Student Members
Adrian McNeely Adrian is a biochemist. He enjoys long walks on the beach, red wine, and successful PCRs.
Tony He Tony is a life scientist, who performs "magic tricks" to turn things on paper into living things. He enjoys the outdoors and various sports, and wishes to eventually become the magician of life and health.
Stephanie Zhou Stephanie Zhou's interest in Synthetic Biology began in 2008 with a research project on using GM models in cancer genetics and she is excited to work with QGEM this year. Stephanie will be majoring in Life Sciences and, inspired by the work of Dr. David Larson (UCSF), she hopes to ultimately study radiation oncology. In her spare time, Stephanie enjoys practicing piano, curling, and playing SC2.
Olivia Margie Olivia is a life scientist by day and breakdancer by night. As such she works by keeping the team fresh, in perspective and style
Alex Campbell Alex is an engineering chemist/biochemist who enjoys skiing, squash and cottaging. He recently acquired superpowers after being bitten by a radioactive nematode.
Allister Smith Allister is a biochemical engineer. Mr. Smith enjoys mountain biking, the continuous shooting mode on his camera and is responsible for all spelling mistakes on the Wiki.
David Dai David is a life scientist.
Sophie Gong Sophie is a life scientist. She enjoys kayaking, photography, and classical music. She acts as the team strongwoman, using her ability of beating up people several times her size.
Kevin Chen Kevin is a biochemist.
Kristina Collavino Kristina is a biochemical engineer.
Eni Rukaj Eni is a biomedical scientist. She enjoys primer design, afternoon Iced Capps from Timmies, and the thrilling feeling of being in the lab.
Faisal Bakhteyar Faisal is a biochemical engineer.
Faculty Advisors
Dr. Ian Chin-Sang
Faculty: Arts & Sciences
Department: Biology
Position: Associate Professor and CCS/NCIC Research Scientist
Research: Molecular Genetics of C. elegans Development
Dr. Peter Greer
Faculty: Health Sciences
Department: Biochemistry
Position: Professor of Biochemistry and Pathology & Molecular Medicine
Research: Cancer Signal Transduction
Dr. Kenton Ko
Faculty: Arts & Sciences
Department: Biology
Position: Professor
Research: Protein trafficking and functional proteomics
Dr. Paul Young
Faculty: Arts & Sciences
Department: Biology
Position: Associate Professor and CCS/NCIC Research Scientist
Research: Molecular Genetics of C. elegans Development
Dr. Juliana Ramsay
Faculty: Arts & Sciences
Department: Biology
Position: Associate Professor and CCS/NCIC Research Scientist
Research: Molecular Genetics of C. elegans Development
Members of the 2011 Queen's University iGEM Team.