Team:BGU Israel/Attributions
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FlyGEM Team
Assaf Vital (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Meeting medals criteria, patent, electroporation, Wiki content writer, creating final presentation and presenter.
Mey Tal Banar (Team Leader)- (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Social media, Western blots, Team Coordinator, Wiki content Writer, Wiki content editor, Wiki content code, Creating final presentation and presenter.
Hen Zinger (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Mosquito growth, Eggs inventory, Vertical transmission, Proliferation of the bacteria within the gut, Transmission to a water source, Western blots, Wiki content writer.
Hadar Buium (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Plasmids design and synthesis, Western blots, Electroporations, Transformations, Wiki content writer.
Nofar Cohen (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Western blots, Electroporations, Mathematical Model, Wiki cintent writer.
Ofir Hurvitz (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Mosquito growth, Horizontal transmission, Public Relations, Collaborations, Wiki content writer, Meet Up organizer, Final presentation creator and presenter.
Yoav Dagmi (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Toxicity assays, Mosquito growth, Vertical transmission, Proliferation of the bacteria within the gut, Transmission to a water source, Wiki content writer.
Reut Rahamim Molgan (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Human practice, Toxicity assays, Wiki content writer. -
Previous Team Members
Erick Glasswine (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)-Initial project inspiration, Toxins literature review.
Tom Fischer (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Toxins literature review.
Or Sehayek (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Mini prep.
Shir Elimeleh (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Mini prep.
Yoav Keshet (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Mosquito growth.
Ran Kopchovski (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Mini prep.
Ariel Rechtman (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Human practice. -
Supervisors and Instructors
Prof. Lital Alfonta (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Primary PI, Project management, Scientific guidance and consulting, Critical project evaluation, Lab facility and equipment.
Dr. Ramon Birnbaum (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Scondary PI, Project management, Scientific guidance and consulting, Critical project evaluation, Lab facility and equipment.
Eden Ozer (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Emotional support, Scientific guidance, Assistance in the design and implementation of experiments and protocols, Presentation coaching.
Dror Aizik (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Scientific guidance, Assistance in the design and implementation of experiments and protocols, Mathematical Model.
Mor Pasi (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Scientific guidance, Assistance in the design and implementation of experiments and protocols, Poster creation and preparation. -
Project Advice
Prof. Uri Abdu (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)– Expert in mosquitoes, Taught us about the mosquito’s life cycle, Consulted us on pest control and mosquito growth.
Dr. Ido Tzurim (Achva Academic College)- Ecologist and a pest control specialist, Consulted us on pest control and mosquito growth. d -
Research Support
Dr. Michal Shani Sekler (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Lab Manager, Equipment order and organizing trip to the US.
Dr. Anna Bakhart (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Lab Technician, Helped us with plasmid planning and gibson assembly.
Sanja Djokic (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Consulted on mosquito growth, eggs and supply.
Ramesh Kumar Krishnan (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Fixation techniques.
Prof. Avraham Be'er (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Gave us the Serratia marscecens bacteria.
Dr. Philippos Papathanos (HEBREW UNIVERSITY)- Integrated human practice, Consulted on the project idea and approach.
Dr. Yaron Hershkovitz (TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY)- Integrated human practice, Consulted on the project idea and approach.
Prof. Eitan Ben-Dov (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Gave us plasmids containing the Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (Bti) toxin subunits. Dr. Vadim Khasdan (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Wrote a thesis about the Bti toxins, Gave us plasmids containing the Bti toxin subunits.
Prof. Arieh Zaritsky (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Gave us plasmids containing the Bti toxin subunits.
Prof. Alon Warburg (HEBREW UNIVERSITY)- Integrated human practice.
Dr. Shira Ovadia (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Provided rodent blood for feeding of mosquitoes.
Mr. Shchade Abu Ratiush (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Provided rodent blood for feeding of mosquitoes.
Dr. Einat Blech (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Provided rodent blood for feeding of mosquitoes.
Lior Haim (TECHNION Institute of Technology) - Collaboration and help with creating the Mathematical Model. -
General Support
Prof. Rivka Carmi (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Former President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Prof. Daniel Chamovitz (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. -
Provisional Patent and Application
Dr. Assaf Geyra (GEYRA GASSNER KESTEN, IP LAW)- Writing and submitting provisional.
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Website and Design
Emeth Jenah- Website code and design.
Netta Kasher (Science Illustrator)- Logo, Banner, Project Plan Illustration. -
Human Practices Support
Dr. Inbal Tsarfati-BarAd (JUSIDMAN SCIENCE CENTER, BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Human practice support, coordinating Jusidman’s teenagers to come visit the lab.
Arye Yaakov (BEER SHEVA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY)- Human practice support.
Yonatan Chemla (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- A producer of the 2nd Israeli Synthetic Biology meeting in Weizmann Institute, invited us to present our poster.
Naama Mishali (GALAY PR)- Publications and Media relations.
Ehud Zion Waldoks (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Publications and Media relations.
Adi Porat (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Marketing Unit.
Efrat Rittberg (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Digital Content Manager, Marketing Unit. -
Special Attributions
LabSpace.io- An electronic Notebook.
Dani Machlis (BEN GURION UNIVERSITY)- Photographer.
Dor Atias- Photographer.
Shmuel Kaltian- Drone Photographer.
Lazy Frid- Making Starters.
Tehila Dakwin- Making Starters. -
Special Thanks and Donations
Kevin M. Leopold (AMERICAN ASSOCIATES BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV- AABGU)- Facilitated meetings with sponsors and press in the US.
Chani Pearlstein (AABGU)- Facilitated meetings with sponsors and press in the US.
Eve Rubinstein (AABGU)- Local representative of AABGU in Boston, Massachusetts -
Sponsors and Donations
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev- Sponsor.
Israel’s Ministry of Science and Technology - Sponsor.
Prof. Michal Shapira (BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY)- Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences.
IKI (ILSE KATZ INSTITUTE FOR NANOSCALE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY)- Donations.
MERCK- Donations.
Promega (BIOLOGICAL INDUSTRIES)- Donations.
IDT (INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES)- Donations.
RHENIUM- Donations.