Attributions

No project can be completed without the help of people from outside and ours is not an exception. We were lucky to find some really helpful people who generously gave us valuable guidance and assistance from time to time at various stages of project development. Team iGEM IISER Kolkata finds it a privilege to thank them.

Principal Investigators

Dr. Babu Sudhamalla, Primary Investigator
He was instrumental in mediating all the official proceedings with the iGEM Headquarters and IISER Kolkata. His patient guidance was helpful in keeping all aspects of the project running smoothly.
Dr. Sreeramiah Gangappa, Secondary Investigator
He helped us in troubleshooting many of the wet lab protocols and has been our greatest support system.
Dr. Dipjyoti Das, Secondary Investigator
He helped us in improvising our mathematical model.

Brainstorming sessions

Dr. Tapas Kumar Sengupta
His valuable inputs in the initial critical project evaluation played a very crucial role in giving a shape to the project proposal.
Dr. Rupak Dutta
Being an active researcher in the field of Leishmania parasite, his experience helped us to decide the feasibility of the project.
iGEM 2018 team members.

Our support system

Dr. Partho Sarthi Ray
Without his valuable guidance and critical inputs in the troubleshooting of the wet lab work, it wouldn't have been possible to complete this project.
Dr. G. Lekha, Lab Instructor
Our lab instructor, who constantly guided us through all the basic and advanced protocols of molecular biology laboratory.
Mr. Debabrata Sutradhar
He mediated the laboratory reagents and consumables orders and took care of all the institute formalities for the same.
Arunava Seth, who helped us to design all the Leishmania and macrophage experiments.
Animish Nilesh Vaze, Diptatanu Das and Hrishika Rai
They were our official advisors and also members of the iGEM 2018 team. Their experience helped us to identify many small errors in the experimental protocol. They also guided us through numerous official proceedings including the team registration and acquiring funds from the institute.

Lab space

Department of Biological Sciences, IISER Kolkata, which provided us with lab space and scientific equipment required for the successful completion of the project.
Dr. Rupak Dutta's Lab, who generously provided all the specific facilities required to work with Leishmania and macrophage cultures.
Dr. Jayasri Das Sharma, Dr. Rahul Das, Dr. Amirul Mallick and Dr. Malancha Ta, who generously allowed us to use their lab equipment.

External support

Dr. Nahid Ali for giving a detailed insights about the occurance of Leishmaniasis in our country and the risk posed to the society.
Sourav Banerjee, Senior Research Fellow working in the lab of Dr. Rupak Dutta, who gave us valuable insight regarding Leishmania life processes and iron balance mechanisms.