Template:Waterloo/app
// Define the `waterloo` module var waterloo = angular.module('waterloo', []);
// Define the `main` controller on the `waterloo` module waterloo.controller('main', function main($scope) {
$scope.host = "localhost:8000"
$scope.things = [
{
name: 'Waterloo',
snippet: 'Yaaaay Waterloo'
}, {
name: 'iGEM',
snippet: 'iGEM is awesome too!'
}, {
name: 'Prions',
snippet: 'Let\'s figure them out'
}
];
}) .controller('nav', function nav($scope){
$scope.clickety = false;
$scope.subnav = ""
$scope.hider = function(){
if ($scope.clickety == false){
$scope.subnav = "";
} else{
setTimeout(function(){$scope.subnav=""}, 5000)
}
}
})
.controller('protocols', function protocols($scope){
$scope.active =
$scope.test = "HELLO, WORLD"
$scope.testing = function(){
console.log('testing')
}})
.controller('team', function team($scope){
$scope.showLeads = {
lead : true,
notLead : true
}
$scope.showTeams = {
"Lab and Design" : true,
"Math Modelling" : true,
"Policy and Practices" : true,
"Business" : true
}
$scope.filterPeople = function() {
$scope.visiblePeople = $scope.team.filter(function (person) {
if (person.name == "Ayan Abukar") {return $scope.showLeads['lead'];}
if (person.lead) {
var lead = 'lead';
} else {
var lead = 'notLead'
}
return $scope.showTeams[person.subteam] && $scope.showLeads[lead];
});
$('.urinacircle').each(function() {
$(this).css({'height':$(this).width()+'px'});
});
}
$scope.team =
[ {
name: "Ayan Abukar",
subteam: "Business",
bio: "Ayan is our awesome project director :)",
image: "
",
lead: true,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Patricia Balbon",
subteam: "Policy and Practices",
bio: "So back to cats: I am still enjoying the fruits of following-through curiosity, as this year's Policy and Practices Lead. My subteam continues the work of safeguarding the continuity of responsible science and supervising our project's feasibility beyond the bench. Hopefully, somewhere, I was able to give back a fraction of what I experienced to new recruits and to the iGEM community. On behalf of all felines who cannot participate, I try to maximize the ability to collect knowledge and synthesize it into something potentially significant.",
image: "
",
lead: true,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Alicia Dubinski",
subteam: "Lab and Design",
bio: "This year, Alicia was one of the Lab and Design leads on the Waterloo iGEM team. She helped with the design of the project and the collaborations between the lab and math team, as well as financial matters in the lab. Alicia learned something new from every lab member and is truly honored to be one of the leads since she loves to teach and share her passion for synthetic biology. When Alicia isn’t in the lab she is usually reading scientific literature but if you catch her on a off day then she may be at the rink playing hockey.",
image: "
",
lead: true,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Patrick Diep",
subteam: "Lab and Design",
bio: "As one of the Lab and Design leads, Patrick helped design the project and the collaborations between the lab and policy team. Organizing the subteam’s many socials has given him the opportunity to really get to know many of the lab members and is genuinely proud of all the growth they’ve made since joining. When he isn’t in the iGEM lab, he can be seen safely biking full-speed in crowds of students trying to juggle commitments to another lab researching virus/therapeutic protein production, the Campus Response Team where he provides first-aid coverage for events, and other responsibilities he both (slightly) regrets accepting and (absolutely) loves having.",
image: "
",
lead: true,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Zoë Humphries",
subteam: "Math Modelling",
bio: "As the mathematical modelling lead this year, Zoë attended a lot of meetings. She loved being able to contribute to the collaboration within the team",
image: "
",
lead: true,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Austin Boucinha",
subteam: "Lab and Design",
bio: "Deep from the depths of the Quantum Nano Centre rises a jack-of-all-trades in nanotechnology. He nanodrops at the speed of light, has the slickest of skills with a pipette, and rumours say he has a presence that bestows luck upon the entire laboratory. Hey, I'm Austin! I'm a Nanotechnology Engineering student at the University of Waterloo who just started his fourth year of studies. I've been helping the lab and design team design and make our project's constructs. Outside of the lab, I'm best known for getting involved with the Engineering Society and other student initiatives around campus.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Andres Escobar",
subteam: "Lab and Design",
bio: "Second year Biochemistry student with the fiery passion for syn bio; cause I am “fuego”. While in school, I’ve been mainly working on making the Cup 1 and the Gal 1 constructs. In addition, I have conducted at least one of every type of experiment performed in the lab, minus flow cytometry, and helped in simple troubleshooting and designing of constructs. I hope to eventually work on flow cytometry and CRISPR-Cas9 with sensei Patrick and improve my designing skills from grandmaster Alicia. My spare time is filled with sports, eating sushi, reading and learning how to be a Peter Hoang.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Vincent Halim",
subteam: "Lab and Design",
bio: "iGEM provided the perfect opportunity to obtain valuable experience not found elsewhere, with its central theme of applying genetic engineering to solve real-world issues. As synthetic biology has always piqued my interest to explore the foundation of life from a genetic focus, it goes without saying what a unique experience it was to create constructs in theory and realizing it in the lab. Such opportunities include designing research plans to transform the system’s core mechanism into host cells and characterizing promoters with existing biobricks. Taking it further, I explored the system’s gene retention to ensure continuing effect on real-life application.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Peter Hoang",
subteam: "Lab and Design",
bio: "An honorary mention for Peter Hoang by Alicia and Patrick for his contributions to the social dynamic of the team and the effort he put into the experiments.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Gareth Holmes",
subteam: "Lab and Design",
bio: "I’m in my third year of chemical engineering and was part of Waterloo iGEM’s Lab and Design team. It was great being a part of such a high-energy team that is so excited, if not sometimes overly so, about synthetic biology. Although I had some experience before iGEM, I learned a lot about a myriad of topics and techniques related to the project. In addition to learning, iGEM afforded me the opportunity to teach, not only in the lab, but also when engaging high school students in synthetic biology at SHAD Valley.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Seneca Jackson Velling",
subteam: "Lab and Design",
bio: "As part of the more elusive cave-dwelling phylum involved with iGEM this year, my time is drawn between many extracurricular and team adventures. iGEM is really an invaluable experience and a great social atmosphere. The guiding hands of our glorious leaders and jovial work environment is an amazing part of being with this team. Skills include ingestion of vast amounts of coffee, a few work-ups, nanodrop measurements, and consuming copious cornucopias of comestibles. Beyond iGEM and Waterloo, I have a co-op at Harvard Wyss Institute and enjoy sailing, ski racing, and reading.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Natasha Poley",
subteam: "Lab and Design",
bio: "Natasha is a hard working, social justice based Waterloo student in Science and Business. She learned all about protocols such as PCR, digest, ligation, column purification, and others. She is president of Women in STEM while also working in the lab and balancing classes. She is one of a kind: a dedicated, ambitious, kind, and compassionate human being with a keen interest in biotechnology.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Samuel Pop",
subteam: "Lab and Design",
bio: "S. Pop is a peculiar species localized to the small area of B1 377E of Waterloo, Ontario. He surprisingly survives on a diet where coffee and rice krispies go in and biobrick constructs come out. The creature can also be identified by its characteristic lack of sleep. The bags under his eyes ever dropping, yet never matching his nanodrop skills. When he isn’t transforming into yeast, he’s transforming the lives of those around him. Since just like a PCR, everything comes full cycle. Even so, he uses what he learned from flow cytometry and just goes with the flow.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Emma Rapley",
subteam: "Lab and Design",
bio: "Emma is in her final year of biochemistry. One day, she got lost trying to find a bathroom and wandered into the iGEM lab, where she was hypnotized by the streak plates. Since then she’s been a double agent working to overthrow the biotechnology industry for the E. coli resistance forces. When Waterloo iGEM found out about her treachery, there was a high speed car chase with pipettes instead of guns. Then we gave her some antibiotics and she was fine. These days she loves reading, drawing, and hanging out with her pet rats.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Max Reed",
subteam: "Lab and Design",
bio: "I’m Max. I did a couple experiments, and some of them almost worked. I worked with making the constructs for our project, as opposed to testing them. I like the classics, and drama, and science, and also other things. I also enjoy curling up into a ball and pretending I am a tomato because I envy the simple life of such a careless fruit.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Cody Receno",
subteam: "Lab and Design",
bio: "As a reward for looking here Id like to drop some knowledge. Did you know that octopuses (octopi/octopode okay?) lose an arm in order to give birth then die shortly after? Talk about commitment right? I get really excited about synthetic biology because it makes biology so much more interesting in that the possibilities are endless and can make anything happen! Harnessing the power of life in order to create the best 3D printer the universe has to offer. If you ever meet me, ask me if I'm a tree.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Adrian Van Dyk",
subteam: "Lab and Design",
bio: "After being on the Policy and Practices team last year, I moved to the Lab team for this year where I gained important skills in designing experiments, wet-lab experiments, and troubleshooting. In moving from Policy and Practices to Lab I made sure to bring my policy experience with me and think about how my work within our lab would affect other labs and the public at large. Outside of iGEM, I enjoy camping, hiking and canoeing.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Marina Drygala",
subteam: "Math Modelling",
bio: "An honorary mention for Marina Drygala for her interest in synthetic biology and considerable knowledge about mathematical models.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Isaac Ellmen",
subteam: "Math Modelling",
bio: "This was Isaac’s second year on Waterloo’s iGEM team. iGEM was Isaac's first introduction to (synthetic) biology and he thinks it is absurdly cool. Isaac also enjoys coding, acting, math and crying over The Leafs.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Azoacha Forchech",
subteam: "Math Modelling",
bio: "Azoacha is on the Protein Aggregation subteam, researching and investigating the growth of protein aggregation and factors controlling it. This is her first year on iGEM team, and seeing how she hasn’t blown up the lab yet, it’s been a great year. She’s excited about having had the chance to get a lot of insight into the field of biotechnology and the advances being made in it, as well as the applications of data analysis and modelling in synthetic biology. You can usually find her in her comfy chair contemplating life and pugs, or in the iGEM office thinking about pugs. She loves lifting, crocheting, reading and the tiny, wrinkly creatures known as pugs.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Mumtahin Monzoor",
subteam: "Math Modelling",
bio: "Mumtahin is one of the members of Math Modeling team and is completing her third year of Science and Business degree with a specialization in Biotechnology. She has been involved with the Math Modelling team and contributed to the data analysis pertaining to a network research paper completed by the Policy and Practices team. Mumtahin has conducted hypothesis testings, linear regressions, and network analysis with team collaboration data of the various iGEM teams in 2015. The findings from her analysis has been used in the network research paper to find connections between social theories such as structural hole and social capital within the iGEM organization. Mumtahin is passionate about computational biology, coffee, reading, and going for runs.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Justin Ng",
subteam: "Math Modelling",
bio: "Justin was on the Stop Codon sub-team of Math Modelling this year and lent his knowledge to the Plasmid Loss sub-team. He helped research what happens when readthrough occurs. He has considerable knowledge and skills and hopes to learn how to apply them next year.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Hannah Sennik",
subteam: "Math Modelling",
bio: "Hannah is a Systems Design engineering student and is part of the Plasmid Loss sub-team in Math Modelling this year. She contributed to researching and exploring the effects of metabolic load presented by plasmids. This led to the characterization of an equation that models plasmid loss and the relationship between number of plasmid-free vs. plasmid-bearing cells. When she’s not working on iGEM, she is running, drawing, or most probably playing with LEGO.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Laura Vaughan",
subteam: "Math Modelling",
bio: "Laura is on the Mathematical Modeling team, with a research focus on protein aggregation and Hsp104 dynamics. Within these subteams, she helped write a tool to optimize stop codon placement given any open reading frame and any set of context effects. In addition to also facilitating remote communications as the team liaison, she contributed to the graphic design of Waterloo’s wiki, creating this year's project logo and various aesthetic elements.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Hamza Wajid",
subteam: "Math Modelling",
bio: "Hamza is a student in the Life Physics - Medical Physics Specialization program. Hamza is interested in the intersection of the fields of physics, biology and medicine. This has lead him to be interested in the mathematical modelling of biological systems. As a member of the math modelling team, he worked on the Stop codon and Plasmid loss mini projects.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false
},
{
name: "Emily Watson",
subteam: "Math Modelling",
bio: "Emily is an cynical student (4th year chemical engineering), but she’s enjoyed the refreshing challenge of her second year on Waterloo’s iGEM team. She provided administrative support for the Math team this summer. She would like to thank 'google.ca' for helping her with all the complicated biology words.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Joyce Zhang",
subteam: "Math Modelling",
bio: "I am a biomedical engineering major and am once again in Math Modelling for my second year with iGEM. I'm part of the Protein Aggregation subteam, investigating the growth of protein aggregation and factors controlling it. When I'm not working on iGEM, I like to eat and find the spots for the best food, as well as keeping up a pretense of adulting correctly.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Emma Gaffney",
subteam: "Policy and Practices",
bio: "I am in my last year of biochemistry, dabbling in psychology. My other interests involve plant-based food and obsessing over my pets (yes - I’m a crazy dog lady). Being part of the policies and practices sub-team allowed me to combine my two areas of study. One main project I was involved in was Shad Valley. Hosting synthetic biology workshops allowed for the introduction and expansion of synbio knowledge to individuals previously unaware. Increasing the number of individuals interested in synbio was one of the most exciting things that I accomplished this year. Another large project that I was part of networking.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Tony Kappen",
subteam: "Policy and Practices",
bio: "This is Tony's first year at iGem and he absolutely loved it. As a Nanotechnology Engineering student at Waterloo, Tony loves that iGem lets him get a peek at what's at the frontier of applications in biotechnology. On the team, he is helping to collect data from past iGem teams to help create the final networks paper. He is also helping to write articles to include in the UW iGem blog. In his free time, Tony loves going for a run, reading, and stressing about the things he may be forgetting to do.",
image: "
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lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Raisa Ladha",
subteam: "Policy and Practices",
bio: "This is Raisa’s first year on the iGEM team! As a member of the Policies and Practices sub team, Raisa is involved in gathering Networks data, contributing to our Codebook and Networks Paper, and editing the Open Science paper. As well, Raisa manages our social media accounts and blog. She is also an active contributor to our blog and posts several entries! Aside from iGEM, Raisa is an Executive Member of the uWaterloo Pre-Medicine Club and a Lead for the Applied Health Sciences Mentorship Program. She also works at the University of Waterloo’s Student Success Office as a Peer Success Coach!",
image: "
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lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Colin Pierce",
subteam: "Policy and Practices",
bio: "Colin is in his third year of science and business specializing in biotechnology and this is his first year on the Waterloo iGEM team. He has been working within the Policy & Practices team to draft a networking research paper to gain a greater understanding of how iGEM teams collaborate and how it correlates to their success. Colin has also dedicated work towards understanding the stakeholders of neurodegenerative diseases and synthetic biology by creating a PSA that caters towards important issues such as ethics, safety, security and social justice. In his spare time, Colin enjoys playing piano, and Photoshopping other iGEM members into embarrassing photos.",
image: "
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lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Tatiana Portelli-Graham",
subteam: "Policy and Practices",
bio: "",
image: "",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Jane Wang",
subteam: "Policy and Practices",
bio: "As part of the Policy and Practices team, I worked primarily on our iGEM collaboration networks project compiling collaboration data, researching social network theories, developing the codebook, and working on the paper. I also contributed to our public engagement efforts by writing blog posts for the Waterloo iGEM website and helping create a Public Service Announcement related to our project. In my spare time I like to sleep (!!!), hang out with friends, read, and pet big floofy cats.",
image: "
",
lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Melissa Prickaerts",
subteam: "Policy and Practices",
bio: "Although apprehensive at first, Melissa has grown to love her policy and practices family. When not on site at her co-op with Canadian Nuclear Labs, she could be found writing the networks paper and codebook, managing the team’s social media and website, or assessing the project in the context of human practices. Discovering the synthetic biology community and learning how this group continually and intentionally integrates policy and practices into scientific work, has been exciting to Melissa. If you are looking for Melissa, you can probably find her crocheting, or adding to her nail polish collection.",
image: "
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lead: false,
reveal: false,
},
{
name: "Bill Lin",
subteam: "Business",
bio: "Bill is currently a third year Biotechnology and Chartered Professional Accountancy student. He worked primarily on team budgeting, financial analysis, and reimbursements for the iGEM team in addition to serving as a liaison between the team and the university’s finance departments. In his spare time, he likes to listen to music, go on runs, and crush people in rap battles.",
image: "
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lead: false,
reveal: false,
}]
$scope.visiblePeople = $scope.team;
}) .controller('medals', function main($scope) { $scope.active=""; })
