Our Team

Gabriel Bonassi

Team Leader

Biochemistry

I organized literature reviews for intervention development, hosted meetings with academic stakeholders, helped create plasmid designs, applied for grants on behalf of the team to fundraise, and authored most of the code for the FSU iGEM 2022 Team Wiki.

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Daniel Zuniga

Associate Team Leader

Cell and Molecular Neuroscience

I helped the team develop a design solution and some laboratory protocols. To better understand our problem, I interviewed non-governmental and academic stakeholders. I also supervised team dynamics and ensured the competition requirements were met by their respective deadlines.

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Andrew Taylor

Design Team Leader

Biological Science

Designed several vectors and modified gene sequences for the expression of enzymes in our yeast, in addition to thoroughly consulting literature to formulate and justify our algal bloom solution.

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Elizabeth Moore

Build Team Leader

Biomedical Engineering

Ft. Lauderdale born, Tallahassee raised. As a Florida native, I’m passionate about combining my love for science with promoting the well-being of our wildlife. I was responsible for conducting and managing lab work for the team to help achieve our end goal of helping manatees.

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Tamia Edwards

Modeling Lead

Biomedical Engineering, w/Minor in Computer Science

As a member of the design team, I was involved in brainstorming ideas and solutions to the problem. As the modeling lead, I was tasked with developing a computational and physical model that characterizes the proposed implementation of this project.

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Jose Hurtado

Human Practices Lead

Finance

I reached out and formed relationships with stakeholders to further research and help shape the team’s design to best suit both expert opinion and the environment. I also helped shape the proposition by bringing it towards a real-life setting.

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Ben Arney

Entrepreneurship Lead

Commercial Entrepreneurship

I proposed and developed our business plan to endorse success in the world market. This involved communicating our value and potential as a company to consumer markets, building connections for future collaborations, and piecing together a comprehensive strategy for progressing the team’s ideals and endeavors.

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Nicole Blanchard

Build Team Member

Civil/Environmental Engineering

Since joining iGEM I have gained lab experience and developed leadership skills whilst collaborating with various individuals and teams. My passion for photography and storytelling has helped in uniting efforts to manage the Team’s social media and educational material.

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Isis Le-Tolbert

Build Team Member

Human Development and Family Sciences

I assisted with the preparation of gBlocks prior to performing the HiFi assembly such as resuspension, quantifying the concentrations of the gBlocks, and performing gel electrophoresis. I also developed interactive graphs containing curated data of modular and randomized promoter gene expression strengths for public access.

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Franklin Pacheco

Design Team Member

Biological Science

I developed a public BioRender file containing the SBOL glyphs. In addition, Using AirTable, I manufactured a database that includes all the previous work of past iGEM teams that have worked with projects related to algal blooms, eutrophication, and water quality.

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Sophia Berkwits

Build Team Member

Biochemistry

I developed protocols and carried out various experiments relating to the Cercosporin pathway. When I was build lead, I delegated tasks to other team members and oversaw the progress within the laboratory setting.

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Andrew Maran

Design Team Member

Biological Sciences

I spent time on both the Build and Design teams where I completed the task of making a swiss cheese model.

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