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UBC team wins gold medal at iGEM international competition with tumor biosensor project

November 16, 2021

Congratulations to Team British Columbia for their winning diagnostics project, detecTME, at the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition.

Their entry, a bacteria-based biosensor, relies on engineered salmonella bacteria to enter and profile immune activity within tumors in real time. This non-invasive, cost effective platform aims to improve targeting of immunotherapy in individual patients.

Read about detecTME

Based out of the Hallam lab at the LSI, UBC’s iGEM team draws on diverse expertise. Members of the internal team include:

Wet-Lab: Emilia Chen, Raveena Gowda, Ryan Hong, Morris Huang, Madina Kagieva, Brenda Ma, Myles Osenton, Taylor Reilly, Michaela Samanta, Janella Schwab, Livia Vieira

Dry-Lab: Umar Ali, Samuel Hahn, Patrick Lee, Kimia Rostin, George Tang, Ben Walker

Human Practices: Umar Ali, Emilia Chen, Raveena Gowda, Madina Kagieva, Brenda Ma, Ali Murtaza, Sarah Ng, Ariel Qi, Kimia Rostin, Paarsa Salman, Parneet Sekhon, Livia Vieira

Wiki Design & Development: Umar Ali, Patrick Lee, Meriwether Morris, Sarah Ng, Kimia Rostin, George Tang

Finance: Sarah Ng, Ariel Qi

Marketing: Umar Ali, Paarsa Salman

Graphic Design: Meriwether Morris, Sarah Ng, Myles Osenton 

Advisors: Sibyl Drissler, Evan Gibbard, Samuel King, Athanasios Kritharis, Kieran Maheden, Daniel McClement, Rodrigo Vallejos

Principal Investigators: Dr. Steven Hallam, Dr. David Oliver

The team received extensive external support  from many individuals who offered guidance to the detecTME project 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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