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From 2013hs.igem.org

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Students

Alec Adams
Alec doesn't see science as work: it's fun! His favorite activities include taking long walks on the beach (to test water quaility) and reading a good research paper by the glow of bioluminescent bacteria. Alec Adams, being the knock out mouse king and all, is simply put, an awesome scientist. His home high school is Blue Valley West and when the afternoon rolls around he heads to the Center for Advance Professional Studies. He does not enjoy anything else, but science. Alec is deeply intrigued with the application of biological processes to human health and studies epigenetics, regenerative medicines, and genetically modified organisms. He is willing to sacrifice sleep to listen to lectures, understand complicated processes, and protein structures all at the molecular level of biology. He is a dedicated lifeguard and works most of the time at summer. When he doesn’t work, he listens to music, writes poetry, or expands upon his understanding of biology by looking up proteins and their functions, for fun of course.
Corinne Andersen
Corinne Andresen decided to explore a long-standing interest in genetics when she joined CAPS in 2012. She participated at the ASMB conference in 2012 and 2013 and spent the summer of 2012 studying E. coli genetics at Missouri Western State University under Dr. Todd Eckdahl. When she’s not doing science or studying to prepare for a career in biomedical engineering, she enjoys running ridiculously long distances and playing a ridiculously large instrument.
Muriel Eaton
Muriel fell in love with science through Science Olympiad. When not doing science, Muriel is thinking about science, but she also enjoys tearing up the floor with her expert DDR moves, dressing up her cat, and reading of the marvels of chaperone proteins.
Dylan Geick
Dylan graduated Blue Valley West this May, but is more than willing to spend his summer doing science. He plans to attend Baker University as a pre-med major in the fall. His time is spent driving his cherry red Mustang to his numerous tennis meets, which frequently wins. Anyone can tell by his taste in Nike shoes that he is a very classy man. Dylan has been working on cancerous islet cells as a side project. It was his initial idea to pursue a biofuel project for iGEM.
Austin Jacobson
Dedicated, creative, and diverse, Austin is a major asset to our team. He is proficient in the lab and equally comfortable with computers. This proud, part-time homeschooler listens to Queen by day, Usher by night, with some T-Swift every now and then due to his inner Kansan (classical is reserved for homework time, of course).
Amy McClain
Amy McClain is a student at Blue Valley High School and the Center for Advanced Professional Studies. She has always found an interest in learning the molecular aspects of life as well as life at the macro level. Throughout high school, Amy performs on the Blue Valley dance team at band competitions, dance competitions, school assemblies, and spring shows. She also participates in the Blue Valley track and field where she competes in pole vault and sprints. Outside of school activities, Amy continues her dancing through a competitive dance company, and she twirls with another competitive team. She enjoys spending time with friends and being active outside in the sun.
Mason Wilkinson
Mason is the protein modeling expert of the group. He gained interest in modeling after creating a model of the G protein Transducin for the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology conference in Boston in 2013. He is an avid thespian, a gamer, and a metal-head. He spends more time on Reddit than he cares to admit, but not to worry! All of that procrastination is negated by the sheer amount of coffee that he drinks. "All the world's a stage, and all the cells merely players. They have their exits and their entrances,and one protein in its time plays many parts."

Mentors

Eric Kessler
Mr. Kessler teaches ecological and molecular biology at CAPS.
Joseph Whalen
Mr. Whalen teaches Bioscience Research and Foundations of Medicine at CAPS.
Kelly Tuel
Mrs. Tuel is an anatomy student that mentors at CAPS. She specializes in halobacteria.
Aron Fenton
Dr. Fenton researches cyanobacteria at the University of Kansas Medical Center.