<h3> <b> <u>NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY: </u> </b> </h3>
<p>
<b> Dr. Sarah Glaven </b> is the team's primary mentor. She helped both in the lab
and with the mathematical modeling, as well as wrote the grant which allowed the team
funding from DTRA and ONR.
</p>
<p>
<b>Dr. Brian Eddie</b> is another team mentor. He helped extensively in the lab, as well
as supported the mathematical modeling by bridging the gap between the mathematicians
and the field of biology.
</p>
<p>
<b>Dr. Tschirhart</b> is a team mentor who has significantly helped the team, as this is
the first year the USNA team has competed. Dr. Tschirhart has mentored the Univ. of
Maryland iGEM team in the past, and her experience in iGEM has certainly benefitted the
USNA team.
</p>
<p>
<b> Dr. Preston Fullmer </b> is a team mentor who helped the team greatly with getting
started in the lab. Dr. Fullmer helped teach the team how to do Plasmid preps, PCR, ligation,
and transformation, all essential techniques for the project.
</p>
<p>
<b> Dr. Nicholas Kotloski </b> is a team mentor who helped extensively in the lab and
supported the mathematical modeling by teaching the mathematicians the biology behind
what they were doing.
</p>
<p>
<b> Dr. Leonard Tender </b> is an electrochemist who works at NRL. Dr. Tender runs a lab
at the Center for Bimolecular Science and Engineering, where the Midshipman worked, as
well as provided support to the modeling team through his deep understanding of both
electrochemistry and biology, as well as common modeling techniques.
</p>
<h3> <b><u>UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY: </u></b></h3>
<p>
<b>Dr. Aurelia Minut</b> is a mathematics professor at the US Naval Academy who has
been working with the mathematicians on model development, as well as associated
logistics at the Naval Academy. Dr. Minut has also assisted in coaching the team on the
presentation.
</p>
<p>
<b>CDR Lawrence Kennedy</b> is a military professor of chemistry at USNA who
facilitated Midshipmen working at NRL over the summer, both logistically and by securing
funding for the Midshipmen to participate in an internship at NRL.
</p>
<p>
The <b>Media Support Center</b> at the Naval Academy has assisted the Midshipmen in
making a poster for the iGEM Jamboree.
</p>
<h3> <b><u>DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY: </u></b></h3>
<p>
<b>Dr. Brian Pate</b> propelled the initial formation of the team by standing up the DTRA
Syn Bio Academies Challenge and by advocating and coordinating within USNA and NRL to
identify the proper personnel within both institutions and gain their support. Dr. Pat has
been assisting the USNA iGEM team through funding from the inception of the team, as well
as has provided the team with valuable opportunities such as meetings at the Pentagon. Dr.
Pate has also supported the team through feedback on presentations and other material.
</p>
<h3><b><u> OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH: </u></b></h3>
<p>
<b> Dr. Linda Chrisey</b> has supported the USNA iGEM team by through providing
summer research funds for Dr. Glaven's contribution.
</p>
<h3> <b><u> ADDITIONAL: </u></b></h3>
<p>
The model and associated computer program the midshipmen created would not have
worked without understanding of the Hodgkin-Huxley model of neuron action potential.
Matlab code [Alex could you hyperlink the phrase “Matlab code” to this
http://www.math.mcgill.ca/gantumur/docs/reps/RyanSicilianoHH.pdf] originally
programmed by Ryan Siciliano of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was the
basis for the model developed by the USNA iGEM team. </p>
<p> The team began working on the project in May, 2016, a process which was facilitated
deeply by internships at NRL. </p>
