Dry lab
Abril Diosdado
Adrián Hernández
Arnulfo Juárez
Damian Espinoza
Daniel Cuellar
David Diaz
Fernanda Velázquez
Guillermo Wells
Ivonne Lomelí
Margarita Escobar
Riyad Vera
Shani Leyva
Valeria Betancourt
The dry lab team came up with the project idea. These team members worked 4 months to make a detailed investigation to back the project up in order to proceed with the laboratory tasks. It is worth to acknowledge the work of our teammates: Abril Diosdado, David Díaz, Arnulfo Juárez and Guillermo Wells, who designed the parts that were later synthesized for the development of the project.
Wet lab
Abril Diosdado
Adrián Hernández
Alan Anaya
Arnulfo Juárez
Damian Espinoza
Daniel Cuellar
David Diaz
Fernanda Velázquez
Guillermo Wells
Ivonne Lomelí
Margarita Escobar
Riyad Vera
Shani Leyva
Valeria Betancourt
Laboratory work was made during 4 months. Our team was divided into specific sections according to the needs of the project. David Díaz was in charge of the amplification cascade, Abril Diosdado coordinated the ligations using the 3A assembly method and Arnulfo Juárez ran the experiments involved in the expression of sialidase with the sfGFP.
Hardware
Arnulfo Juárez
Damian Espinoza
Daniel Cuellar
Ricardo García
We especially would like to thank our advisor Ricardo García, since he did an important part of the creation of the prototype, in addition to instructing our teammates Damian Espinoza, Daniel Cuellar and Arnulfo Juárez in the microfluidics field.
Model
Alan Anaya
David Diaz
Eugenio Guzmán
Alan Anaya was the main coordinator of the Mathematical Model team. Eugenio Guzmán contributed to a system of differential equations for the expression of the sialidase under the induction of IPTG. Alan Anaya and David Diaz contributed to the mathematical description and computer based simulations for the cascade amplified biosensor and evolutionary antibiotic resistance toy modell. Alan was in charge of the experimental analysis and parameter fittings.
Human Practices
Daniel Cuellar
Ivonne Lomelí
Riyad Vera
Rosalina Zesati
Valeria Betancourt
It is important to highlight the work of Riyad Vera as the main coordinator of the human practices area, he was in charge of carrying out the legislative work in the Congress of Nuevo León and of the contact with the experts of the National Institute of Public Health.
Public & Educational Engagement
Abril Diosdado
Daniel Cuellar
Fernanda Velázquez
Ivonne Lomelí
Margarita Escobar
Shani Leyva
Valeria Betancourt
Abril Diosdado, Ivonne Lomelí, Margarita Escobar, Shani Leyva and Valeria Betancourt were the organizers of the “Genoma” International Congress, with speakers from different universities around the world and diverse workshops related to synthetic biology. Daniel Cuellar was the main creator of the “Touch and Listen” device as well as the development of inclusive materials and their content.
Graphic Design
Ana Macías
Margarita Escobar
Ana Macías was the main designer of the team, making images for social media, logos, posters and illustrations for the Wiki.
Wiki
Ana Macías
Diego Estrada
Valeria Betancourt
It is worth to acknowledge the work of Diego Estrada, the main developer of the Wiki, in which he worked during 3 months for an extraordinary result.
Instructors
Ph.D. Cuauhtémoc Licona Cassani
Cuauhtémoc supported us in the planning stage of the project with advice and feedback as well as laboratory materials.
Ph.D. Héctor Alejandro Cabrera Fuentes
Héctor supported the team with economic resources.
MSc. César Iván Ortiz Alcaraz
César gave us advice and tips on the protocols concerning Bacillus subtilis
Ph.D. Héctor Castañeda
Héctor provided us with an important part of the materials.
Ph.D. Jesús (Chucho) Hernández-Pérez
Chucho supervised many of our experiments, gave us feedback and helped us with troubleshooting issues.
Ph.D. Teresa Vargas-Cortéz
Tere gave us several tips for the electroporation protocol, provided us with bacterial stocks and B. subtilis feedback.
Advisors
Ph.D. Jose Manuel (Chema) Aguilar Yáñez
Chema guided us in the beginning of the project definition.
MSc. Ricardo Camilo Chávez Martínez
Ricardo guided us at the beginning of the project, giving us advice about the types of project we could choose and telling us about his own experiences. He supported us with the loan of material in the laboratory.
Ph.D. Sara Margarita Aguilar Garza
Sara was there for some troubleshooting conversation and provided us with some material.
Ing. Yamile Minerva Castellanos Morales
Minerva gave feedback and information about our Human Practices
Ing. Martha Carolina Elizondo Cantú
Carolina trained us in fundamental laboratory protocols and gave us advice on protein purification methods.