Team:Wash U/Team



Team
The first ever Washington University iGEM team is composed of ten undergraduate juniors and seniors majoring in Biology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering. They are advised by faculty members Robert Blankenship, Yinjie Tang, and Chris Kirmaier, as well as a group of graduate students and postdocs who make this all possible!

Students
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Faculty
 Lucille P. Markey Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences. Departments of Biology and Chemistry.

Dr. Robert Blankenship

 Assistant Professor in Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering

Dr. Yinjie Tang

 Research Faculty Member in the Department of Chemistry

Dr. Chris Kirmaier

University


Washington University in St. Louis is a nonsectarian, private research university located in the St. Louis area in Missouri. Founded in 1853 and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than one hundred and twenty five nations. Twenty-two Nobel laureates have been associated with Washington University, nine doing the major part of their pioneering research at the university. Washington University is made up of seven graduate and undergraduate schools that encompass a broad range of academic fields.