Team:British Columbia/Team

UBC iGEM 2021

TEAM

Our Team

TEAM MEMBERS

Emilia Chen
Emilia is a 5th year Computer Science and Microbiology & Immunology student. She is fascinated by the intersection of biological and computational science, and joined iGEM to further explore these fields in multidisciplinary research.

Emilia Chen

Executive Director

Janella Schwab
Janella is a 4th year Applied Animal Biology student. First joining iGEM as a high schooler in Peru, she became fascinated with how synbio could narrow the gap between natural and manmade systems. She hopes to inspire this same enthusiasm for bioengineering in others.

Janella Schwab

Internal Director

Ariel
Ariel is a 5th year Physiology student. Through iGEM, she learned the transformative power of synthetic biology to solve modern issues, and enjoyed engaging with the public through scientific outreach.

Ariel Qi

External Director

Madina Kagieva
Madina is a biology graduate, currently working as a Research Assistant at the UBC School of Biomedical Engineering. She is passionate about novel genetic engineering techniques and the ethics underlying their usage and implementation.

Madina Kagieva

Wet-Lab Lead

Ryan Hong
Ryan is a 4th year Microbiology & Immunology student. His research interests focus on how genetic differences can predispose individuals to disease. He joined iGEM due to his interest in synbio and the collective team environment.

Ryan Hong

Wet-Lab Lead

Morris Huang
Morris is a 5th year Microbiology & Immunology student. He joined iGEM due to his interests in the medical and biotechnology applications of synthetic biology.

Morris Huang

Wet-Lab Lead

Taylor Reilly

Taylor Reilly

Wet-Lab Lead

Kimia Rostin
Kimia is a 3rd year Computer Science and Microbiology & Immunology student. She joined iGEM for opportunities to apply cutting-edge synbio research in ways that strive to solve real-world issues.

Kimia Rostin

Dry-Lab & Wiki Lead

Sam Hahn

Sam Hahn

Math Model Lead

Sarah Ng
Sarah is a 4th year Computer Science and Microbiology & Immunology student. She joined iGEM due to her interest in genetic mechanisms and their ability to provide innovative solutions to biomedical and environmental problems.

Sarah Ng

Graphic Design Lead

Parneet Sekhon

Parneet Sekhon

Human Practices Lead

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Paarsa is a 5th year Biology student. She joined iGEM for the chance to collaborate with students from many different disciplines, which allows her to learn and discuss diverse approaches to research.

Paarsa Salman

Marketing Lead

Raveena Gowda
Raveena is a 4th year Biology and Psychology student. She joined iGEM due to her passion and interest in applying knowledge from the field of medical genetics to treat human illnesses using synthetic biology techniques.

Raveena Gowda

Wet-Lab Member

Brenda Ma
Brenda is a 3rd year Biochemistry and Forensic Science student. She enjoys learning about how genetic engineering techniques in synthetic biology merge concepts from various scientific displines in order to provide innovative solutions to problems.

Brenda Ma

Wet-Lab Member

Ali Murtaza
Ali is a 5th year Biology student. His research interests vary from developmental to synthetic biology. He is particularly interested in the dynamics of signalling pathways that govern early developmental processes.

Ali Murtaza

Wet-Lab Member

Myles Osenton
Myles is a 2nd year Biochemistry and Chemistry student. His interests include quantum chemistry, particle physics, and cosmological modelling. He joined iGEM for biochemistry experience, and the chance to work alongside a great team of people!

Myles Osenton

Wet-Lab Member

Michaela Samanta

Michaela Samanta

Wet-Lab Member

Livia Vieira
Livia is a 4th year Biology student. She joined iGEM to meet incredible people in the same field, gain lab experience, and to put her knowledge and passion for synthetic biology into practice.

Livia Vieira

Wet-Lab Member

Meriwether Morris
Meri is a 3rd year Behavioural Neuroscience student. She joined iGEM due to her interests in synthetic biology applications for human health.

Meriwether Morris

Graphic Design Member

Umar Ali
Umar is a 3rd year Biomedical Engineering student. He joined iGEM due to his interest in making meaningful contributions to synthetic biology through software and math.

Umar Ali

Dry-Lab Member

Patrick Lee
Patrick is a 3rd year Computational Intelligence & Design student. He joined iGEM since he is really passionate about technology and finding ways to harness it to better lives!

Patrick Lee

Dry-Lab Member

George Tang
George is a 4th year Biomedical Engineering and Psychology student. He joined iGEM as a way to explore diverse biological sciences fields and learn how to incorporate them into his engineering disciplines.

George Tang

Dry-Lab Member

Ben Walker
Ben is a 4th year Computer Science student. He joined iGEM because of his interest in learning about, and interfacing with, biological systems using technology.

Ben Walker

Dry-Lab Member

ADVISORS

Sibyl Drissler
Sibyl is a Master of Science student in Cell and Developmental Biology. She is interested in similarities between liver cancers and liver development, with a particular focus on intercellular communication.

Sibyl Drissler

Dry-Lab

Evan Gibbard
Evan is a graduate student at the Medical Genetics program. He is fascinated by the complexity of genetic circuits underlying life. His current research investigates how changes in molecular pathways can lead to ovarian cancer.

Evan Gibbard

Wet-Lab

Samuel King
Samuel is a 5th year Biology student with experience in cell biology and molecular engineering. He joined iGEM because he was deeply intrigued by the potential of genetic technologies, and wanted to try his hand at synbio.

Samuel King

Wet-Lab

Athanasios Kritharis

Athanasios Kritharis

Wet-Lab

Kieran Maheden

Kieran Maheden

Wet-Lab

Rodrigo Vallejos

Rodrigo Vallejos

Wet-Lab

Daniel McClement

Daniel McClement

Finance

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS

Dr. Steven Hallam
Dr. Steven Hallam is a professor with the Microbiology and Immunology department at the University of British Columbia. He is also the director of the Ecosystem Services, Commercialization Platforms and Entrepreneurship (ECOSCOPE) program.

Dr. Steven Hallam

Dr. David Oliver
Dr. David Oliver is an instructor in the department of Microbiology and Immunology at UBC. He delivers innovative course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs). He is also the Coordinator of the Biotechnology program.

Dr. David Oliver