Team:Tec-Monterrey/Attributions


ATTRIBUTIONS

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.