Team:Virginia/Attributions

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Keith Kozminski, PhD - Team Advisor

Associate Professor of Biology, University of Virginia

As advisor of all things iGEM-related, Prof. Kozminski proved an invaluable source of information and aid at all hours of the day and night. We are eternally grateful for his support, and can only hope that a trip to Canada and a copious supply of banana bread demonstrate our appreciation.

Inchan Kwon, PhD - Team Advisor

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia

As a source of consistent support through regular meetings and project discussions, we greatly appreciate Prof. Kwon’s work as an advisor.

Jason Papin, PhD - Team Advisor

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia

As a source of invaluable computer modeling knowledge, we are truly thankful for Prof. Papin as an advisor. We appreciate his direction in both project development and analysis.

Matthew Giacalone, PhD - Minicell Formation

Vice President of Corporate Development and Research at Vaxiion Therapeutics

Dr. Giacalone guided our minicell formation and characterization teams with recommendations regarding FtsZ upregulation and IPTG induction.

Matthew Giacalone, PhD - Minicell Formation

PI of the Chriss lab in UVa Medical School's Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology.

Her advice greatly helped the applications side of our project.

Matthew Giacalone

Vice President of Corporate Development and Research at Vaxiion Therapeutics

Provided initial advice and consulting on minicell formation.

Kay Christopher

Biology Staff at UVa

Provided advice, materials, and overall invaluable aid throughout the summer.

Daniel Engel

A PI at UVa; provided efficient lab space for special applications experiments.

David Kittleson

Professor at UVa that supplied helpful advice.

Mike Wormington

Professor at UVa with early idea development aid.

Loren Erickson

Provided secondary antibodies.

Vinod Jyothikumar

Keck center microscope expert that advised the team on quantification of minicells.

Linda Columbus

Jessica Yoo's PI; helped with materials and gave general advice.