sure to be found cloning and planning how to do experiments to get modeling data. Dave is yet another musically gifted team member who introduced the lab team to Wilco. When Dave isn’t busy gloating about how great he is, he often fails to remember to submit his image links to the wiki, leaving Drew, Jenn, Raoul and Cristina to do his work for him.
Spirit Animal: Ravi

Jenn "JK" Knister worked on cloning and modeling. Another member of “Group Awesome,” she was sure to be in lab when she wasn’t working two research jobs over the summer. She is a proud ultimate frisbee bum and Senior in the joint CMB/Biomedical Engineering degree program at Michigan. Jenn’s uncanny determination will likely lead her to start her own biotech company, possibly named JenTeK
Spirit Animal: Wolf

Chris Parker played a key role on the modeling team. When he isn’t singing for the glee club, fixing random computers around campus, or making the team delicious homemade bread, he is found building cell compartment models using differential equations to models secretions rates of OsmY. Chris is an Chemical Engineering aspiring to be a doctor.
Spirit Animal: Dog

Jessica Johnson is a mystical ginger who faithfully attends the meetings. Not only is she involved in the magical world of synthetic biology but she paints houses, plays the saxaphone, has a love for insects, and is pursuing a BS in Biomedical Engineering. She hopes to either go to medical school or become a biomedical engineer. Either way, she’s kicking (slamming?) butt and making a difference in the world. You go girl!
Spirit Animal: Komodo Dragon

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-<p style="width:400px;position:absolute;top:1410px;right:265px;width=400px">Anuj Kumar is a team advisor and faculty member in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology here at Michigan where he has become a yeast guru. Known across campus for his Genetics course, Anuj is a die hard Detroit Tigers Fan and uses his old tickets as wallpaper for his office. After years of working on cellular processes in yeast, our team members can attest he is quite the FUN-GUY.
+<p style="width:400px;position:absolute;top:1410px;right:265px;width=400px">Josh “Satan” Abramson: As a veteran of the Michigan lab team for somewhere between 4 and 40 years Josh has moved on to become an adviser. Controversial debater at heart, he is known for engaging the religious leaders that troll the University of Michigan campus. Outside of iGEM, he enjoys tree climbing, playing pranks on his professors, and computer games. </br>
+Spirit Animal: Neanderthal
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-<p style="width:400px;position:absolute;top:1720px;left:300px;width=400px">Our team’s medaled veteran, Mike Ferguson is a walking encyclopedia of iGEM knowledge and wisdom. When searching for the protocol for a double digest, one has to look no further than Mike for the correct procedure. One look in his eyes, and you know the correct amounts of enzyme, DNA, buffer, meat stick, and water. When all hope is lost, he will venture to the deepest and darkest places of the Undergraduate Science Building to help you find gels, dyes, enzymes, plates… and courage… as long as you don’t make a mess. His interests lay in the magical realm of regenerative medicine, but he always finds time to help those in need of basic molecular biology techniques. Mike, we salute you.</br>
+<p style="width:400px;position:absolute;top:1720px;left:300px;width=400px">Send Kaitlyn an email to get all of this info
-Spirit animal: Jack Link’s Sasquatch
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-<p style="width:400px;position:absolute;top:2275px;right:265px;width=400px">Anuj Kumar is a team advisor and faculty member in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology here at Michigan where he has become a yeast guru. Known across campus for his Genetics course, Anuj is a die hard Detroit Tigers Fan and uses his old tickets as wallpaper for his office. After years of working on cellular processes in yeast, our team members can attest he is quite the FUN-GUY.
+<p style="width:400px;position:absolute;top:2275px;right:265px;width=400px">Our fearless president, Drew “Ginger Boy” Dunham is a Senior studying Microbiology in the DiRita Lab at Michigan. His disability of being a ginger does nothing to hold him back. Instead he uses it as motivation to guide our harrowing expeditions, learn html from scratch, and collaborate with teams around the globe. As president, he is truly “the one ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all, and, in the darkness, bind them.” </br>
+Spirit Animal: Teddy Bear
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-<!-- Left, Kaitlyn 1720-->
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-<p style="width:400px;position:absolute;top:2585px;left:300px;width=400px">Our team’s medaled veteran, Mike Ferguson is a walking encyclopedia of iGEM knowledge and wisdom. When searching for the protocol for a double digest, one has to look no further than Mike for the correct procedure. One look in his eyes, and you know the correct amounts of enzyme, DNA, buffer, meat stick, and water. When all hope is lost, he will venture to the deepest and darkest places of the Undergraduate Science Building to help you find gels, dyes, enzymes, plates… and courage… as long as you don’t make a mess. His interests lay in the magical realm of regenerative medicine, but he always finds time to help those in need of basic molecular biology techniques. Mike, we salute you.</br>
+<p style="width:400px;position:absolute;top:2585px;left:300px;width=400px">The Sam to Drew’s Frodo, our vice-president Raoul "Moosehunter" Martin is an artist in the realm of structural biology and protein purification. Working to uncover the designs of proteins in order to better understand structure/function relationship, this “Moosehunter” is a true interdisciplinary researcher spanning the realms of physics, chemistry, and biology.</br>
-Spirit animal: Jack Link’s Sasquatch
+Spirit animal: Moose
+</div>
+<!-- Right, Jonah 2895-->
+<div>
+<img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/3/39/Mchammer.jpg" style="position:absolute;right:10px;top:2895px;right:10px;height:300px;width:237px">
+<p style="width:400px;position:absolute;top:2895px;right:265px;width=400px">
+One of the rare veterans, Jonah "Bloopers" Sementkowski’s cloning expertise proved very beneficial when training new members and throughout the summer.  Jonah is our team’s CFO/treasurer and keeps all his treasurer business under a rainbow. A Cell Molecular Biology major, Jonah plans on attending a Masters in Public Health program in the Fall. </br>
+Spirit Animal: House cat
+</div>
+<!-- Left, Cristina 3205-->
+<div>
+<img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/3/39/Mchammer.jpg" style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:3205px;height:300px;width:237px">
+<p style="width:400px;position:absolute;top:3205px;left:300px;width=400px">Cristina Castillo speaks in a sinuous and sultry tongue about her latest cloning experiment. Rather like a snake charmer, the group is hypnotized by her tales of ribosomal binding sites, constitutive promoters, and pGEM ligations. A former student at Arizona State University, she was sometimes accused of being a spy for the enemy until she quickly proved her valor and loyalty to Team Michigan. One of the team members most likely to be transforming bacteria until 1 AM, and then returning to the lab at 8 AM, she represents the dedication of the Michigan spirit. She also known for her awesome unlimited meal plan (which she shares) and great Spanish homework assistance. Currently in a joint Bachelors-Master’s Biomedical Engineering and Molecular and Cellular Biology program, she hopes to eventually go on to medical school after graduation. </br>
+Spirit Animal: Penguin
+</div>
+<!-- Right, Koby 3515-->
+<div>
+<img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/3/39/Mchammer.jpg" style="position:absolute;right:10px;top:3515px;right:10px;height:300px;width:237px">
+<p style="width:400px;position:absolute;top:3515px;right:265px;width=400px">
+A biomedical engineer at heart, Michael not only models biological systems, but calculates his meager amounts of sleep to balance course load, iGEM, independent research, and beard grooming. Grooming his beard to perfection is not all he does, as he can load an agarose gel without spilling a single drop of DNA. Never without a stick of Orbitz gum for the weary at heart, our modeling guru is always prepared for whatever the journey holds. </br>
+Spirit Animal: Lynx
+</div>
+<!-- Left, Christine 3825-->
+<div>
+<img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/3/39/Mchammer.jpg" style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:3825px;height:300px;width:237px">
+<p style="width:400px;position:absolute;top:3825px;left:300px;width=400px">Christine Hathaway, a member of the most awesome lab group, was sure to be found in the lab at all hours of the day.  Christine is also known for her Thai heritage, and we are certain she was a most adorable half-baby.  Christine is a materials science engineer who would one day like get her PhD and continue doing amazing research. </br>
+Spirit Animal: Walrus
+</div>
+<!-- Right, Daviepoo 4135-->
+<div>
+<img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/3/39/Mchammer.jpg" style="position:absolute;right:10px;top:4135px;right:10px;height:300px;width:237px">
+<p style="width:400px;position:absolute;top:4135px;right:265px;width=400px">
+Davie has played a key role in both the modeling and lab teams.  When he isn’t stressing over grad school apps, Dave is sure to be found cloning and planning how to do experiments to get modeling data.  Dave is yet another musically gifted team member who introduced the lab team to Wilco.  When Dave isn’t busy gloating about how great he is, he often fails to remember to submit his image links to the wiki, leaving Drew, Jenn, Raoul and Cristina to do his work for him. </br>
+Spirit Animal: Ravi
+</div>
+<!-- Left, Jenn 4445-->
+<div>
+<img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/3/39/Mchammer.jpg" style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:4445px;height:300px;width:237px">
+<p style="width:400px;position:absolute;top:4445px;left:300px;width=400px"> Jenn "JK" Knister worked on cloning and modeling. Another member of “Group Awesome,” she was sure to be in lab when she wasn’t working two research jobs over the summer.  She is a proud ultimate frisbee bum and Senior in the joint CMB/Biomedical Engineering degree program at Michigan.  Jenn’s uncanny determination will likely lead her to start her own biotech company, possibly named JenTeK </br>
+Spirit Animal: Wolf
+</div>
+<!-- Right, Chris 4755-->
+<div>
+<img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/3/39/Mchammer.jpg" style="position:absolute;right:10px;top:4755px;right:10px;height:300px;width:237px">
+<p style="width:400px;position:absolute;top:4755px;right:265px;width=400px">
+Chris Parker played a key role on the modeling team. When he isn’t singing for the glee club, fixing random computers around campus, or making the team delicious homemade bread, he is found building cell compartment models using differential equations to models secretions rates of OsmY. Chris is an Chemical Engineering aspiring to be a doctor. </br>
+Spirit Animal: Dog
+</div>
+<!-- Left, Jessica 5065-->
+<div>
+<img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/3/39/Mchammer.jpg" style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:5065px;height:300px;width:237px">
+<p style="width:400px;position:absolute;top:5065px;left:300px;width=400px"> Jessica Johnson is a mystical ginger who faithfully attends the meetings. Not only is she involved in the magical world of synthetic biology but she paints houses, plays the saxaphone, has a love for insects, and is pursuing a BS in Biomedical Engineering. She hopes to either go to medical school or become a biomedical engineer. Either way, she’s kicking (slamming?) butt  and making a difference in the world. You go girl!  </br>
+Spirit Animal: Komodo Dragon
 </div>