The University of Georgia’s iGEM team has worked very hard over the course of the past summer. We have learned much about the field of synthetic biology and have grown significantly as scientists in our attempt to expand the use of Archaea in the field of Synthetic Biology. This would not have been possible without the contributions of the many people and organizations listed below.

A very special thanks to:

The first group that we must thank is the University of Georgia Microbiology Department. They have allowed us to use their equipment and provided us with the lab space needed to conduct our experiments. The Microbiology department has also provided us with essential funding to reach our experimental goals, as well as travel to the Jamboree to present our research. In particular, thank you to all graduate students in Dr. William Whitman’s Lab for equipment handling instruction.

UGA Engineering

The College of Engineering also played an instrumental role in our success. The graduates students provided us with much needed guidance that to ensure the success of the modeling project. Moreover, Dr. Yan’s lab was useful because of the state of the art equipment, which we were allowed to use. Finally, we are especially grateful for their financial support, which was used to defray the cost of attending the Jamboree.

We would also like to express our gratitude to the University of Tennessee, Columbia University, University of Nebraska, GENSPACE, Georgia State University, and University of Pittsburg iGEM teams for their participation in our Archeal Interlab Study.

Finally we would like to make to again thank our instructors and advisers for the time and energy they put into the project. We are extremely grateful and feel fortunate to have such dedicated and knowledgeable aid help us complete our project.