We would like to express our greatest gratitude to people who have contributed in this wonderful journey. Without them, we would have not been able to finish this project.
Attributions to the Team
- Principal Investigator
Dr. dr. Budiman Bela, Sp.MK(K)Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia
- Team Leader
Refael Alfa Budiman- PCR and DNA works
- Team Manager
Gilbert Lazarus- Vice Leader of iGEM UI_Indonesia 2019
- Pitching for sponsorships and institution grants
- Manage administrative works
- Conceptualize, design, and code the Wiki
- In charge of general affairs of the team
Wet Lab
Eko Ngadiono
- Head of Wet Lab
- Design parts
- Responsible for transformation and bacterial works
- Test the expression of protein
- Submit our parts to registry
Raysha Farah
- Present our project at Imperial College London
- Help create our analysis for OmpC-GFP parts
Syailendra Karuna Sugito
- Design parts and primer
- Amplify and assembly of our parts
- Test the expression of protein
Muhammad Farel Ferian
- Help the transformation and replication of bacteria
Aditya Parawangsa
- Responsible for transformation and bacterial works
- Make agarose and medium for our project
Dry Lab
Eldwin Maidiono
- Head of Dry Lab
- Kinetical modeling
Elvan Wiyarta
- Attribution to the chimeric idea of HBEGF/EnvZ
- Establish our structural modeling of chimeric protein
- Validating the model and done the statistical analysis
- Help our wet lab project
- Help the kinetical and mathematical modeling
- Help NUS team on their drylab modeling project
Valentino Prasetya
- In charge of the mathematical modeling of the system
Policy and Practice
Tannia Sembiring
- Head of Policy and Practice
Andrew Prasettya Japri
- Manage sponsorships and institutional grants
- Treasurer of iGEM UI_Indonesia 2019
- Design the public engagement activities of the project
Khairunnisa Farina Ilato
- Manage Human Practice aspects of the project
Vina Margaretha Miguna
- Social media manager
- In charge of team’s branding and design
Web and Wiki Design
Stanley Sebastian
- Help code the wiki
Attributions to the Lab Division
Advisor
Our advisors lent us helping hands as well as insights and knowledge regarding this project. We gratefully thank them for their time, energy, and willingness to guide us in finishing this project
- Yudisthira Oktaviandie - Wet and Dry Lab iGEM UI_Indonesia 2015
- Valdi Ven Japranata - Team Leader iGEM UI_Indonesia 2018
- Andrea Laurentius - Head of Wet Lab iGEM UI_Indonesia 2018
- Muhammad Iqbal Adi Pratama - Wet Lab iGEM UI_Indonesia 2018
- Brian Mendel - Wet Lab iGEM UI_Indonesia 2017
Laboratory Staff
Staffs of Virology and Cancer Pathobiology Research Center provided us a home to thrive, a place to strive, and gave us invaluable knowledge in conducting researches.
- dr. Fera Ibrahim, MSc, Ph.D, Sp.MK(K) - Head of Virology and Cancer Pathobiology Research Center (VCPRC)
- Dr.dr. Budiman Bela, Sp.MK(K)
- Aroem Naroeni, Ph.D
- Dr.drh. Silvia Tri Widyaningtyas, M.Biomed
- drh. Sofy Meilany, M.Biomed
- Ekawati Betty Pratiwi,S.Si, M.Biomed
- Heru Kiswanto
- Jeanne Elvia Christian,S.Si,M.Biomed
- Churi Wardah,S.Si,M.Biomed
- Fathurrohim, S.Pd, M.Biomed
- Yudisthira Oktaviandie, S.Si
- Dian Anggraini Tri Utami
- Ibnu Ariyanto, S.Si, M.Biomed
- Hana Lestari
Other Acknowledgements
- Adrian Prasetya - Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia; helped us in plasmid isolation and replication
- Dr. Fadillah, M. Si - Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia; helped us in modeling the molecular binding model
- Didik Huswo Utomo, M.Sc. - Department of Applied Biosciences, Nagoya University
Mr. Didik gave us an advice about what kind of modelling approach should we use for the model. He also gave us information regarding model validations using tools such as Procheck and RAMPAGE.
- Cheng Kai - Head of Wet lab iGEM NUS_Singapore 2019 Team; helped us in assembling pSB1C3-OmpC/GFP with HB-EGF/EnvZ
Attributions to the Policy and Practice
- Prof. Dr. dr. H. Ari Fahrial Syam, SpPD-KGEH, MMB, FINASIM, FACP, FACG - Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia; gave us insights about hoax and counter-hoax
- dr. Robert Sinto, SpPD, K-PTI - Division of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Cipto Mangunkusumo National Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia; gave us insight about 2017 Diphtheria outbreak and the urgency to execute our project
- dr. T. Mirawati Sudiro, PhD - Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia; gave us insights problems causing diphtheria outbreaks in Indonesia
- dr. Dimas Seto Prasetyo, SpMK - Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia; gave us insights problems causing diphtheria outbreaks in Indonesia
- Mr. Rahmat Azhari Kemal, M.Si - Our iGEM mentor; helped us understanding the concept of integrated human practice and public engagement
- dr. Ninik Sukartini, SpPK - Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia; provided us valuable information about the criteria of good diagnostic tools
- Lulu Chotim Amsari - Student of Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara; gave us insights about 2019 Diphtheria outbreak at North Sumatera
- Michelle E. Rozo, PhD - Biosecurity Engagement Program; provided us information regarding biosafety and biosecurity in microbiology researches
- dr. Yana Yanti Suleman, SH - Former Chief of Disease Control and Environmental Sanitation in Gorontalo Health Office, Indonesia; provided us insights regarding financing and government responsibility in diphtheria case
- Drg. Anugerah - Leader of Puskesmas Jatimulya; helped us deciding our focus for public engagement intervention
- dr. Elsa Hufaidah - Founder of Rumah Vaksinasi; offered fresh perspectives about pro-vaccine and anti-vaccine community in Indonesia
- Midwife Ria Magdalena D, Am.Keb - Frontline Health Worker; shared some stories about 2017's diphteria outbreak management
- Yayasan Kasih Anak Kanker Indonesia (YKAKI); provided us opportunities to educate children about diphtheria and synthetic biology
- Keluarga Mahasiswa Buddhis (KMB) Universitas Indonesia; provided us opportunities to conduct public engagements in diphtheria-endemic area
- Organizing Comittees of Pengobatan Massal Departemen Pengmas BEM IKM FKUI 2019; provided us opportunities to conduct public engagements in diphtheria-endemic area
Institutional Supports and Sponsors
We thank Universitas Indonesia and Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia for the help in iGEM Registration and Giant Jamboree administration, shipping customs, and institutional grants for our project.
Universitas Indonesia
Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia
We would also like to express our gratitudes to stakeholders who have helped us in accomplishing this project:
- Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc., for providing us primers and DNA sequences for our project.
- Twist Bioscience, for providing us DNA sequences for our project.
- New England Biolabs®, Inc., for providing DH5a competent cells, PCR enzymes, and DNA ladder and Loading dye
- Virology and Cancer Pathobiology Research Center (VCPRC), for providing us laboratorium facilities, equipments, reagents, materials, and consumables for us.
Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc.
Twist Bioscience
New England Biolabs®, Inc.
Virology and Cancer
Pathobiology Research Center (VCPRC)
