The 'Bucha Bunch

• Alexandra Alario
Major: Neuroscience. Year: Sophomore. Why I joined IGEM: The opportunities for research are endless and incredibly diverse! It is hard to believe all of the things that engineered bacteria are capable of. Hobbies: I’m on the UT fencing team and I play clarinet in the UT Symphony Band. Favorite song: I Constantly Thank God For Esteban- Panic at the Disco. Pizza: Cheese. As much as possible.
• Katelyn Corley
Biology Major/Spanish Minor
I decided to join the iGEM team due to its combining microbiology and synthetic biology. Microbiology has been my favorite course here at UT and synthetic biology has been an interest of mine since the first time I saw the famous picture of the glowing pig in my textbook. I was excited for the possibilities that the iGEM team could hold for me.
Hobbies: running, exercise, cooking, reading
Favorite Song: Beast of Burden by the Rolling Stones
Perfect Pizza: Give me cheese, give me sauce, give me a nice hand-tossed crust, and then put all the meat in your possession on top
• Sofia Chinea
Major: Human Biology
Year: Senior
Why I Joined the iGem team: Interest in Mentoring and Genetic labs
Hobbies: Play saxophone in the UT Pep Band
Favorite Song: "Welcome to the Black Parade" My Chemical Romance
Perfect Pizza: Hawaiian Pizza
• Erum Dhanji
• Daniel Garza
• Stratton Georgoulis
Major: Biochemistry
Year: Sophomore
Why I joined the iGem team: Joining the team gave me an exciting opportunity to work on real-world problems using synthetic biology even though I just finished the first year of my undergraduate education.
Hobbies: Reading, listening to and playing music, camping and hiking
Favorite song: Summer Teeth by Wilco
Perfect pizza: Mushroom, sausage, and onion with extra garlic
• Matthew Hooper
Major: Neuroscience
Year: Second Year
Why iGEM: Over the past few years I've come to truly recognize my passion for biological research and iGEM provides a unique outlet for collaboration between undergraduates, graduate students, and experienced instructors to produce meaningful research that lays an incredible foundation for a future in science.
Hobbies: Studying languages, Reading, Playing games, Watching netflix
Favorite Song: Someone Like You by Adele
Perfect Pizza: Pineapple and Jalapeno
• Saamiha Kenkare
Major: Neuroscience
Year: Sophomore
Why I Joined iGEM: Interest in synthetic biology and its real world applications
Hobbies: Reading, piano
Song: Twinkle Twinkle
Perfect Pizza: Pepperoni
• Grace Texana Long
Major: Chemical Engineering and Environmental Science
Year: Junior
Why you decided to join the iGem team: I think that cellular engineering is the key to our remediation of the environment. I'm incredibly interested in this field and thought it was too good to be true that there was a team at UT devoted to it. I applied and here I am now, gaining invaluable experience.
your hobbies outside of lab: I sometimes create sculptures out of wire, I like to be outside, I like playing with my dog, and I religiously go to Disney World whenever I can.
favorite song: Bohemian Rhapsody
your perfect pizza: feta, artichoke hearts, spinach, mushrooms, black olives
• Zachary Martinez
Biology
Second
I think synthetic biology is a versatile field and I believe that it will play a key role in furthering the development of mankind.I also like doing cool things.
My hobbies include playing and watching sports, playing video games, reading, watching movies and watching my experiments fail.
Favorite song- Neon Moon by Brooks & Dunn
Perfect Pizza- Pepperoni, Cheese, Olives and Garlic
• Jenna McGuffey
Major: Neuroscience
Year: Sophomore
Why iGEM: Synthetic biology is both fascinating and inspiring. There are infinite options of where to go with projects and what to genetically engineer, helping society one microbe at a time.
Hobbies: Rugby, Photorealistic Art, Volleyball
Favorite Song: Perdón by Camila
Perfect Pizza: Everything on it
• Ian Overman
Major: Biochemistry
Year: 2nd Year
iGEM Team: I decided to join the iGEM team because I was very interested in the research the lab was doing, and thought it would be nice to compete against other teams.
Hobbies outside of lab: Outside of lab I enjoy running and training for long distance races. Besides running I really like sleeping or napping in my hammock.
Favorite song: Starman by David Bowie
Perfect Pizza: Pepperoni, mushroom, and feta cheese.
• Prachi Shah
Major- Biochemistry
Year-Sophomore
Why iGem- Synthetic biology has so many interesting possibilities that I've gotten to learn about and explore.
Hobbies- I'm on a bollywood fusion dance team!
Favorite song- The ABC Songs (jk I'll think of something better and change it later)
Perfect pizza- Pineapple, jalapenos, and red peppers
• Laura Shub
Major: Biochemistry and Computer Science
Year: Sophomore
Why iGem:
Hobbies:
Favorite Song:
Perfect Pizza: Margherita pizza all the way
• Riya Sreenivasan
• Baltazar Zuniga

Primary PI

• Professor Jeffrey Barrick, PhD

Secondary PI

• Professor Dennis Mishler, PhD

Advisors

• Aziz Al'Khafaji
• Dacia Leon
• Sean Leonard

Inspiration

You can look at what other teams did to get some inspiration!
Here are a few examples:

• METU Turkey
• Colombia
• Stony Brook
• OUC-China

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