Attributions
Our participation in iGEM wouldn’t have been possible without numerous people. The help was very much appreciated and we couldn’t have asked for a better surrounding to build the first ever iGEM team of the University of Zurich. Therefore, we would like to thank everyone who gave us practical advice, or supported and encouraged us outside of the lab.
He helped with adding content to the website and questions about layout and design and the occasional funding effort.
Lynn was responsible for the in-vivo experiments, most of the cloning and especially, all of the imaging. Additionally, she also managed our Instagram account and poured a lot of creativity into the project, in the lab and outside.
Alexandra was responsible for the in-vitro experiments, making antibiotics plates, tending to stock solutions and generally doing lab work and measurements that the rest of us didn’t have time to do. She was also the main contact for the highschool students we hosted.
Assisting whenever needed for in in-vivo or in-vitro experiments as well as in-silico planning, designing primers and last but not least for filling out grant applications and calling many potential sponsors.
Roy was in charge of the P2A sidetrack project and all of the cloning for our gold and bronze parts. He dealt with a lot of the cloning for our original YFP vectors and assisted Lynn with the imaging when needed. He was always coming up with new ideas and hypotheses to test there was always a next step that he wanted to take.
Our head-coach Dr. Arpan Kumar Rai also from the Pelkmans lab helped us tremendously during the whole project. From helping us outlining the project over designing experiments and training us to troubleshoot when something didn’t work out as expected. It’s hard to explain how much we appreciated his opinions and inputs throughout the whole iGEM process, we couldn’t have asked for a better instructor.
Adrian Tschann from the Pelkmans lab assisted us with everything concerning the phages. Providing us with protocols for buffers, phage propagation and troubleshooting saved us a lot of time and effort. Additionally he provided us with suitable plasmid backbones for use in P. chlororaphis that we could use for our cloning.
Jack Lawrence from the iGEM mentorship programme went through all medal requirements and gave us input / advice about our ideas and he also suggested things we could do in order to achieve a gold medal.
Fredrik Wallin set up the initial web page and he could assist us even when he was on holidays.
Minami Wetli designed the iGEM UZH logo that we now proudly display.
And, of course, a big thank you to all our friends and families that supported us over the past 9 months!
Student team members
Alexander was in charge of managing the team in terms of schedules, meetings and coordination. He also was responsible for overlooking the medal requirements and the main contact for our advisors and other teams.He helped with adding content to the website and questions about layout and design and the occasional funding effort.
Lynn was responsible for the in-vivo experiments, most of the cloning and especially, all of the imaging. Additionally, she also managed our Instagram account and poured a lot of creativity into the project, in the lab and outside.
Alexandra was responsible for the in-vitro experiments, making antibiotics plates, tending to stock solutions and generally doing lab work and measurements that the rest of us didn’t have time to do. She was also the main contact for the highschool students we hosted.
Assisting whenever needed for in in-vivo or in-vitro experiments as well as in-silico planning, designing primers and last but not least for filling out grant applications and calling many potential sponsors.
Roy was in charge of the P2A sidetrack project and all of the cloning for our gold and bronze parts. He dealt with a lot of the cloning for our original YFP vectors and assisted Lynn with the imaging when needed. He was always coming up with new ideas and hypotheses to test there was always a next step that he wanted to take.
Supervisors
Our PI, Lucas Pelkmans enabled us to pursue our iGEM project by generously hosting us in his lab over the summer. We had access to lab equipment, bench space and reagents. Moreover, he gave us valuable insights into the direction of our project at the beginning of iGEM.Our head-coach Dr. Arpan Kumar Rai also from the Pelkmans lab helped us tremendously during the whole project. From helping us outlining the project over designing experiments and training us to troubleshoot when something didn’t work out as expected. It’s hard to explain how much we appreciated his opinions and inputs throughout the whole iGEM process, we couldn’t have asked for a better instructor.
Adrian Tschann from the Pelkmans lab assisted us with everything concerning the phages. Providing us with protocols for buffers, phage propagation and troubleshooting saved us a lot of time and effort. Additionally he provided us with suitable plasmid backbones for use in P. chlororaphis that we could use for our cloning.
The Pelkmans lab
We always felt very welcome in the lab during our time there. A big thanks to everyone who helped us out during our project, even if it was "just" some words of encouragement. It was a great time!Mentors
Caua Westmann was very helpful in regards to medal requirements and giving us extremely valuable insights to the whole iGEM process. We talked about deadlines and project design which lead us to reconsider aspects of our project and shift our focus as well.Jack Lawrence from the iGEM mentorship programme went through all medal requirements and gave us input / advice about our ideas and he also suggested things we could do in order to achieve a gold medal.
For the Website:
Jatina Schumacher developed the second version of the website, kept it up to date and coordinated with the team to get the content up in time.Fredrik Wallin set up the initial web page and he could assist us even when he was on holidays.
SynBio members & friends:
Tosca Dalessi put together the poster for our first presentation of our project at our campus.Minami Wetli designed the iGEM UZH logo that we now proudly display.
And, of course, a big thank you to all our friends and families that supported us over the past 9 months!