Team:TAS Taipei/Attributions
Attributions
- All lab work was conducted at Taipei American School Sandy R. Puckett Memorial Research Laboratory by team members of the 2016 TAS-Taipei iGEM team, unless stated otherwise
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National Yang Ming University - NYMU_Taipei team (click to see collaboration page)
- Consultation for troubleshooting our cloning procedure
- Ran summer camp to overview entire iGEm process from start to finish
- Ran nanoparticle calculator to give advice and troubleshoot problems and misunderstandings
- ASIJ - ASIJ_Tokyo team
- Testing our cataract treatment and prevention calculator and providing user feedback
- Dr. Jason Cyster - Professor at UCSF University Department of Microbiology and Immunology
- Advice on working with 25HC and exploring its properties in terms of cataracts treatment
- Dr. Tsu Chieh Cheng - Optomologist at Chang Cheng Eye Hospital
- Information on challenges with current drug delivery systems and cataracts surgery
- Feedback on our prototype plan
- Dr. Wei-Chu Wu - Retina Specialist, Associate Professor at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
- Information on current cataracts treatments and post operational complications
- Dr. Li Guo Min - Veterinarian at Nicholas Animal Hospital
- Information on cataract development in animals and current treatments, such as the Ocluvet eye drops
- Dr. Jason Gestwicki - Professor at UCSF School of Medicine
- Advice on 25HC regarding protein aggression and molecular interaction
- Dr. Eric (Ricky) P. Lee - Senior member of Technical Staff at Maxim Integrated
- Assistance with troubleshooting problems encountered during nanoparticle synthesis and protein encapsulation
- Mrs. Michelle Bruce - Economics Teacher at Taipei American School
- Reviewing and providing feedback on our business plan
- Mr. Alexander Kaufman - Former intern at RA Capital
- Feedback on our business plan
- Dr. Catriona Moran and Mrs. Sharon Clapper
- Sharing their experiences as cataracts patients and feedback on our final product
- Mr. Matthew Fagen - Computer Science and Robotics Chair at Taipei American School
- Assistance for 3D-printing the contact lens mold
- Mission Biotech
- Internal cutting sites removal for GSR and CH25H
- Integrated DNA Technologies
- CH25H gene fragment, CRYAB gene fragment, GFP full construct, CH25H full construct
- Tri-I biotech
- Sequencing and primers synthesis
- Primer synthesis to remove stop codon (every gene we ordered)
- Origene
- cDNA for CRYAA and GSR
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People involved in our bioethics panel
- Mr. Steve Anderson
- Ms. Anisha Vinod
- Dr. Nathaniel Smith
- Dr. Evonne Vidal
- Mr. Brandon Maguire
- Dr. Annemarie Costello
Some parts of this wiki have been derived from the 2014 and 2015 TAS_Taipei wiki, which was designed entirely by the 2014 and 2015 teams. All other components were designed by students of the 2016 team.
- DR. SHARON HENNESSY, TAS SUPERINTENDENT
- DR. RICHARD HARTZELL, TAS UPPER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
- FRIENDS OF TAS
A huge thank you to our collaborators and sponsors.
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