Team:Lethbridge/Attributions

Attributions

General Support

• Dr. Angeliki Pantazi for her administration and project support as a Primary Investigator and as the instructor for the synthetic biology class associated with the Collegiate iGEM team.
• Dr. Trushar Patel for his wet lab support as a Secondary Investigator.
• Fan Mo for her wet lab support and for consumable orders.
• M Gayatri Devi Namala for her support and instruction of the synthetic biology class associated with the Collegiate iGEM team.
• The Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute (ARRTI) for their guidance and support of team members.
• Maria M. Koupantsis for logo design.
• BioRender website for graphics design

Facilities & Wet Lab Support

• SynBridge Maker Space - Wet lab space and support from Dr. Laura Kelfer-Wilkes.
• Wieden Lab - Facilities and wet lab resources.
• Patel Lab - Facilities and wet lab resources. Dr. Trushar Patel provided wet lab guidance.
• Agility Idea Shop - 3D printing facilities and meeting location.
• Dr. Stephen Rader Lab (University of Northern B.C.) for generously donated our chassis Cyanidioschyzon merolae and provided cloning protocols.
• Tyler Mrozowich for size exclusion chromatography support.

Interviews

• Dr. Sophia Bakopoulou: MD, Clinical Fellow in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at University Hospital Bicêtre, France
• Dr. Steve Ferzacca: Anthropologist, University of Lethbridge
• Brendan B. & Ellie F.: Diabetes patients
• James Irwin: Algae Producer
• Elizabeth White: Pharmacist
• Dr. Stephen Rader: Microalgae Genetics Researcher, University of Northern B.C.

Collaborations

• Lethbridge High School
• UAlberta iGEM
• Calgary iGEM
• uOttawa iGEM

Funding

Team Member Contributions

Collaborations

• Lethbridge High School team mentorship: Luke Saville, Dia Kouptansis, Kristi Turton, Sydnee Calhoun, Chris Isaac

Construct Design

• Kristi Turton: Insulin receptor, Zn²⁺ kill switch
• Catrione Lee: Codon optimization for C. reinhardtii
• Aubrey Demchuk: Insulin and proinsulin parts
• Luke Saville: Light antenna (NAB1 sense and antisense)

Entrepreneurship

• Aubrey Demchuk: Prepared idea disclosure, coordinated patentability search with TEC Edmonton, business plan
• Sydnee Calhoun: Presented at UofL Agility Pitch Competition

Funding

• Aubrey Demchuk: Prepared funding applications (SPRINT, Geekstarter Start-up Award, Opentrons)
• Luke Saville: Prepared funding applications (SPRINT, Geekstarter Start-up Award, Opentrons)
• Catrione Lee: Assisted in funding applications (SPRINT, Geekstarter Start-up Award)
• Chris Isaac: Prepared funding applications (Opentrons)

Hardware

• Dia Koupantsis: Photobioreactor development, fluorometer (construction, design and programming)
• Allyson Lawrie-White: Photobioreactor construction
• Chris Isaac: Opentrons Programming; Photobioreactor Development
• Luke Saville: OpenTrons Programming, Photobioreactor Development, Fluorometer Designs
• Catrione Lee: Photobioreactor development
• Joshua Omotosho: Fluorometer 3D printing

Human Practices

• Catrione Lee: Alberta Health Services survey questionnaire and ethics application, patient and expert interview questions
• Luke Saville: Patient and expert interview questions
• Aubrey Demchuk: AHS Study Coordinator
• Sydnee Calhoun: Health care aide discussions
• Kalob Barr: Alberta Health Services survey initiation
• Dia Koupantsis: Patient and expert interview questions

Interviews

• Patient Interviews: Aubrey Demchuk, Chris Isaac
• Dr. Sophia Bakopoulou: Dia Koupantsis, Jesse Holbein
• Dr. Steve Ferzacca: Jesse Holbein, Aubrey Demchuk
• James Irwin: Luke Saville, Catrione Lee
• Elizabeth White: Allyson Lawrie-White
• Dr. Stephen Rader: Luke Saville

Model

• Aubrey Demchuk: 3D structural models

Poster

• Catrione Lee: Content and Presentation
• Dia Koupantsis: Content and Presentation
• Luke Saville: Content and Presentation
• Aubrey Demchuk: Design & Content
• Jesse Holbein: Content

Presentation & Communication

• Catrione Lee: Presentation design & content, presenter
• Dia Koupantsis: Presentation design & content,presenter
• Luke Saville: Presentation design & content presenter

Public Engagement & Education

• Dia Koupantsis: RNA Day oral presentation, Big Bang - UofL Science Commons Grand Opening volunteer, aGEM oral presentation, Chinook Symposium poster presenter
• Catrione Lee: RNA Day attendee, Big Bang - UofL Science Commons Grand Opening volunteer, aGEM oral presentation, Chinook Symposium poster presenter
• Jesse Holbein: RNA Day oral presentation, Big Bang - UofL Science Commons Grand Opening volunteer
• Kristi Turton: Big Bang - UofL Science Commons Grand Opening volunteer
• Allyson Lawrie-White: Big Bang: UofL Science Commons Grand Opening volunteer

Wet Lab

• Kristi Turton: Experimental design, lab organizer for: molecular work, microalgae work, & protein purification
• Landon McCabe: Molecular work, microalgae work, protein purification
• Dia Koupantsis: Molecular work, microalgae work
• Kera Whitten: Molecular work, microalgae work
• Jesse Holbein: Protein purification
• Dong Ju Kim: Protein purification
• Catrione Lee: Molecular work

Wiki

• Catrione Lee: Wiki design, coding, and content (Attributions, Team Members, Collaborations)
• Joshua Omotosho: Coding and scripts
• Chris Isaac: Coding
• Aubrey Demchuk: Coding and content (Entrepreneurship, Plant SynBio, Model, Team Members, Main Page, Integrated Human Practices)
• Luke Saville: Content (Human Practices {Patients, Pharmacy, Public Health, Manufacturing, Regulations, Biosecurity}, Experimental Design)
• Dia Koupantsis: Content (Collaboration, Hardware, Plant SynBio, Public Engagement & Education)
• Jesse Holbein: Content (Public Engagement & Education)
• Landon McCabe: Content (Characterization)
• Kristi Turton: Content (Parts pages, Lab Notebook, Demonstrate, Results, Design)
• Allyson Lawrie-White: Content (Hardware)
• Kera Whitten: Content (Plant SynBio)

Miscellaneous

• Catrione Lee: Team facilitator, meeting minutes, project timeline