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 BicĂȘtre, 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