Prairie View A&M University 2006

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Project

Project Planning

Students

The Prairie View iGEM 2006 Team.

Dr. Raul Cuero (Research Leader of iGEM PVAMU 2006 Team)

Laina P. Magaya, (student Biology)

Leslie C.Caulfield (student, Chemical Engineering)

Christian Cruz (student, Chemical Engineering)

Osayamen Edigin (student, Chemistry)

Aneka Atkinson, (student, Chemical Engineering)

Advisors

Dr Raul Cuero,(PhD)

Dr. Raul Cuero, (PhD, Microbiologist, Distinguished Professor.Research Leader, Scientist and Contact Person for Prairie View A&M University iGEM 2006 group. Dr Cuero holds a scientific invemtion and more than 90 scientific publications.He is also the author of the book "Triumph and Survival".

Student Profiles

Laina

Laina P. Magaya undergraduate Biology Major at Prairie View A&M University.Currently working on Microbial biotechnolgy applied to the environmental at Prairie View A&M University under the Principal Inevstigator Dr R. Cuero. I have also worked on microbiology techniquies involved in studies of Helicobatcer pylori and using plasmids from E.coli.

Leslie

Lesli Caulfield and I am a chemical engineering senior at Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, TX. I have carried out research in nanotubes and biosensors at the University of Oklahoma during the summer of 2003. Here, I worked with and constructed carbon (regular and purified), made different types of PDMS mold and stamps, and just various types of lab work. I have also done research in characterization of chiral sulfoxidation using HRP atthe University of Kansas REU (CEBC) last summer under Dr. Aaron Scurto. Currently, I am doing microbial fermentation project at Prairie View under Dr. Michael Gyamerah with four of my peers. As one can see, I have a diverse and unique research background. I am interested in Dr. Cuero’s research because it will allow me to not only enhance my research opportunities a bit further, but it will allow the creative side of me to be nurtured and encouraged. Being that he is one of the elite researchers’, I know I will learn a lot from.

Osayamen

Osayamen Edigin is a Junior Chemistry and Biology major student at Prairie View A&M Unieversity. Aneka

Aneka is Junior, working on a double major in Chemical Engineering and Mathematics at Prairie View A & M University.She hopes to become a Pharmacist and a Mathematics professor.

Christian

My name is Christian Cruz, I am a graduate student of chemical engineering at Prairie View A&M university. I have been working with Dr. Raul Cuero for the last two years. At the beginning it was difficult for me because as engineer, I did know much about the biology work that was done at the laboratory, like bacteria growth and others. With time and the help of everyone at the laboratory now I am able to do different thing around like RNA, DNA extraction, things that I never thought I would do. Now with iGEM 2006 I see a chance for myself to put in practice all of my engineering knowledge.