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2nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Mini-Jamboree
July 22nd, 2016
UMaryland iGEM founded the first Mid-Atlantic Meet-up and hosted four other teams: UVA, William and Mary, Duke, and Rock Ridge High School. Each team gave a 25 minute presentation of their project followed by a Q&A with the audience. We were also fortunate enough to have Special Agent Edward You of the FBI and UMD Professor Raymond St. Leger as guest speakers.
Speakers
Dr. Ganesh Sriram
Dr. Ganesh Sriram is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and an Affiliate Faculty Member in the Bioengineering and Plant Biology graduate programs at UMD. He has earned his B.S. and M.S degrees in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, and received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Iowa State University. His current research pertains to metabolic engineering and systems biology, especially of eukaryotes.1
2. Bio from https://www.autodeskresearch.com/people/eli-groban