Attributions
We would like to give special thanks to Dr. Andy Hudson for his incredible creativity and innovative spirit. This project has been his brain-child, and his positive influence on the project cannot be understated.
For their assistance in the lab, we would like to thank:
- Karin Otero
- Taylor Sheahan (sdAb cloning, EMS sample analysis)
- Rhys Hakstol
- Rebecca Jeong
- Kieran McCormack
- Graeme Glaister (RNAi project, cloning, etc.)
- Dr. Senthil Kumar (Bioinformatics)
- Dr. Andy Hudson
For their assistance with human practices, we would like to thank:
- Sydnee Calhoun (Ride-along, sampling, interviews, etc.)
- Taylor Sheahan (Sampling, sample preparation)
- Keith Aiken (Ride-along, sampling, interviews, etc.)
- Sage Strobel (Literature review)
- Dr. Cesar Rodriguez (Advising)
- Suneet Kharey (Ride-along, sampling, interviews, etc.)
- Graeme Glaister (Sampling, interviews, etc.)
For their hard work on the media aspects, we would like to thank:
- Chris Isaac (Wiki design, implementation, bug fixing)
- Chelsi Harvey (Poster design)
- Dr. Andy Hudson (Poster design)
- Courtney McDermott (Visualization, figures, wiki)
- Amber Beingessner (Visualization, figures)
- Luka de Haan (Visualization and figures)
- Emily Wilton (Database)
- Michael Opyr (Database)
For their excellent advice, we would like to recognize our advisors:
- Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden
- Dr. Brian Dempsey
- Dr. Cesar Rodriguez
- Dr. Andy Hudson
- Graeme Glaister
- Suneet Kharey
For their time and expertise, we would like to thank:
- Ward Eggli of the Lethbridge Fire and EMS Department
- The University of Lethbridge Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Wieden Lab
- Kothe Lab
- Our collaborators: Marburg, Bielefeld, and Lethbridge High School
For their generous support of our project, our sponsors:
- MindFuel
- Geekstarter
- Syngenta
- IDT
- Geneious
- Univeristy of Lethbridge
- Univeristy of Lethbridge Student's Union
- Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute