Team:Hong Kong HKUST/acknowledge

Our deepest thanks to the following parties, who generously sponsered and supported our cause:

• Office of the Provost, HKUST
• Office of the Dean of Science, HKUST

A few institutions had kindly exchanged information with us and offered reflections on our project. They are:

• South University of Science and Technology of China
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong

We would very much like to thank the following parties for generously sharing their BioBricks with us. Without their help, we would not be able to complete our devices:

• Prof. Malcolm CAMPBELL and Dr. Shu Yan WANG (Davidson College)
• Dr. Yu ZHANG (Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University and Key Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China)

The individuals below particitated in our Human Practice Interview and offered much insights for promoting our project beyond academia. We would like to express our great gratitude to them:

• Prof. Albert YU (Hong Kong Biotechnology Organization, Department of Neurobiology, Peking University)
• Professor Juliana CHAN (Chinese University Hong Kong)

We would also like to thank the following individuals from Division of Life Science at our home institute:

• Professor David BANFIELD, who gave us advice on mitochondiral imaging, fixation and staining.
• Professor Raymond S. C. WONG, who taught us much on the biochemistry of fatty acid metabolism.
• Prof. King Lun YEUNG, who faciliated our use of the GC-MS in the Chemistry Deapartmet.
• Mr. Thomas HUI, from Prof Karl HERRUP's lab, who shared his expereince cell staining and fixation.
• Mr. Siva HUNG and Mr. Hector WANG, who trained and faciliated us in various tissue culture and staining techniques.
• Ms. Julie ANG, who assisted us in using confocal microscope and provided valuable feedback on imaging and presentation skills;
• And all other members from Professor King L. CHOW's laboratory.