Attributions
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all people who supported us throughout the project, for making HKU iGEM team 2019 possible, and bringing us an unforgettable learning experience.
Team PI
Dr. ZHANG, Jiangwen
- Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong
- HKU iGEM 2019 Primary PI
- Advised us on cancer cell culture project design and provided us generous amount of liver cancer stem cell line Huh7 culture resources and the genetically-modified Salmonella Typhimurium strain SL7202. HKU iGEM 2019 would not have been possible without the invaluable guidance and resources offered by Dr Zhang.
Dr. TANNER, Julian Alexander
- Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
- HKU iGEM 2019 Secondary PI
- Advised us on DNA nanostructure design, enabling us to demonstrate our nanostructure's function.
Assistant Dean (Biomedical Sciences Curriculum), Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
Associate Director (Teaching & Learning), School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
Dr. YUEN, Karen Wing Yee
- Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong
- HKU iGEM 2019 Secondary PI
- Provided us with equipments to perform "Cytation 1 Cell Imaging".
Team Advisor
Dr. SHIU, Simon Chi-Chin
- PhD, School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
- As a DNA nanotechnology researcher under the tutelage of Dr. Tanner, Simon guided us from nanostructure design to characterisation. He helped to acquire the transmission electron microscopic images in this project. He also helped us to develop skills of data analysis and presentation.
HKU School of Biological Sciences
Professor CHOW, Billy Kwok Chong
- Chair Professor, Chair of Endocrinology, School of Biological Sciences
- Provided us with equipments to perform "Fluorescent Spectroscopy".
Associate Dean, Development and External Relations (local), Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong
Professor WONG, Anderson On Lam
- Professor, Endocrinology Division, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong
- Provided us with equipments to perform "Electroporation".
Dr. YAN, Aixin
- Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong
- Provided us with chemicals and protocols to confirm the bacteria that we are using is salmonella.
Mr. HUANG, Yunxin
- Ph.D. candidate, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong
Ms. DENG, Qianqian
- Ph.D. candidate, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong
Ms. CHIU, Lai Ling (Eva)
- Technical Officer
Ms. KO, Kit Wan (Wendy)
- Senior Technical Officer
Mr. SIT, Wai Hung
- Senior Technical Officer
HKU School of Biomedical Sciences
- Suggested us to do SEM and TEM for the flagella expression and the DNA nanostructure and recommended us some improvements.
Dr. MA, Stephanie Kwai Yee
- Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
Dr. WONG, Brian Choi Wah
- Principal Lecturer, School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
- Generously lent us a DNA model for display at the 52nd Joint School Science Exhibition.
HKU Department of Law
Mr. KAAN, Sheung-hung Terry
- Associate Professor, Co-director, Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, Faculties of Law and Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
Special Acknowledgement
- Collaborator (mentee) of HKU iGEM 2019. Please refer to "Collaboration" for details of how we supported each other and also see how HK_SKHLPSS says about this collaboration: HK_SKHLPSS Collaboration Page
- We attended and presented at the symposium, gaining valuable suggestions and inspirations from other teams. For more informations, please visit our Integrated Human Practices page
- Discussions about wet laboratory experiments. For more informations, please visit our Collaboration Page
- Comic collaboration. We took part in Evry_Paris-Saclay's comic collaboration. For more details of this collaboration, please visit Evry_Paris-Saclay Collaboration Page