Meet our Director of Club, Kaylen Meeks! Kaylen is a rising senior majoring in Biochemistry with a minor in Statistics. She is from Evansville, IN, and is performing research in Dr. James Forney’s lab. Kaylen also serves as our club's representative on the Purdue Ag Council.

Last but not least, meet our Director of Outreach, Liam Johnson! Liam is a rising junior in Biological Engineering with a concentration in Cellular and Biomolecular Engineering. He is interested in genetic engineering for medical applications, and has a background in 3D printing.

We’re now excited to introduce y’all to our summer team over the next few weeks! Stay tuned to meet the people who have joined Julianne and Thomas in our summer research endeavors!

#MeettheTeamMonday! Meet Morgan Carrithers, our lab manager! She is a rising senior in Genetics from Fishers, IN. She hopes to attend grad school and find a career in both public policy and biology! In her free time, she goes to the Corec, watches documentaries, or naps.

#MeetTheTeamMonday! Meet Sarah Liu, human practices manager! She is a rising senior in Biological Engineering from Carmel, IN. She writes Science Olympiad tests, plays violin in the Purdue Philharmonic Orchestra and in her quartet, and enjoys singing along to Broadway show tunes.

#MeetTheTeamMonday! Meet Ben Howard, who is doing modeling this summer! Ben is a rising junior in Biological Engineering from Traverse City, MI. After Purdue, he plans to attend grad school or work in biotech. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, skiing, and playing video games.

#MeetTheTeamMonday! Meet our wiki manager, Madhu Prakash! Madhu is a rising sophomore in biological engineering from Naperville, IL. She hopes to get an MD-PhD and conduct immunology research to further understand food allergies. She enjoys drawing and painting in her free time.

We’re off to Boston! iGEM Headquarters #giantjamboree

Off to the #2019GiantJamboree as a judge! Can't wait to see the amazing projects and to catch up with Hana Kubo, PhD (she/her), Mark Aronson, James Welch, Kathryn Atherton, Kevin Solomon (drksolomon.bsky.social), AND of course the 2019 Purdue iGEM Team! #iGEM2019

Catch our presentation tomorrow at 9:30 AM in Room 306 and stop by our poster in spot 77!

We are presenting!

Congrats, Purdue iGEM on a successful presentation at Jamboree. We are forever grateful to our sponsors at PurdueABE Purdue Agriculture Purdue University | John Martinson Honors College Purdue Science Bio Basic Inc. @DiscoveryParkPU for their support

Congrats Purdue iGEM at delivering a wonderful presentation! Thanks to all the sponsors who've supported the effort throughout the year! Purdue Agriculture PurdueABE @DiscoveryParkPU Integrated DNA Technologies Purdue Engineering Purdue Science Purdue University | John Martinson Honors College

I'm very proud of our Purdue iGEM team! They overcame some last minute challenges to make a great presentation at Jamboree.

Had a fun brunch with Cobold Hunters this morning! On our way to go support OSU iGEM 2021’s oral presentation! #igem #giantjamboree

Go OSU iGEM 2021 !! Y’all got this!! :D #igem #giantjamboree

We have a big announcement: #iGEM is moving, the #GiantJamboree will be in #Paris in 2021!

Congrats to the Purdue iGEM team for winning a bronze medal at the #iGEM2019 #GiantJamboree!!!

Congrats, Purdue iGEM on your 🥉🥉. We couldn't have done it without the support of our sponsors PurdueABE Purdue Agriculture Purdue University | John Martinson Honors College Purdue Science

We got Bronze!! Thank you to everyone who supported us along this journey, and congratulations to all the winners! Can’t wait to see what everyone brings to next year’s Giant Jamboree!