Team
We are the Taipei American School iGEM team, Taiwan's first high school team. Our team consists of 28 dedicated members, 15 of whom will be attending the jamboree in Boston. This is our third year participating in the iGEM competition, and we look forward to continuing for years to come!
Members
To see team member attributions, click here (leads to attributions page).
Fiona Tsai
Huiru Huang
Moksha Shah
Avery Wang
Changsun Lee
Dennis Jang
Alvin Wang
Megan Yang
Austin Lai
Zach Verne
Angela Lu
Stephanie Cheng
Justin Yang
Catherine Yeh
Yvonne Wei
Kevin Liao
Hansen Tai
Aaron Cheng
Jason Hsu
Hellen Jang
Christy Yao
Jubi Lin
Jacqueline Chien
Andrew Chen
Justin Chang
Charlene Chang
Leon Yim
Jude Clapper
Teresa Chiang
Sean Tsao
Richard Brundage
About Taipei American School
Taipei American School is a private independent school with an American-based curriculum located in Tianmu (T'ien-mu), Shilin District (Shih-lin), Taipei City. Most graduates of TAS go on to attend colleges and universities in United States, although some choose to attend schools in other countries. TAS strives to stay ahead of the curve in STEAM education. An important aspect of STEAM education is the 'E': Engineering. Our iGEM team represents the application of engineering beyond robotics.
About The Lab
We work in the Sandy R. Puckett Memorial Research Lab, which was completely renovated in 2013 to provide a research laboratory for on-campus student research in synthetic biology and nanotechnology. It is fully equipped with lab tools for research for the iGEM competition. The students have the opportunity to be creative and exploratory in many areas of scientific research at TAS.
Synthetic Biology
The fusion between biological research and engineering has culminated in the creation of synthetic biology. This interdisciplinary area was facilitated by the recent advances in technology, allowing humans to actually design and construct biological devices as if they were machinery. However, the advent of synthetic biology has raised concerns with biosafety and biosecurity, which is why iGEM places such importance on "safety".
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