Team:Lethbridge HS/Team
Students
Nimaya De Silva
BHsc 2022, Biomedical sciences
Hello! My name is Nimaya De Silva, and I am 18 years old. I just graduated from Winston Churchill High School. Starting this fall, I will be entering the biomedical sciences program at the University of Calgary. This is now my third year of iGEM. I joined iGEM to gain more experience in the lab, and to venture more into the world of biology. But I have also found myself working on human practices, and coding the wiki which has been very enjoyable! I hope to continue my experiences in iGEM in post secondary as well! Besides iGEM, I love to read anything and everything to do with dystopia and Harry Potter and love to recreate pop songs on the piano!
Mina Akbary
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Dewuni De Silva
Grade 11
Heyyy! My name is Dewuni De Silva and this is my first year of iGEM! I am sixteen years old and I am in grade 11 at Winston Churchill High School. I originally joined iGEM to learn more about synthetic biology, as well as to gain experience in the lab. I have found myself enjoying many aspects of iGEM such as coding and wet lab. After high school I hope to continue learning about science and biology in post secondary. Aside from this I love listening to anything Disney and eating chocolate! :))
Rebecca Avileli
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Nic Parra
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Michelle Wu
Grade 11
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Aidan Sander
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Aroma Pageni
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Mark Lea
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Emily Huynh
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Alice Zhang
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Andy Sun
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Karen He
grade 12
Hi, my name is Karen! I’m in grade 12 at Chinook High School. I joined iGEM because science is my favourite. I love how we learn so many different things in iGEM—biochemistry, Human Practices, and more. Other than science, I love cats and music.
Wade Zhang
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Logan Black
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Tyler Black
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Advisors
Sydnee Calhoun
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Chris Isaac
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Erin Kelly
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Luke Saville
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Kristi Turton
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Dr. Laura Keffer-Wilkes
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Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden
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Originally from Germany I moved to Canada in 2005 to start a research group on the structure and function of the bacterial protein synthesis machinery, a cellular process targeted by over 50% of the known antibiotics. I am intrigued by the molecular design and function of this essential bio-nanomachine. I try to unravel the underlying design principles in order to enable the rational design and engineering of novel bio-nanomachines. I am essentially asking the question if such novel bio-machines can be constructed from simple and fundamental principles or are these assemblies just to complex. Well and that’s why it was extremely easy to rope me into doing iGEM.
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