Team:UCSF/Attributions

ATTRIBUTIONS

During the summer, a diverse group of five college students and five recent high school graduates came together to work on various components of the “Talk Alpha To Me” project. These parts ranged from the intricacies of creating and cloning our own genetic circuits, to learning how to program, and designing all of the parts for our website. Our team was also involved in collaborations with other teams and introduced Wiki Flicks - which encouraged teams to create personalized video abstracts for their projects.

ELEANOR AMIDEI

Constructed initial circuit.
Constructed clustering circuit.
Constructed terminator sequences.
Assisted other team members with lab work.
Policy and Practices Co-Captain.
Gathered data on clustering.

ERIKA CAGAMPAN

Constructed terminator sequences.
Constructed signal degradation circuits.
Social Media Correspondent.
Captain of Wiki Flicks.
Policy and practices Co-Captain.
Constructed mathematical modeling simulations.
Constructed and organized team member biographies.

HUNTER COLLINS

Constructed basic circuit.
Cloned parts for parts registry.
Created pages for new parts in parts registry.
Presented project at Reno Synbio Symposium.

ERIK LAMP

Constructed positive feedback circuit.
Cloned parts for parts registry.
Created pages for new parts in parts registry.
Medal Requirement Captain.
Presented project at Reno Synbio Symposium.

SAMANTHA LEE

Constructed positive feedback circuit.
Graphic Design Co-Captain.
Safety Form and Documentation Captain.
Judging Form Captain.
Designed team t-shirts.

JOSHUA NOWAK

Constructed signal degradation circuits.
Computer Programming and Wiki Captain.
Constructed mathematical modeling simulations.
Presented project at Reno Synbio Symposium.

STANLEE QUACH

Constructed positive feedback circuit.
Designed team hoodies.
Created wiki framework.
Gathered data on yeast strains.
Presented project at Reno Synbio Symposium.
Designed team banner.
Animated Wiki Flicks video.

JASMINE SIMS

Constructed basic circuit.
Attributions Captain.
Collaborations Captain.
Presented project at Reno Synbio Symposium

JEFFREY SHU

Constructed initial circuit.
Constructed clustering circuit.
Constructed mathematical modeling simulations.
Assisted other team members with lab work.
Presented project at Reno Synbio Symposium.
Designed team poster.
Organized content for wiki.

NICHOLAS SUEN

Constructed basic circuit.
Cloned parts for parts registry.
Created pages for new parts in parts registry.
Created finalized circuit.
Characterized parts.
Flow-Cytometry Captain.
Presented project at Reno Synbio Symposium.

SUPERVISION

GENERAL SUPPORT

General support was provided by Kara Helmke. She acted as our team advisor and coordinator. Lab procedures and daily activities were done under her supervision. Kara also helped plan and organize our team's work-flow and provided assistance when necessary.
Additionally, all of our mentors regularly provided feedback and advice on our progress and presentations at weekly meetings.

MODELING SUPPORT

Modeling support was provided by Kevin Hartman and Weiyue Ji. They gave weekly lessons on using our modeling software, MATLAB, and assisted us in creating our modeling equations.

OTHER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Our project concept about cellular divergence drew heavy inspiration from the UCSF UCB 2014 iGEM Team's project on cellular convergence. We based our initial circuit off of their design and modified it downstream to suit our needs. Our wiki was also inspired by both the UCSF UCB 2014 team and the LMU-Munich 2014 team. We drew inspiration from UCSF UCB's crisp clean design and navigation along with LMU-Munich's use of a large skyline image for their homepage. We would also like to give special thanks to Russell Gordley for allowing us to use his LexADBD transcription factor and LexAOps promoter. Additionally, we are thankful for the Lim Lab's generous support in providing lab space and materials. Lastly, we would like to thank our sponsors for their support and funding that made this research possible.