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<p> <b> <center>  Cecilia (Chae Hyun) Lee </center> </b> </b>
 
<p> <b> <center>  Cecilia (Chae Hyun) Lee </center> </b> </b>
 
<p><b>Role in iGEM: </b> Team leader of East Chapel Hill iGEM</p>
 
<p><b>Role in iGEM: </b> Team leader of East Chapel Hill iGEM</p>
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<p>Grade: Junior</p>
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<p><b>Grade: </b>Junior</p>
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<p>Why iGEM?: Being able to participate in cutting-edge synthetic biology to approach global problems with a team was never something I could turn down </p>
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<p></b>Why iGEM?: Being able to participate in cutting-edge synthetic biology to approach global problems with a team was never something I could turn down </b></p>
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<p>Favorite experience in the 2017 iGEM season: Late-night video calls with the team, selling concessions at football games to fundraise</p>
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<p><b>Favorite experience in the 2017 iGEM season:</b> Late-night video calls with the team, selling concessions at football games to fundraise</p>
  
  
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<p> <b> <center> Ananth Murthy </center> </b> </b>
 
<p> <b> <center> Ananth Murthy </center> </b> </b>
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<p>Role in iGEM: Team Member of East Chapel Hill iGEM</p>
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<p><b>Role in iGEM:</b> Team Member of East Chapel Hill iGEM</p>
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<p> Fun Fact: Only sophomore on the team </p>
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<p> <b>Fun Fact: </b>Only sophomore on the team </p>
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<p>Grade: Sophomore</p>
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<p><b>Grade: </b>Sophomore</p>
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<p>Why iGEM?: Learning about synthetic biology, new and upcoming scientific fields, and competing with friends is something I couldn’t resist. </p>
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<p><b>Why iGEM?:</b> Learning about synthetic biology, new and upcoming scientific fields, and competing with friends is something I couldn’t resist. </p>
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<p>Favorite experience in the 2017 iGEM season: Going to the lab and working in the summer, selling concessions at UNC football games to fundraise, and late-night video calls with the team.</p>
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<p><b>Favorite experience in the 2017 iGEM season: </b>Going to the lab and working in the summer, selling concessions at UNC football games to fundraise, and late-night video calls with the team.</p>
 
<p> Nickname: Spicy Curry </p>
 
<p> Nickname: Spicy Curry </p>
  
  
 
<p> <b> <center> Lindsey Yan</center> </b> </b>
 
<p> <b> <center> Lindsey Yan</center> </b> </b>
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<p>Role in iGEM: Team Member of East Chapel Hill iGEM</p>
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<p><b>Role in iGEM:</b> Team Member of East Chapel Hill iGEM</p>
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<p>Grade: Junior</p>
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<p><b>Grade: Junior</b></p>
 
<p>Why iGEM?:  iGEM expands students’ knowledge in the field synthetic biology and furthers the lab skills they learned in school.  </p>
 
<p>Why iGEM?:  iGEM expands students’ knowledge in the field synthetic biology and furthers the lab skills they learned in school.  </p>
 
<p>Favorite experience in the 2017 iGEM season: The weekly meetings during the summer where we would perform lab experiments and learn about different lab techniques. </p>
 
<p>Favorite experience in the 2017 iGEM season: The weekly meetings during the summer where we would perform lab experiments and learn about different lab techniques. </p>
  
 
<p> <b> <center>Karlie Tong</center> </bold> </b>
 
<p> <b> <center>Karlie Tong</center> </bold> </b>
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<p>Role in iGEM: Team Member of East Chapel Hill iGEM</p>
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<p><b>Role in iGEM: </b>Team Member of East Chapel Hill iGEM</p>
 
<p>Grade: Senior</p>
 
<p>Grade: Senior</p>
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<p>Why iGEM?: iGEM goes beyond the classroom setting of simply stating global problems. It challenges people to come up with solutions, to engage in synthetic biology, and to work as a team.  </p>
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<p><b>Why iGEM?:</b> iGEM goes beyond the classroom setting of simply stating global problems. It challenges people to come up with solutions, to engage in synthetic biology, and to work as a team.  </p>
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<p>Favorite experience in the 2017 iGEM season: Doing bake sales door-to-door. Members were sweaty from walking and shifts were long, but we all grew closer because we shared the common goal to compete in iGEM. </p>
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<p><b>Favorite experience in the 2017 iGEM season: </b>Doing bake sales door-to-door. Members were sweaty from walking and shifts were long, but we all grew closer because we shared the common goal to compete in iGEM. </p>
  
  

Revision as of 01:32, 18 October 2017

East Chapel Hill Highschool iGem

Team Description:

The ECHHS iGEM team is made up of eight high schoolers from East Chapel Hill High School. Our team is composed of eager and science-loving 10th, 11th, and 12th graders. Through iGEM, we have been able to apply our passions for the sciences in a professional lab setting. With the assistance and support of our advisors, we have conducted research at the genetic research lab of UNC-Chapel Hill over the past year.

Team Members:

Cecilia (Chae Hyun) Lee

Role in iGEM: Team leader of East Chapel Hill iGEM

Grade: Junior

Why iGEM?: Being able to participate in cutting-edge synthetic biology to approach global problems with a team was never something I could turn down

Favorite experience in the 2017 iGEM season: Late-night video calls with the team, selling concessions at football games to fundraise

Maddie Lorie

Ananth Murthy

Role in iGEM: Team Member of East Chapel Hill iGEM

Fun Fact: Only sophomore on the team

Grade: Sophomore

Why iGEM?: Learning about synthetic biology, new and upcoming scientific fields, and competing with friends is something I couldn’t resist.

Favorite experience in the 2017 iGEM season: Going to the lab and working in the summer, selling concessions at UNC football games to fundraise, and late-night video calls with the team.

Nickname: Spicy Curry

Lindsey Yan

Role in iGEM: Team Member of East Chapel Hill iGEM

Grade: Junior

Why iGEM?: iGEM expands students’ knowledge in the field synthetic biology and furthers the lab skills they learned in school.

Favorite experience in the 2017 iGEM season: The weekly meetings during the summer where we would perform lab experiments and learn about different lab techniques.

Karlie Tong

Role in iGEM: Team Member of East Chapel Hill iGEM

Grade: Senior

Why iGEM?: iGEM goes beyond the classroom setting of simply stating global problems. It challenges people to come up with solutions, to engage in synthetic biology, and to work as a team.

Favorite experience in the 2017 iGEM season: Doing bake sales door-to-door. Members were sweaty from walking and shifts were long, but we all grew closer because we shared the common goal to compete in iGEM.

Amy Westerhoff

Role in iGEM: Team Member of East Chapel Hill iGEM

Grade: Senior

Why iGEM?: I joined iGEM to be a part of a unique global community that focuses on improving widespread issues using innovation and scientific discovery.

Favorite experience in the 2017 iGEM season: Filming an educational “Tasty-inspired” video to teach viewers about serial dilutions.

Nancy Liu

Role in iGEM: Team Member of East Chapel Hill iGEM

Grade: Senior

Why iGEM?: I found it fascinating that there was a club out there that could not only come up with real life solutions, but could help change society for the better. I’ve always been fond of science and being able to work at a University Lab was a good experience.

Favorite experience in the 2017 iGEM season: Going weekly to the Kuhlman Lab to help conduct labs and research.

Abia Ahmed

Role in iGEM: Team Member of East Chapel Hill iGEM

Grade: Junior



Instructor:

Dr. Joseph Harrison



Advisors:

Mr. William Vincent

Ms. Patricia Berge

Bo Zhao

Minnie Langlois

Siyu Wang