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Thank you to all the wonderful people who have helped us during this project

Attributions

We want to say thank you to all the wonderful men and women who have helped us during this project. We couldn't have done it without you.

Team members

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Marcus Medom Ryding

As the main responsible for the drylab side of the project, I established our choice of model and wrote the software to build models and sample promoters from them. I was also involved in our molecular design work, where I worked to promote modularity and standards compliance, both in the selection and design behind individual parts, but especially on higher levels of abstraction, in our designs and assembly strategies for devices and backbones, aiming to embed our work into the growing ecosystem of Type IIS assembly standards.

Helena Utzon

Throughout this project I have mainly participated in the wet-lab through work with filamentous fungi and fermentation, though I also lend a hand whenever it was needed in the molecular part of the wet-lab.
Furthermore, I worked a lot with outreach, including being head of the social media group, teaching high-school students, and working with integrated human practices. Finally, I have also helped arrange and host several team-building activities.

Louise Almer

In the process of this project, I have mostly worked with the fungi and fermentations but I have also stepped in other places where it has been needed.
I have also partaken in the design and set-up of the wiki. Additionally, I have planned and attended many of the outreach activities, ranging from integrated human practices to non-integrated human practices and education of high school students.

Mikkel Hansen

Jacob Mejlsted

During the project, I have been the main responsible for the handling of safety forms and the organization of the laboratory. Over the summer, I was also the main responsible for the cloning part of the laboratory as well as organizing and systematizing the samples, storage and notations that we have been using.

Philip George Hau Sørensen

I have been the main responsible for task delegation and administrative work. I have also been heavily involved in the experimental design for this project, designing both parts and cloning strategies. In addition to this, I have also assisted Jacob in the lab with cloning work during the summer. Lastly, I have been involved with the economic side of the project, contributing to fundraising efforts and budgeting for the team.

Philip Thomsen

During the project my primary focus has been on the fungal work; preparing protoplasts, fungal transformations, etc. However as a jack of all trades, I have been working in the lab wherever the need has been the greatest, be it designing parts, molecular work, or whatever might be required. Additionally, I have helped secure funding for the project.

Mathias Laursen

Elisavet Angeli

Michelle Lind Østrup

I was the main responsible in the development of the wiki. Almost all code and all illustrations have been created by or at least been passed by me. Also if you like the t-shirts and our banners, then I designed those as well. If you didn’t like them…then I still made them.

Supervisors

Christopher Workman
Chris is the core of the DTU Biobuilders. With all of his experience with previous iGEM teams, he has been able to guide us through all the rough patches of the project as well as delivering critical input for both the work in the lab and in the coding department.

Henrik Toft Simonsen
As the CEO of Mosspiration Biotech IVS & Associate professor at DTU, Henrik is a great supervisor who knows how to motivate us during crunch times. He's able to bring an almost business-like aspect to the project which makes the project seem more relevant than ever and we are happy to have him on board.

Kyle Rothschild-Mancinelli (iGEM alumnus and PhD student)
Kyle has been a strong asset throughout the entire iGEM project. His strong interest in the project has meant that he constantly pushed us toward a better project with expert facts and deliberations, not really regarding how long each individual suggestion would take, which resulted in many long nights, but we definitely wouldn't have wanted to be without them.

Wetlab

Jakob Blæsbjerg Hoof (DTU Bioengineering)
Expert on Aspergilli and generously provided us with the Aspergillus niger strain ACTT1015 and the plasmids containing PyrG and the homology regions.

Jakob Kræmmer Rendsvig (Ph.D. student at DTU Bioengineering)
Most generously provided feedback, plasmids, and guidance throughout the project. His help has been invaluable for our successes.

Fabiano Jares Contesini (DTU Bioengineering)
Provided us with a protease deficient Aspergillus niger strain.

José Luis Martinez Ruiz (DTU Bioengineering)
Helped us with advice on fermentation in bioreactors.

Irene Hjorth Jacobsen (Ph.D. student at DTU Bioengineering)
Offered invaluable advice on how to run the bioreactors.

Clara Navarrete Román (Postdoc at DTU Bioengineering)
Helped us with using the BioLector.

Zofia Dorota Jarczynska (Postdoc at DTU Bioengineering)
Provided advice on how to optimize the protoplasting protocol and provided feedback, advice, and support with regards to fungal transformation and cloning.

David Lokjær Faurdal (DTU Biobuilders 2018)
Helped with the execution of the BioBrick Tutorial 2019 and occasional guidance and help in the lab.

Lina Lyng Sigfredsson Nielsen (DTU Biobuilders 2018)
Helped with the BioBrick Tutorial 2019.

Marie Millgaard (Msc. student at DTU)
Helped with the BioBrick Tutorial 2019.

Joen Haahr Jensen (DTU Biobuilders 2018)
Developed systems for organizing our DNA inventory in 2018 that was also used in 2019.

Tina Johansen (Lab Manager at DTU Bioengineering)
Has helped with ordering reagents on behalf of our team, and managing the booking system for the bioreactors we were using.

Amalie Gro Kloster(Laboratory technician at DTU Bioengineering)
Has helped with ordering reagents on behalf of our team, and restocking the lab with consumables. She also provided occasional advice on different lab protocols.

Jannie Felskov Agersten (Laboratory technician at DTU Bioengineering)
Has helped with guidance on some of the SOPs and protocols for our lab.

Marzanna Pulka-Amin (Laboratory technician at DTU Bioengineering)
Has helped up with preparing a teaching-lab for us to host the BioBrick Tutorial in.

Trine Helena Brodersen (Lab trainee at DTU Bioengineering)
Has helped us by guiding us in how to use certain equipment in the lab.

Drylab

Human practices

Kenneth Bruno (Principal scientist at Zymergen)
Provided crucial feedback at the start of the project about the choice of aspergillus strain and methods to determine promoter strength. Furthermore, he provided information about the needs of a promoter library in the industry.

Grayson Wawrzyn (Scientist at Zymergen)
Gave us important feedback to the project.

Benjamin Schwetz (Information scientist at Novozymes)
Invited us to visit Novozymes’ facilities in Lyngby and arranged talks with different departments to learn more about the applications of enzymes.

Mikako Sasa (Senior Scientist at Novozymes)
Talked to us about the use of filamentous fungi in industrial applications.

Alfred Birkegaard Hansted (Collaborative Innovation Specialist at Hello Science)
Introduced the many aspects of innovation and entrepreneurship in the biotechnological space.

Pengfei Tian (Senior Data Scientist at Novozymes)
Talked to us about visualisation of scientific topics as a part of research with his focus on 3D models of enzymes.

Merete Møller Engelsen (Science Manager at Novozymes)
Talked to us about real-world applications of heterologous proteins that can be produced in filamentous fungi.

Mary Ann Stringer (Senior Scientist at Novozymes)
Provided feedback on which types of promoters are really needed in industry.

Kirk Matthew Schnorr (Senior Scientist at Novozymes)
Provided feedback on the advantages, disadvantages, application, and methods of our project.

Peter Richard (Principal Scientist at VTT)
Provided feedback on our project, more specifically how to test our constructs in a way that ensures maximal usefulness to others.

Outreach

Camilla Lykke Hansen (DTU communication)
Helped us organize our stand at Science Expo.

Anne Ringgaard Jørgensen (DTU Project coordination)
Helped us acquire DTU branded t-shirts.

Mårten Flø Jørgensen (Science teacher at Bagsværd High School)
Allowed us to visit his high school class and talk to aspiring young biologists about making the world a better place with synthetic biology.

Morten Eskildsen (Science teacher at Birkerød High School)
Allowed us to visit his high school class and talk to aspiring young biologists about making the world a better place with synthetic biology.

Tenna Gram Rasmussen (Msc. student at DTU)
Helped us at the annual DTU open house.

Felix Boel Pedersen (Previous iGEM participant from SDU)
Held a lecture at the BioBrick Tutorial.

Max Van 't Hof (Ph.D student at DTU and previous iGEM participant)
Held a lecture at the BioBrick Tutorial.

Chrysillis Magaard Polhaus (Previous iGEM participant from DTU)
Held a lecture at the BioBrick Tutorial.

Economy

Malene Bonné Meyer (DTU Bioengineering)
Help with budgeting and fundraising.

Chen Chou Hellfach Hansen (DTU Project economy coordinator)
Help with budgeting and fundraising.

Elisabeth Boelskifte (DTU Bioengineering)
Help with budgeting and fundraising.

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-As the CEO of Mosspiration Biotech IVS & Associate professor at DTU, Henrik is a great supervisor who knows how to motivate us during crunch times. He's able to bring an almost business like aspect to the project which makes the project seem more relevant than ever and we are happy to have him on board.
+As the CEO of Mosspiration Biotech IVS & Associate professor at DTU, Henrik is a great supervisor who knows how to motivate us during crunch times. He's able to bring an almost business-like aspect to the project which makes the project seem more relevant than ever and we are happy to have him on board.
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-As an iGEM alumnus and PhD student working with fungi, Kyle not only knew when to push us to keep up with the time-schedule, but he always pushed us to factually justify anything we did for our project. His drive and expectation made us want to do better and the experience wouldn't be the same without him.
+Kyle has been a strong asset throughout the entire iGEM project. His strong interest in the project has meant that he constantly pushed us toward a better project with expert facts and deliberations, not really regarding how long each individual suggestion would take, which resulted in many long nights, but we definitely wouldn't have wanted to be without them.
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