The Team

Info about the Team

Undergrads

Matt Baron

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Matthew Farnitano

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Cameron Kim

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Hyun Soo Kim

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Ashley Reid

Ashley is a rising sophomore from Charlotte, North Carolina majoring in Biomedical Engineering and minoring in Chemistry. As a part of Duke's iGEM team for 2013, I am eager to learn and work with the team to contribute to the exciting project we have in store for this year.

Janan Zhu

Janan is a sophomore from New York, New York majoring in Biophysics and Mathematics. He hopes to work in a field that applies quantitative approaches in understanding biology and is excited to be part of iGEM as a way to explore these interests.

Grad Students

Charlie Cooper

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Instructors

Nicolas Buchler, Ph. D.

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Website: [http://buchler.phy.duke.edu// Lab Page]

The Buchler Lab is interested in the systems biology and evolution of epigenetic switches (bistability) and clocks (oscillators) in gene regulatory networks, two functions that are essential for proper patterning, cell proliferation, and cellular differentiation in biological systems.

Charles A. Gersbach, Ph. D.

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Website: [http://gersbach.bme.duke.edu/ Lab Page]