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Department of Applied Mathematics
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: 519-888-4567, ext. 32700
Fax: 519-746-4319
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Our UWaterloo iGEM (international Genetically Engineered Machine) team presented their 2013 project at the North American Regional competition on October 5. The competition involved 64 undergraduate teams from across the US and Canada. Their project, on "Retransmittable and Modifiable Intercellular DNA Messaging" won them the prize for Best Poster Presentation in their division and Gold Medal Standing overall. They were also among the teams selected to advance to the World Championship competition at MIT in November.
The team members from the Faculty of Mathematics are:
John Drake (Applied math)
Brandon Fung (Applied Math)
Samantha Hirniak (Mathematical Physics)
Drew Neish (Statistics)
Vedang Vyas (Applied Math/Pure Math)
Paul Reginato (Biology, Joint Math)
Matt Smart (Math)
James Hawley (Math)