Team:Edinburgh/Attributions

Attributions

All BioBricks, besides those detailed below, were made and characterised solely by the undergraduate students themselves.

We would like to particularly thank:

Lina Gasiūnaitė MSc for:

-Design of BioBricks: BBa_K1122001; BBa_K1122003; BBa_K1122004; BBa_K1122005; BBa_K1122006; BBa_K1122007; BBa_K1122008; BBa_K1122009; BBa_K1122010; BBa_K1122011; BBa_K1122012.

-Creation and characterisation of BioBricks: BBa_K1122001 and BBa_K1122003 to BBa_K1122008

-BioBricks BBa_K1122001 and BBa_K1122003 to BBa_K1122008 were submitted as part of Edinburgh iGEM 2013 entry and were used for creation of Fur box assemblies which aimed to test iron induced repression of gene expression.

-General help and guidance on the use of GenBrick assembly;

Dr Chris French for:

-For general help and advice on both scientifical and philosophical aspects of our project;

-For provision of space to perform laboratory work;

-For help with management of team matters.

Moreover, we would like to thank:

Justinas Šlikas for:

-Day-to-day management of team business;

-Organisation and coordination of work performed

Dr David S. Radford for:</h4>

-Guidance on the use of B. subtilis as a model organism

-Help in designing growth/toxicity experiments

-Instructions and help with the B. subtilis transformation

-Help with the SDS-PAGE experiments

Eugene Fletcher MSc for:

-General help in the laboratory;

-Supervision during weekend work;

-Guidance on how to develop our project.

Dr Jon Marles-Wrigth for:

-Support and guidance throughout the project;

-Insight into the function and structure of fusion proteins.

Yuhua (Linda) Hu for:

-All the advice she has given to us.