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Team:TPHS SanDiego/Team
From 2013hs.igem.org
We are Team Berkeley, a cohesive unit of 7 undergraduates and 3 advisers. Earlier this year we planned a complex and risky project, given the short amount of time iGEM made available. We quickly learned each others strengths and weaknesses and developed standard systems of organizational management in order to synchronize our efforts for the many parallel tasks at hand. We created protocols, shared them with one another, and worked together on troubleshooting. Using google docs to keep up with the status of cloning projects, the results of assays, material logistics, or the final steps required to complete a project ensured that through the months of hard work, we fine-tuned our ability to work together. As a team, we have learned firsthand how the synthetic biology community relies on the goal-oriented cooperation of skilled individuals from very different backgrounds and with very different skill sets. Some of us have strong engineering backgrounds while others of us have strong biology backgrounds, but we all share a desire to build synthetic biological systems that solve human problems. We are proud of the project that we have created which we will present at the Jamboree together in October.
Jason Cham is a third year bioengineering student at UC Berkeley. He enjoys watching movies and playing basketball. He's looking forward to the Jamboree and as always, Go Bears!
Xin Xin Lin is a 4th year Bioengineering student at UC Berkeley. When not conducting research or attending classes, she enjoys drawing, crafting, and reading up on art and cake blogs.
Miriam McQuade is a third year Molecular and Cell Biology Major. She enjoys eating food and ballet. When she grows up, she believes she will be a doctor and hopefully one who travels. Her main goal in life is to have many children and ultimately be happy.
Jessica is currently a third-year Electrical Engineering and Computer Science student at UC Berkeley. What she enjoys most about iGEM is being able to work in a team atmosphere. When Jessica is not in class or sitting in front of a computer, she enjoys swimming, biking, running, and travelling. 
He just graduated UC Berkeley with a BioE major. He plans to attend graduate school in the fall. During his spare time he enjoys playing basketball, feeding squirrels, and making guacamole!
We are the Torrey Pines High School Synthetic Biology Team. We are intelligent students devoted to working with bacteria and expanding our synthetic biology knowledge. The group of us are deeply interested in the general study of synthetic biology and are always looking for ways to test our knowledge and strengthen it. We are always pushing our teammates to be better. We are honored to be competing in the 2013 iGEM High School Competition and are looking forward to June 17!
Our team consists of the following people:
Advisors and Mentors:
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Brinn Belyea |
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Saed Younis |
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Spencer Scott
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John DeFriel
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Dan Jacobsen
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Students:
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Hope Chen Inventory Team |
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Brian (Sun-Myung) Choi Lab Tech and Reporter |
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Brandon Read Fund Seeker |
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Naim Kassira Inventory Team, Fund Seeker and Reporter |
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Gha Young Lee Inventory Team, Lab Tech and Setup Team |
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Michael Margolis Inventory Team, Lab Tech and Reporter |
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Nicki Nikkhoy Supervisor, Fund Seeker and Setup Team |
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Mokhshan Ramachandran Lab Tech and Webmaster |
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Tareq Younis Fund Seeker, Lab Tech and Setup Team |
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Minh Tran |
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Cindy Yang Inventory Team, Setup Team |
