Attributions
Credits
Team Members
Wong Chi Yan was the team leader who oversaw all subprojects carried out. She was responsible for reading literature for the biological aspects of the RIOT Model. In addition, she helped with experiments for the RIOT Invader and was in charge of collecting microplate reader data for the RIOT Responder and the RIOT Invader.
Chan Man Yau was in charge of crafting and running the RIOT Model, and was the main corresponder for our modelling collaborations.
Janice Darikho worked on the RIOT Sensor, and was in charge of the coding of our wiki.
Keshiniy Madivannan worked on the RIOT Sensor, and was part of the team that sourced for sponsors. She was also in charge of analysing data from our Survey for our Business Plan.
Choi Yan Ru worked on the RIOT Responder, and was part of the Administrative Team. She was also responsible for communicating our Business Plan to others.
Corey Bryen Lingam worked on the RIOT Responder, and was part of the team that sourced for sponsors.
Priyanka Kamath worked on the RIOT Responder, and was part of the team that sourced for sponsors.
Ang Shi Hui worked on the RIOT Invader, and was part of the Administrative Team.
Han Ziyin worked on the RIOT Invader, and was in charge of the design of our wiki and Team T-shirt design.
Yeam Cheng Teng worked on the RIOT Invader, and was responsible for communicating our Business Plan to others.
Special mention and gratitude:
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore
for funding support.
Special Programme in Science (SPS), NUS
Dr. Chammika Udalagama
Dr. Linda Sellou
and Dr. Lim Zhi Han
SPS lecturers
for their support and feedback on our presentation.
Mr. Elvin Koh Wei Chuan
Postgraduate student
for providing cloning advice and supervising the RIOT Sensor team’s characterisation experiments at the Chang lab at the NUS Synthetic Biology for Clinical and Technological Innovation (SynCTI).
Mr. Tan Jin Hui Max
Undergraduate student
for being our photographer for our team photoshoot.
The usage of the SPS wet lab for most of our experiments.
The rest of our friends from SPS who have supported us in one way or another.
Principal Investigators
Dr. Robert Lieu Zi Zhao
SPS lecturer
for purchasing laboratory supplies and providing cloning and characterisation advice.
A/P Liou Yih-Cherng
Director of SPS
for providing cloning and characterisation advice and hosting the RIOT Responder team at his lab.
A/P Matthew Chang Wook
Program Lead of NUS SynCTI
for hosting the RIOT Sensor team and microplate reader experiments at SynCTI,
and for permission to use the Nissle 1917 ∆alr ∆dadX strain developed by his lab.
Instructors
Mr. Andreas Dewanto
Assistant Director of SPS
for administrative support.
Prof. Linda Kenney
and Dr. Stuti Desai
Mechanobiology Institute, NUS
for hosting the RIOT Invader team for invasion assays.
Advisors
Dr. Adison Wong Choon Kit
Program Manager of NUS SynCTI
for providing cloning and characterisation advice and making appropriate arrangements for our experiments at the Chang lab.
Ms. Tan Yi Han
iGEM Team SPSingapore 2015
for providing cloning and characterisation advice and iGEM-specific guidance.
Ms. Nguyen Hoang Diem Phuong
for her invaluable assistance in the development and characterisation of the RIOT Sensor.
Other iGEM Teams
SPSingapore 2015
for their support from the very beginning.
ETH_Zurich 2015
for providing parts essential for the RIOT Sensor.
ETH_Zurich 2016
Melbourne 2016
and Hong_Kong_HKUST 2016
for fruitful collaborations.
Hong_Kong_HKU 2016
for engaging discussions.
NTU-Singapore 2016
for establishing a local connection.
Others
Ms. Yang Qiaoyun
Research Associate at the Liou lab
for supervising the RIOT Responder team’s characterisation experiments.
Mr. He Yunsheng
Mr. Wang Chao
and Mr. Tang Ning
for their invaluable assistance with setting up our wiki.
Materials
We would like to acknowledge the iGEM Parts Registry as a source of parts used in the RIOT system.
Sponsors
We would like to thank the following for their kind sponsorship:
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT)
for 20 kb of free custom DNA.
New England Biolabs (NEB)
for a 15% discount on our purchases.
MathWorks
for free MATLAB software.