Team:MichiganState/Attributions
Attributions and Sponsors
It truly took a village to grow our project into what it is today. Without the generous support from our team, our mentors and our sponsors, we would not have been able to thrive. Each individual has made an impact on our work, and we are eternally grateful. In general, the MSU iGEM team worked in 4 teams on various aspects of the project, but everybody can be accredited with helping out other parts whenever needed.
Student Team
Olivia Baylis worked primarily in the wet lab with other team members to make our bacteria function anaerobically. As part of the anoxic team, Olivia carried out molecular biology procedures to insert crucial genes to ensure anaerobic survival.
Joelle Eaves was involved in the wet lab creation of the formate biosensor. Without her awesome contribution, we would not have been able to understand when harmful levels of formate were being reached in the biofilm.
Olivia Garbacik was involved in the wet lab in order to make our bacteria grow in anoxic conditions. Olivia also worked very hard to help create a design for a vessel for our bacteria to implement into landfills.
Taryn Hanses worked in the wet lab with the design team, testing plastics and vessel designs, and in the dry lab on the wiki. She, along with the rest of the wiki team, worked to make sure the wiki went above and beyond.
Evan Harrison spent his time working on a crucial part of the project: making sure our samples didn’t escape into the environment. His wet lab involvement included using the toxin/antitoxin to stop horizontal gene transfer.
Dani Matz worked in both the wet and dry labs; in the wet lab, she worked with part of the team to make our bacteria function anaerobically, and in dry lab, she would work to design our wiki. Dani also did a great job of keeping track of the logistics for our team including travel and weekly updates.
Anthony Su helped create the wiki and is the lead. He did wet lab work with the design team and took pictures of our team. He spent a good deal of time in the wet lab making sure to get the perfect angles of our work (look at our Instagram for proof!).
Sofie Swiecki worked in the wet lab on the formate biosensor and did an awesome job coordinating our outreach and human practices. She would contact various people and organizations to make sure we could gain the most out of our outreach.
Special Thanks
Dr. Cecilia Martinez-Gomez and the Martinez-Gomez Lab: We cannot express our thanks enough to this lab and everything they have done to help us succeed. With Dr. Martinez-Gomez’s extensive knowledge of methylotrophs, she has been helpful in crafting everything from our design of experiments to their execution. The members of her lab have been extremely generous by donating their time and their supplies.
Dr. Michaela Teravest and the Teravest Lab: Sincerest thanks to all the members of the Teravest that assisted the biosensor subgroup in developing their project. For their time, resources, and attention they cannot be thanked enough.
Dr. Bjoern Hamberger and the Hamberger Lab: The advancements in the horizontal gene transfer subgroup would not have been possible without the time and resources of these labs. We cannot thank them enough for their knowledge and willingness to assist in tribulations of the project.
Dr. Masako Harada, Dr. Danny Ducat, Dr. Greg Bonito:This project would not have been possible without the help of our amazing mentors. Dr. Harada, Dr. Ducat and Dr. Bonito were present to answer questions and would regularly attend meetings to help provide ways to improve our project.
The University of Texas- Austin: We have been thrilled to work with UT Austin to assist them in testing the metabolic burden of various plasmids to better understand evolutionary biology. As they have been able to help us troubleshoot issues arising during our summer research.