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            <p style="font-family:arial">Note that this is a prototype site. For the real wiki, go <a href="https://2014hs.igem.org/Team:Acton-BoxboroughRHS">here</a>.</p>
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Our team of sixteen students is from the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, includes Akash Kapoor, Chris Kuffner, Mayank Mali, Benjamin Pervier, Madhuri Jois, Wynne Yao, Charles Taussig, Tara Jawahar, Rachel Tao, Katherine Liu, Barry Huang, Ben Stern, Justin Hong, William Huang, Victoria Chen, and Anusha Purakayastha, and is coached by Aaron Mathieu.
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