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Attributions

We are wholly indebted to everyone who has been supporting us along the way. All your mentoring and encouragements have made us a better team and we could not have walked this far without any of your help.

Team

Yi-Jun Lan, Wet Team Leader, IDT construct ordering, Bacteriocin construct designer, Bacteriocin-related primer design, Experiments (Bacteriocin, dmpR, Tyrosine functional test)
Chia-Hua Tsai, Wet Team Member, Wet team-related infographics designer, Animation maker, Experiments (tyrP, dmpR)
Ting-Han Sung, Wet Team Member, pchR construct designer, pchR-related primer designer, Experiments (tyrP, TAL, TAL functional test, tyrP functional test)
Yeoh Chuin Shung, Wet Team Member, tyrosine ammonia-lyase (TAL) construct designer, TAL construct-related primer designer, Experiments (Knock out, Bacteriocin, TAL, pchR)
Hui Emmanuela Miriam, Wet Team Member, tyrosine transporter (tyrP) construct designer, tyrP-related primer designer, Experiments (Knock out, Bacteriocin, TAL, pchR)
Meghiya Michelle, Wet Team Member, Experiments (Knock out, Bacteriocin, TAL, pchR), HP Member, in charge of Entrepreneurship
Sabrina Yeo Samuel, Team Leader, Wet Team Member (Experiments - gene Knock out, Bacteriocin, TAL, pchR), HP Team Member, in charge of Integrated Human Practice
Tham Fu Jie, Dry Team Leader, Modeling Team
Heng Ji Yu, Vice Team Leader/Dry Team Member, Hardware Team
Chieh-En Hsieh, Dry Team Member, Wiki Team
Yen-Chung Chen, Dry Team Member, Wiki Team
Tzu-Huan Hsu, Dry Team Member, Hardware Team
Hsin-Chieh Yu, Dry Team Member, Modeling Team
Meng-Chien Lin, HP team Leader, in charge of Public Education and Engagement

Advisors

Trayee Dhar

Provided tutoring while in the lab
Provided insight and advise on experiment approach, methods and data

Kuan-Yu Lin

Provided tutoring while in the lab
Provided insight and advise on experiment approach, methods and data

Wan-Hsin Hsueh

Provided tutoring while in the lab
Provided insight and advise on experiment approach, methods and data

Guan-Yu Chen

Assisted us for the laser cutting of the acrylic spinning platform
Provided tutoring while in the machine plant of Department of Mechanical Engineering

Hsiu-Min Lin

Helped us with the graphic design
Assisted in the design of business model

Chen-Wei Chen

Provided insight and advise on experiment approach, methods and data
Gave advice on our presentation
Offered guidance and assistance on project design and wiki construction

Principal Investigators

Fig. 1. iGEM NCKU PIs. (From left) Dr. Hashimoto, Dr. Wang, Dr. Huang and Dr. Ng

Dr. I-Son Ng

Assisted in fundraising
Provided advice and insight on the project
Provided lab space, materials, and equipment
Provided mentorship
Provided advice on presentation, safety form
Accompanying teacher to the Giant Jamboree
Provided valuable insights on the realisation of mathematical representations and experiments design

Dr. I-Hsiu Huang

Provided advice and insight on the project
Provided lab space, materials, and equipment
Provided mentorship
Provided advice on presentation, safety form
Accompanying teacher for enterprise visit (GenMont)
Guided us on the meaning & significance of modeling results

Dr. Masayuki Hashimoto

Provided advice and insight on the project
Provided lab space, materials and equipment
Provided mentorship
Provided advice on presentation, safety form
Accompanying teacher to the Jamboree and enterprise visit (GeneFerm)

Dr. Han-Ching Wang

Provided advice and insight on the project
Provided lab space, materials, and equipment
Provided mentorship
Provided advice on presentation, safety form
Accompanying teacher for enterprise visit (SynBio)

General Support

Huey-Jen Su, president of National Cheng Kung University
Fong-Chin Su, vice president of National Cheng Kung University
Jang-Yang Chang, vice president of National Cheng Kung University
Chung-I Lin, vice president of National Cheng Kung University
Cheng-Wen Wu, vice president of National Cheng Kung University

Fig. 2. Photo with President Huey-Jen Su.

Financial Support

Special Thanks

All 2018 NCKU Tainan iGEMers provided mentorship and helped with troubleshooting.
All 2017 NCKU Tainan iGEMers provided mentorship and helped with troubleshooting.
Ting-So Liu, Zhen Yee Wu, Patrick Chong, Chun Theng, Hui Yee Ng, and Yuan-Chen Lee helped with troubleshooting, provided mentorship and assistance on presentation.
Shih-I Tan, PhD student from the Department of Chemical Engineering, provided assistance in the lab.
Ying-Chen Yi, PhD student from the Department of Chemical Engineering, provided assistance in the lab.
Wen-Ping Chang, assistant from Professor Hashimoto’s lab, provided assistance in the lab.
Si-Yun Huan, student from Professor Huang’s lab, provided assistance in the lab.
Chia-Yuan Chen, associate professor from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, assisted us in the fabrication of PDMS microfluidic chip and also provide us with the materials and space.
Wei-Ting Chen, master student from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, taught us the skills for fabrication of PDMS microfluidic chips.
Ruey-Jen Yang, professor from the Department of Engineering Science, he suggested us to try to bond glass to PDMS chip and also change our bonding parameter for a stronger bonding site.
Yi-Je Juang, professor from the Department of Chemical Engineering, suggested us to design a passive valve for our microfluidic channels.
Dr. Chen-Hsun Weng, chief of Industry-Academic Collaboration at MDIC NCKU, taught us in the engraving of microfluidic channel on the acrylic disk.
Joel F. Stocker, associate professor from the School of Medicine, provided advice on presentation.
Grace Yeh kindly provided suggestions for presenting skills.
Yin-Chun Huang, provided advice on presentation.
Shu-Ling, Wu, reporter of United Daily News, covered our iGEM experiences in their news.
Chieh Chang, reporter of Economic Daily News, covered our iGEM experiences in their news.
NCKU News Agency, covered our iGEM experiences in their news.
Yi-Wen Liu, National Education Radio Kaohsiung’s host , we were welcomed to share about iGEM experiences.
Yuh-Feng Lin, director of TCKDF (Taiwan Chronic Kidney Disease Foundation), gave us a chance to participate in a volunteering event and shared about CKD in Taiwan.
Yi-Lien, Wu, head of secretary of TCKDF (Taiwan Chronic Kidney Disease Foundation), gave us a chance to participate in a volunteering event and shared about CKD in Taiwan.
Michael Weber, elementary school teacher from Nanke International Experimental School, provided us an opportunity to educate elementary school students about Chronic Kidney Disease.
Members of Tainan First Senior High School Research Club, provided us an opportunity to talk about synthetic biology and also iGEM to high school students.
Anissa Juliani, representative teacher from Indonesia Kemurnian ll Senior High School, provided us an opportunity to talk about iGEM and synthetic biology to high school students.
Li-Hui Huang, nurse of Chia Yi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Dialysis Center, assisted us by sharing her experiences with CKD patients.
Yu-Chen Kuo, chronic kidney disease nurse specialist in NCKU hospital, assisted us with more background knowledge on CKD and also gave us some ideas on what form our drug will take.
Felicia Febrianti, business administration senior student of NCKU, advised us on our business model and business plan.
Synbio Tech provided us the opportunity to present our project / provided feedback and advice on our project.
Jin-Seng Lin, director of Synbio Tech Culture Collection and Research Institute, advised us about our research plans, including how to mass produce our product.
I-Ju Chang, marketing manager of Synbio tech, shared about how to market a product, and helped with our entrepreneurship plans.
Erica Chang, accounting supervisor of Synbio tech, shared about how to start a start-up company.
GeneFerm Biotechnology provided us the opportunity to present our project / provided feedback and advice on our project.
Chia-Hsuan Wu, manager of production department of GeneFerm Biotechnology.
Chia-Yi Wu, director of R&D of GeneFerm Biotechnology
Chen-Ching Chen, head of Tainan Intellectual Property Office, gave us a crash course on applying for patents.
Jing-Ming Shiu, assistant professor of Business Administration Department of National Cheng Kung University
Winston Medical Supply Co. provided us the opportunity to present our project / provided feedback and advice on our project.
Yu-Cheng Wang, CEO of Winston Medical Supply Co., shared about API ( Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients ) and suggestions on our project.
Yi-Ching Chen, marketing director of Winston Medical Supply Co, gave us valuable insights toward drug marketing.
GenMont Biotech Incorporation provided us the opportunity to present our project / provided feedback and advice on our project.
Escape Studios assisted and sponsored us in our escape room event.
Shun-Chieh Hsu, Attending physician of Feng Dian United Dialysis Center, provided us with valuable insights about CKD patients , dialysis knowledge and posibilities our device to be in the dialysis center.
Kuan-Wen Chen, Dean of International Medicine of Feng Dian United Dialysis Center, provided us suggestion towards our project.
Ming-Hua Shiao, Research Fellow & Division Director Biomedical Platform and Incubation Services Division, provided valuable suggestions toward our project and helped develop a better business model.
Jun-Sheng Wang, Project Manager in Biomedical Platform and Incubation Services Division, NARlabs, provided valuable suggestions toward our project and helped develop a better business model.
Shu-Miao Chen, Chief of public relation in Ministry of Science and Technology, provided important information of NARlabs’ research and helped arrange our visit to NARlabs Hsinchu.
Shu-ying Wang, professor from the Department of Immunology and microbiology, kindly provided the Nanodrop in her lab for our experiments.

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