Team:NUS Singapore/Attributions
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 corresponding with our T-shirt supplier.
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.
