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<h2> TJ Ciesla </h2> | <h2> TJ Ciesla </h2> | ||
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TJ is a Duke junior majoring in biomedical engineering with a certificate in genome science and policy from Tampa, FL. While not iGEMing, he dances on the Duke Raas team, plays the ukulele and optimizes his calorie to vegetable ratio. He likes his coffee black. | TJ is a Duke junior majoring in biomedical engineering with a certificate in genome science and policy from Tampa, FL. While not iGEMing, he dances on the Duke Raas team, plays the ukulele and optimizes his calorie to vegetable ratio. He likes his coffee black. | ||
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<h2> Matthew Farnitano </h2> | <h2> Matthew Farnitano </h2> | ||
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Matthew Farnitano is a junior at Duke University majoring in Biology with minors in chemistry and music. This is his second year as a member of Duke’s iGEM team. In addition to his lab life, Matt plays French horn with the Duke Wind Symphony, and has served as piano accompanist and pit orchestra member with Duke’s Hoof’n’horn musical theatre troupe. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and loves travelling, having visited 49 US states (and counting). He is spending the fall semester in South Africa studying wildlife ecology and conservation with the Organization for Tropical Studies. | Matthew Farnitano is a junior at Duke University majoring in Biology with minors in chemistry and music. This is his second year as a member of Duke’s iGEM team. In addition to his lab life, Matt plays French horn with the Duke Wind Symphony, and has served as piano accompanist and pit orchestra member with Duke’s Hoof’n’horn musical theatre troupe. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and loves travelling, having visited 49 US states (and counting). He is spending the fall semester in South Africa studying wildlife ecology and conservation with the Organization for Tropical Studies. | ||
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<h2> Matthew Faw </h2> | <h2> Matthew Faw </h2> | ||
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Matthew Faw still believes in Santa. Nobody ruin it for him. | Matthew Faw still believes in Santa. Nobody ruin it for him. | ||
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<h2> Delta Ghoshal </h2> | <h2> Delta Ghoshal </h2> | ||
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Delta's just a teensy bit of a hypocrite. Delta's just a teensy bit of a hypocrite. Delta's just a teensy bit of a hypocrite. | Delta's just a teensy bit of a hypocrite. Delta's just a teensy bit of a hypocrite. Delta's just a teensy bit of a hypocrite. | ||
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<h2> Mike Zhu </h2> | <h2> Mike Zhu </h2> | ||
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Mike is a junior studying Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science. Outside of iGEM, Mike conducts research with Dr. John Reif on DNA nanotechnology and is involved with the Chinese Dance team. He enjoys spending his free time cooking, eating, being Canadian, and falling asleep. | Mike is a junior studying Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science. Outside of iGEM, Mike conducts research with Dr. John Reif on DNA nanotechnology and is involved with the Chinese Dance team. He enjoys spending his free time cooking, eating, being Canadian, and falling asleep. | ||
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<h2> Garima Tomar </h2> | <h2> Garima Tomar </h2> | ||
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Garima is a senior at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. In her free time, she enjoys playing tennis, spending time with her sister, and learning cool things about math. She also dances, and is one of the captains of NCSSM Bhangra. Garima is really excited to be a part of the Duke iGEM team this year, as she is interested in both applying to Duke and majoring in biomedical engineering!</div> | Garima is a senior at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. In her free time, she enjoys playing tennis, spending time with her sister, and learning cool things about math. She also dances, and is one of the captains of NCSSM Bhangra. Garima is really excited to be a part of the Duke iGEM team this year, as she is interested in both applying to Duke and majoring in biomedical engineering!</div> | ||
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<h2> Charlie Cooper </h2> | <h2> Charlie Cooper </h2> | ||
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Charlie is a PhD candidate in Nick Buchler's lab. He is currently working on developing new tools to control biological processes. | Charlie is a PhD candidate in Nick Buchler's lab. He is currently working on developing new tools to control biological processes. | ||
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<h2> Dr. Nicolas Buchler </h2> | <h2> Dr. Nicolas Buchler </h2> | ||
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Nick really likes oscillators, such as the cell cycle, metabolic rhythms, circadian clocks, and synthetic oscillators. Folks in his lab use a combination of synthetic biology, time lapse microscopy, microfluidics, comparative genomics, mathematical modelling, and molecular genetics to understand biological oscillation. When he’s not in lab, he’s at home on 5 acres in the Duke forest with his family. The summer fireflies are very satisfying to watch.</div> | Nick really likes oscillators, such as the cell cycle, metabolic rhythms, circadian clocks, and synthetic oscillators. Folks in his lab use a combination of synthetic biology, time lapse microscopy, microfluidics, comparative genomics, mathematical modelling, and molecular genetics to understand biological oscillation. When he’s not in lab, he’s at home on 5 acres in the Duke forest with his family. The summer fireflies are very satisfying to watch.</div> | ||
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<div id="gersbach"><h2> Dr. Charlie Gersbach </h2> | <div id="gersbach"><h2> Dr. Charlie Gersbach </h2> | ||
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Dr. Charles A. Gersbach is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Genomic and Computational Biology at Duke University. He has research interests in gene therapy, regenerative medicine, biomolecular and cellular engineering, synthetic biology, and genomics. Dr. Gersbach received his Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University School of Medicine focusing on the genetic reprogramming of adult stem cells for musculoskeletal tissue regeneration. Dr. Gersbach completed his postdoctoral training at The Scripps Research Institute in molecular biology and biochemistry. Dr. Gersbach's laboratory at Duke University is focused on applying molecular and cellular engineering to applications in gene therapy, regenerative medicine, and basic science. Examples of technologies used in his research include genome engineering, protein engineering, directed evolution, genetic reprogramming, gene delivery, and optogenetics. | Dr. Charles A. Gersbach is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Genomic and Computational Biology at Duke University. He has research interests in gene therapy, regenerative medicine, biomolecular and cellular engineering, synthetic biology, and genomics. Dr. Gersbach received his Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University School of Medicine focusing on the genetic reprogramming of adult stem cells for musculoskeletal tissue regeneration. Dr. Gersbach completed his postdoctoral training at The Scripps Research Institute in molecular biology and biochemistry. Dr. Gersbach's laboratory at Duke University is focused on applying molecular and cellular engineering to applications in gene therapy, regenerative medicine, and basic science. Examples of technologies used in his research include genome engineering, protein engineering, directed evolution, genetic reprogramming, gene delivery, and optogenetics. | ||
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Revision as of 18:45, 31 July 2014
Team Duke
Click on our faces to learn more about us! Basically, the Duke iGEM team is pretty cool.Undergrads
TJ Ciesla
TJ is a Duke junior majoring in biomedical engineering with a certificate in genome science and policy from Tampa, FL. While not iGEMing, he dances on the Duke Raas team, plays the ukulele and optimizes his calorie to vegetable ratio. He likes his coffee black.
Matthew Farnitano
Matthew Farnitano is a junior at Duke University majoring in Biology with minors in chemistry and music. This is his second year as a member of Duke’s iGEM team. In addition to his lab life, Matt plays French horn with the Duke Wind Symphony, and has served as piano accompanist and pit orchestra member with Duke’s Hoof’n’horn musical theatre troupe. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and loves travelling, having visited 49 US states (and counting). He is spending the fall semester in South Africa studying wildlife ecology and conservation with the Organization for Tropical Studies.
Matthew Faw
Matthew Faw still believes in Santa. Nobody ruin it for him.
Delta Ghoshal
Delta's just a teensy bit of a hypocrite. Delta's just a teensy bit of a hypocrite. Delta's just a teensy bit of a hypocrite.
Mike Zhu
Mike is a junior studying Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science. Outside of iGEM, Mike conducts research with Dr. John Reif on DNA nanotechnology and is involved with the Chinese Dance team. He enjoys spending his free time cooking, eating, being Canadian, and falling asleep.
High School Students
Garima Tomar
Garima is a senior at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. In her free time, she enjoys playing tennis, spending time with her sister, and learning cool things about math. She also dances, and is one of the captains of NCSSM Bhangra. Garima is really excited to be a part of the Duke iGEM team this year, as she is interested in both applying to Duke and majoring in biomedical engineering!Graduate Students
Charlie Cooper
Charlie is a PhD candidate in Nick Buchler's lab. He is currently working on developing new tools to control biological processes.
Instructors
Dr. Nicolas Buchler
Nick really likes oscillators, such as the cell cycle, metabolic rhythms, circadian clocks, and synthetic oscillators. Folks in his lab use a combination of synthetic biology, time lapse microscopy, microfluidics, comparative genomics, mathematical modelling, and molecular genetics to understand biological oscillation. When he’s not in lab, he’s at home on 5 acres in the Duke forest with his family. The summer fireflies are very satisfying to watch.Dr. Charlie Gersbach
Dr. Charles A. Gersbach is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Genomic and Computational Biology at Duke University. He has research interests in gene therapy, regenerative medicine, biomolecular and cellular engineering, synthetic biology, and genomics. Dr. Gersbach received his Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University School of Medicine focusing on the genetic reprogramming of adult stem cells for musculoskeletal tissue regeneration. Dr. Gersbach completed his postdoctoral training at The Scripps Research Institute in molecular biology and biochemistry. Dr. Gersbach's laboratory at Duke University is focused on applying molecular and cellular engineering to applications in gene therapy, regenerative medicine, and basic science. Examples of technologies used in his research include genome engineering, protein engineering, directed evolution, genetic reprogramming, gene delivery, and optogenetics.
