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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank of the people that helped us through the project, without their guidance and advice We couldn't have completed this project all by ourselves. Specially to our supervisors, Dr Chris French, Dr Jon Marles-Wright and Dr Louise Horsfall, we will never be able to thank you enough for taking this project in the right direction.

We also want to thank all the members of the University of Edinburgh who provided guidance and assistance

Dr Heather Barker, who was with us all summer long in the lab cheering us up and helping with material, equipment and anything we could need. Also for providing expertise, understanding and patience with us.

Holly Robertson-Dick, for helping the team organizing fundraising events, finding sponsors and motivation when needed.

Dr Matthew Edmundson and Nick Pantidos for giving Tom and Alejandra a space to work in their lab. Thanks for your guidance, enthusiasm, jokes, time, and patience while we were in your lab.

Efrain Zarazua-Arvizu and Laura Tuck for providing us with the MoClo CIDAR kit and for giving us advice on performing MoClo assemblies.

Dr Annegret Honsbein, for providing the pPMQAK1 plasmid and giving invaluable advice on how to work with this plasmid and Synechocystis.

Dr Aitor de Las Heras, for allowing us use the plate reader in his lab and helping us generate and interpret fluorescent data.

Dr Jane Calvert, for meeting with us in several occasions regarding the importance of human practices aspects of our project.

Diana Gamez, for the advice, guidance, time and effort provided that helped us develop the CARE software.

Marina Freijo Mata, for helping us out on busy days in the lab, for your enthusiasm, support and feedback in our project.

Britanto Dani Wicaksono for the RT-PCR guidance

People outside the university that helped through the project

Paul Thomas (freelance technical consultant, dairy scientist and raw milk cheesemaker) for advice regarding Penicillium roqueforti, dairy tech and safety.

Immanuel Sanka (MSc student, Uppsala University, Sweden) for his advice on primer design

Canggih Puspo Wibowo (MSc, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand) for teaching team members CSS and javascript for the Wiki design.