Undergraduate Students
- '''Katy Baker''': Worked on transforming S. thermophilus with BioBrick constructs. Developed Miniprep protocol for purifying plasmid DNA from S. thermophilus. Demonstrated at Glasgow Science Centre. Social media boss.
- Pinja Hartikainen: Created crtEBIY BioBrick compatible construct through a series of gene ligations. Presented at London teams meetup at Westminster.
- Catriona Watson: Designed RNA extraction experiments for transcriptomics collaboration with Glasgow Polyomics. Demonstrated at Glasgow Science Centre. Created the final design for our mascot, Beta.
- Liam Pollock: Created crtEBIY BioBrick compatible construct. Quantified levels of beta-carotene in E. coli with various native S. thermophilus promoters. Demonstrated at Glasgow Science Centre.
- Matej Vucak: Created and quantified BioBrick constructs for use with S. thermophilus. Carried out Interlab measurements and submission.
- Deanna van Spall: Isolated the antitoxin Epsilon for potential self-inactivation mechanism. Demonstrated at Glasgow Science Centre.
- Lindsey McKerrell: Designed and created an accessible piece of hardware for solar pasteurisation.
- Simone Marcigaglia: Designed and created an accessible piece of hardware for solar pasteurisation. Demonstrated at Glasgow Science Centre.
- Fergus O’Brien: Designed and created an accessible piece of hardware for solar pasteurisation. Presented at London teams meetup at Westminster. Demonstrated at Glasgow Science Centre.
- Oliver Hawes: Our tech guy. Wiki coding and design.
Supervisors/Advisors
- Dr Julien Reboud (Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Fellow in Synthetic Biology, Biomedical Engineering, University of Glasgow) Supervisor: Our primary advisor - provided plate reader for fluorescence measurements, gave us useful presentation feedback, and bought us pizza that one time.
- Dr Sean Colloms (Lecturer in Synthetic Biology, Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, University of Glasgow) Supervisor: Our secondary supervisor - Provided advice about molecular biology.
- James Provan - Advisor: Demonstrated lab techniques (multiple times). Showed incredible patience.
- Mhairi Davidson - Advisor: Provided support with Exeter collaboration and general lab techniques.
- Dr Steph Holt: Helped with electroporating S. thermophilus when things were looking impossible.
Engineering Support
- Ewan Russell: for 3D printing our magnificent valve.
- Dr Andrew Glidle: for 3D printing our more magnificent valve 2.0.
- Rankine Building Engineering Department: Thanks for the electronics!
General Support
- Everyone in the Bower Building, University of Glasgow, for their support over the summer.
- Thanks to the Scottish weather for providing us with one day of sun so we could test our initial solar concentrator.
Human Practice Support
- Dr John Walls (Research Associate, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow) Advised on public interest and social sciences
- Jamie Gallagher (Public Engagement Officer, Research Strategy and Innovation Office, University of Glasgow) Outreach help and advice
- Melanie Jimenez: Thanks for our super cute video for the Science centre.
- Glasgow Science Centre, for allowing us to participate in the Meet the Experts event.
Project Support
- Glasgow Polyomics - Performed ten RNAseq experiments in order to distinguish differential gene expression in S. thermophilus based on casein exposure.
- Maud Flechard and Pascal Hols: Gifted us with S. thermophilus LMD-9 strain, multiple plasmids, and protocols for working with S. thermophilus
- iGEM Team Exeter - for providing us with an alternative Kill Switch for our yogurt.
- Thanks to Zuhair Elgaid, our summer intern, for helping with initial research.
