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Team:MCIT Indianapolis/meettheteam
From 2013hs.igem.org
Meet the 2013 MCIT Catalytic Chimeras!
The Catalytic Chimeras are comprised of eleven brilliant high school seniors with interests from beaches to biology to brains. All of them are students in the Biomedical Innovations program at McKenzie Center for Innovation and Technology.
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Members
Meredith Gentry
Meredith is a senior at Lawrence North High School and plans on attending Indiana University this upcoming fall to study biology and neuroscience. She decided to participate in the iGEM competition because synthetic biology and cancer research are both interesting to her, which is the goal of our project. When she isn't behind her books, she enjoys being behind a soccer ball playing soccer for her high school team. She also enjoys swimming and spending time with friends.
Emma Goldstein
Emma is a senior at Lawrence North High School and is attending Indiana University in the fall to study biology and then attend medical school. Her interest stemmed from the interest in tying the synthetic biology to the medical world as well as the ability to work as a group to help develop an idea and conduct research. Most of her free time is spent working, but she also enjoys spending time with family and friends, reading a good book, or having an excellent cat nap.
Grace Hershberger
Grace is a senior at Lawrence North High School and is going to Ball State University this fall to study nursing medicine with an emphasis in pediatric oncology. She decided to join the iGEM team because she likes the idea of working on a team and the fact that this team is focusing on cancer research. She likes wakeboarding, hanging out with friends, and listening to One Direction on repeat!
Samuel Higgins
Piper Inglis
Piper, 18, is attending the University of Southern Mississippi, to study Biological Sciences, where she may attend dental school. Joining the team meant working with people with similar interests which she thoroughly enjoys. She also believes it is a great experience to manipulate and change DNA. Her favorite science fiction show is The Magic School Bus, "Bus do your stuff!"
Tyler Knox
Tyler Knox, 18, born in Wurzburg, Germany is attending Indiana University to study International Business and Finances. He loves how the team promotes leadership skills. He enjoys working out and partaking in community service. Jurassic Park is his favorite science fiction movie.
Molly Petrous
Molly Petrous, 18, is attending Wright State University in the fall. She plans to enroll in the nursing program and become a Pediatric Nurse. Molly loves the concept of working as a team and having collaborative ideas to potentially develop a product that may detect cancer. In her spare time, she enjoys drawing and doing artsy crafts, along with her Irish Dance which she has participated in for 9 years. Her favorite science quote is, "Most books now say our sun is a star. But it still knows how to change back into a sun in the daytime."
