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Meet the members of the 2016 Pittsburgh team!

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Students

Claire Chu

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Maya Lemmon-Kishi

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Aife Ni Chochlain

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Praneeth Peddada

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Maddie Perdoncin

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Advisors and Mentors

Dr. Alex Deiters

Alex is a member of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, the Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology Program at the University of Pittsburgh, the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Pittsburgh, and the Center for Nucleic Acids Science & Technology at Carnegie Mellon University. He has published over one hundred peer-reviewed papers, written five book chapters and 11 review articles, has presented over one hundred research seminars, and has consulted for several pharmaceutical companies.

For his research accomplishments, Alex received a Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Award from the March of Dimes Foundation, a Sigma Xi Research Faculty Award, a Cottrell Scholar Award, a Beckman Young Investigator Award, a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, a Teva USA Scholars Grant from the American Chemical Society, a Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, an American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Explorations Grant, an NCSU Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award, and a Charles E. Kaufman Foundation New Initiative Research Award.

Dr. Alex Deiters
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Dr. Jason Lohmueller

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Dr. Natasa Miskov-Zivanov

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Dr. Cheryl Telmer

The goal of our research is to build biosensors for live-cell imaging. Methods that use light to visualize protein localization and interactions can be used to investigate the dynamics of cell structure and function. Another part of my research effort is directed towards a project named Big Mechanisms in Cancer where the goal of the program is to develop technologies for automated reading of scientific literature and development of causal, explanatory models of signaling pathways in cancer.

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Dr. Lisa Antoszewski

Dr. Lisa Antoszewski is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Developmental Biology at the University of Pittsburgh. Using zebrafish as a model organism, her primary research interest is in kidney development. More specifically, she is interested in identifying novel genes responsible for renal progenitor cell maintenance. She is serving as a laboratory mentor for the 2016 iGEM team.

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Dr. Samuel Dickerson

Dr. Samuel Dickerson is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. His research interests are in the design and modeling of nanoscale circuits and systems. Currently, he is investigating the use of electrokinetic techniques to sort, separate and analyze cells.

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Welcome to Pittsburgh!

Quick Facts

Nickname: The Steel City

Dialect: Pittsburghese

Sports: Stillers, Pens, and Bucs (that’s Steelers, Penguins, and Pirates to you)

Bridges: 446. Our lab is right next to the Hot Metal Bridge

Neighborhoods: 90

Population: 305,704 yinzers

Food: Primanti’s sandwiches, pierogies, Heinz ketchup

Lab Adventures

Penguins Stanley Cup Parade

The Penguins are the 2016 Stanley Cup Champions! The city celebrated with a parade, and we walked “dahntahn” along to avoid traffic and take part in the festivities. The real attraction was a real live penguin, courtesy of the PPG Aquarium. The cup was nice, too.

Other Pittsburgh Happenings

OpenStreets PGH

BikePGH encouraged the city to get out and move this summer by closing off three miles of streets for bikers, walkers, joggers, and skaters.

Picklesburgh

Heinz sells more than ketchup--it sells pickles, too! Pickles were the star of the show on the Rachel Carson Bridge for the weekend of Picklesburgh. Some special finds included pickle egg rolls, pickle funnel cakes, and pickle merchandise.