Team:UCSF/Our summer experience

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Selecting/Development of the iGEM team:High School teacher Mr.Cachianes hand selected seven students from his second year biotechnology class for the iGEM team.
Pre-meetings:Starting early April, Mr.Cachianes and his seven students met with UCSF's iGEM coordinators to start the pre-project and learn more about synthetic biology and cell motility.
Bootcamp: For two weeks, the iGEM team met everyday for four hour lectures on the mechanisms of cell motility, and discussed scientific papers.
Brainstorming: At the end of bootcamp, the iGEM team got divided into three separate teams to brainstorm
Execution

Alex Smith
Allen Cai
Cathy Liu
Edna Miao: IGEM has forced me outside my comfort zone many times and consequently has taught me better public speaking and critical thinking skills, on top of new lab techniques of course.
Ethan Chan: This experience has brought me closer to my peers and gave me critical lab experience that not many High School students get!
Eric Wong
Hansi Liu
Jackie Tam
Katja Kolar
Ryan Quan
Ryan Liang

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 == '''Summer Curriculum''' ==
-* [[Selecting/Development of the iGEM team]]
+* [[Selecting/Development of the iGEM team]]:High School teacher Mr.Cachianes hand selected seven students from his second year biotechnology class for the iGEM team.
-* [[Pre-meetings]]
+* [[Pre-meetings]]:Starting early April, Mr.Cachianes and his seven students met with UCSF's iGEM coordinators to start the pre-project and learn more about synthetic biology and cell motility.
-* [[Bootcamp]]
+* [[Bootcamp]]: For two weeks, the iGEM team met everyday for four hour lectures on the mechanisms of cell motility,  and discussed scientific papers.
-* [[Brainstorming]]
+* [[Brainstorming]]: At the end of bootcamp, the iGEM team got divided into three separate teams to brainstorm
 * [[Execution]]