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Emily Yang is a second year undergraduate, majoring in Quantitative Biology, at the University of Southern California. Her passion for applying the concepts of molecular biology learned in the classroom to impactful laboratory research propelled Emily to join the Hawaii iGEM team during her summer home in Hawaii. As part of the iGEM team, Emily has contributed to cloning the many constructs tested for VLP formation and managing the collaboration between the Hawaii iGEM team and team Dalhousie. The assets gained during her time with Hawaii’s iGEM team includes, but is not limited to, sequence analysis, expression of proteins, primer design, and optimizing protocols.

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Gina Watanabe is a 3rd year Biology undergraduate at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Gina’s interest in biology and computer science has led her to pursue research in the iGEM team this year. Through the iGEM project, Gina has assisted in characterizing the virus-like particles (VLPs) produced by the centromeric retrotransposable elements in Zea mays. Her involvement in the iGEM team has greatly captured her imagination and deepened her bioinformatic and wet lab abilities through the designing, cloning, and expression of fusion proteins, sequence analysis in bioinformatic software, and more.

Jonathan Tello is a 4th year undergraduate in the Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnology program at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Jonathan has an interest in pharmaceutical research and through his work with iGEM, has developed an even deeper passion laboratorial research. Through the iGEM project, Jonathan has learned a great deal about conducting research in an educational and professional environment. He has learned how to properly conduct many protocols, including the Polymerase Chain Reaction, DNA purification, bacterial transformation, DNA sequencing, and the use of a bioinformatics software called ‘Geneious’.

John Paul Banasihan is an undergraduate pre-medical major at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. John gained an interest in medicine through his employment as a Healthcare Specialist in the US Army Reserves, and gained further interest in research upon joining the UH iGEMs team. John’s involvement in the project has helped him and the iGEMs team characterize the Virus Like Particles (VLP) produced by the Zea Mays Gag protein and has given him invaluable lab experience such as bacterial induction, insoluble protein purification, operation of bioinformatics software, and more.

Shelby Roberson is a 5th year undergraduate pursuing a BS in Marine Biology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Shelby is currently a part of the iGEM team at UH Mānoa and is researching the assembly of virus-like-particles from a retrotransposon found in Zea mays. Through the iGEM project, Shelby has gained confidence in a lab setting as well as a toolbox of new skills from performing a variety of lab protocols. After graduation, Shelby hopes to begin a masters program at UH Mānoa.