Although it’s difficult to completely encompass the contributions of these people, we’d like to give special thanks to the following individuals and sponsors:
Faculty
Wei Niu
Associate Professor, for advising us in background knowledge, project direction, and troubleshooting.
Jiantao Guo
Associate Professor, for offering his lab space and reagents, project direction, and troubleshooting
Massimiliano Pierobon
Assistant Professor, for advising the modeling components of our project.
Graduate Students
Gloricelly Roman-Arochoo
A chemistry graduate student in the Guo lab, trained the team in lab techniques and was a source of guidance throughout the semester.
Justin Lawrie
A graduate student in the Guo lab, offered troubleshooting to the team throughout the semester.
Levi Kramer
A graduate student in Dr. Niu’s lab, assisted the team with the Gibson cloning and sequencing of the modified agr system.
Tyler Barker
A graduate student in Dr. Pierobon’s lab, assisted the team with modeling.
External Support
Dirk Anderson, the director of the UNL Flow Cytometry facility, assisted the team with performing flow cytometry analysis.
John Parkinson, Distinguished Professor at the University of Utah, supplied the team with E. coli strain UU2685 which features a deletion of chromosomal CheZ for our motility testing.
Nic Kite, a UNL iGEM alumnus, guided the project design and helped acclimate the new team to iGEM.
Student Members:
Alex Enersen: Did the modeling and helped design DNA sequences.
Alex Meyer: Performed wet lab experiments, helped design DNA sequences, advised in direction of project.
Brandon Lassalle: Student Leader. Performed wet lab experiments, helped design DNA sequences, helped with the biology part of the modeling; advised in direction of project.
Logan Hauder: Performed wet lab experiments, created graphic designs, designed the primers.
Michael Banwo: Performed wet lab experiments; human practices, education outreach.
Noha Algahimi: Performed wet lab experiments; human practices, education outreach.
Rahul Prajapati: Creator of the Wiki; technical support.
Roxanne Mpinganzima: Performed wet lab experiments.
Sponsors
LI-COR Biosciences
From https://www.licor.com/#about:
LI-COR technology enables scientists around the world to improve lives by advancing discovery. From the first low-cost light sensor filtered for the waveband absorbed by plants, to pioneering the development of near-infrared fluorescence detection systems for DNA sequencing, LI-COR strives to provide innovative solutions for researchers. Today, LI-COR Biosciences is a leading innovator in systems for plant research, gas analysis, drug discovery, protein research, and small animal imaging.
Nebraska Scientific
From https://www.nebraskascientific.com/content/4-about-us:
Nebraska Scientific supplies a wide array of quality science products to schools, science teachers, professors, and their students throughout all fifty states of the United States, and to other countries as permitted by import / export laws, shipping requirements, and customs agents.
Nebraska Scientific's product line is designed to provide the essentials for all aspects of biology, anatomy, life sciences, and environmental science classrooms. Teachers and school administrators should be able to rely upon Nebraska Scientific for the materials, supplies, equipment, and technology needed for their classrooms in a timely manner and at a competitive price.
Adjuvance
From http://adjuvancetechnologies.com/management-team/:
Adjuvance is a privately held biopharmaceutical company dedicated to empowering health through fundamental breakthroughs in vaccine adjuvant design and manufacturing. Adjuvants are critical components that are added to many vaccines to improve the immune response.
Our culture of creativity and innovation is grounded in our advanced technologies, our team, and our intellectual property. Our collaborative R&D effort drives focused application of resources to highest priority opportunities for both new product introductions and technology development.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln UCARE
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Biological Sciences
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Biochemistry
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Chemistry
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Computer Science and Engineering
