Meet the CU Boulder iGEM team!
We are based at CU Boulder in Colorado, and have six team members and one undergraduate research team leader.
Group photo!
![](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2019/e/e4/T--CU-Boulder--groupPhoto.jpg)
Meet our members!
![Brian](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2019/4/47/T--CU-Boulder--Brian.jpg)
Brian
Undergraduate Research Team Leader
I have been a professor at CU Boulder for 13 years, and currently also the Director of Undergraduate Research in the MCDB department here at CU.
![Brandon](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2019/3/38/T--CU-Boulder--Brandon.jpg)
Brandon
Undergraduate Researcher
I attended the Colorado-wide collaboration meeting, coordinated our educational outreach, worked on our computer models, as well as wet-lab work.
![](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2019/d/d0/T--CU-Boulder--Lauren.jpg)
Lauren
Undergraduate Researcher
I worked mostly with the wet-lab and helped optimize our techniques for each protocol. In addition to this, I worked on the project throughout the school year, and plan to continue working on it after the iGEM competition.
![Manasa](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2019/8/8c/T--CU-Boulder--Manasa.jpg)
Manasa
Undergraduate Researcher
In addition to wet-lab work, I reached out and conversed with clinicians for our integrated human practices efforts. I also helped lead the team with iGEM related forms due to my paste experience with iGEM.
![](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2019/9/97/T--CU-Boulder--Mckayla.jpg)
McKayla
Undergraduate Researcher
In addition to wet-lab, I attending the Colorado-wide collaboration meeting over the summer and shared our project and ideas with other Colorado based iGEM teams.
![stella](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2019/d/d8/T--CU-Boulder--Stella.jpg)
Stella
Undergraduate Researcher
In addition to wet-lab, I created a form for reaching out to potential sponsors, redesigned an excel sheet to optimize the best potential sponsors, and helped design our team wiki page.
![Yalin](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2019/7/7d/T--CU-Boulder--Yalin.jpg)
Yalin
Undergraduate Researcher
In addition to doing work on our computer models using the programs PyMol and PyRosetta, I attended the Colorado-wide collaboration meeting, and helped design our team wiki page.