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Queen's

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. Stephanie will be majoring in Life Sciences and, inspired by the work of Dr. David Larson (UCSF), she hopes to ultimately study radiation oncology.

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
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: Professor
Research: Cell cycle genetics and molecular biology
Dr. Juliana Ramsay
Faculty: Engineering and Applied Science
Department: Chemical Engineering
Position: Professor
Research: Bioremediation, pollution treatment and fermentation
Members of the 2011 Queen's University iGEM Team.