Team:Oxford/Attributions
Attributions
We would like to thank everyone who has had a contributing role in the completion of our iGEM project. From the initial inception, through development and and at each apparent dead-end, we’ve been lucky enough to have a range of fantastic support and guidance. We also want to give thanks to everyone at iGEM for granting us this unique opportunity.
Special thanks to:
Dr. George Wadhams
For being the guidance to all 14 members of the Oxford iGEM team throughout the summer, and being incredibly patient with us in the wet lab! As our main supervisor, he has been the cornerstone of our project, providing invaluable assistance on construct design and experimental approach, as well as advice on the Wiki and presentation.
Dr. Chris Jones
For supervising our project and providing day to day contact for experimental troubleshooting. He has been a brilliant supervisor, explaining many complex protocols to us in an easily-understandable manner. We have learnt a great deal from him, especially in relation to microscopy and data analysis.
Professor Judy Armitage
For providing us with lab space for the summer, as well as some of her enzyme stocks.
Professor Anthony Watts
For his help with funding, travel and organising alumni talks.
Professor Antonis Papachristodoulou
For his guidance and patience as our modelling advisor.
Andreas Harris
For helping us set the course for our modelling section.
Professor James Malone-Lee
For giving his honest, professional opinion on our project and its place in medicine. For giving us access to his clinic to speak with Doctors and patients as much as we needed to. Perhaps most importantly for inspiring team member George to continue work on urinary infections through his generous internship scheme.
Laura Evans and Jan Harris
For being so accomodating and providing us with great insight to the treatment of UTIs.
Sheila Swamy
For replying to our queries in under an hour without fail, for welcoming George into her consultations to talk to patients, for working hard to make sure George got answers to every question he wanted to ask and most importantly for protecting George from the patients who want to get in and out of the clinic without disturbance.
Jessica Martyn
For her constant support and motivation throughout the project.
Nasir Ahmad
For his inspiration and guidance over the course of the project.
Also thanks to:
Andreas Diepold
For his help with molecular cloning and characterisation. As well as
Andrea Szollossi
For her help with characterisation and advice on designing the poster.
Matt Smith
For his help with purification and characterisation.
Dr. Andrew McBain
For his talk on biofilms.
Steve Dinsdale
For his help regarding the potential manufacture plans.
James Scott-Brown and Thomas Prescott
For their help with the modelling section of our project.
Mavis from the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
For welcoming us into her room in the hospital, for giving us an insightful overview to the problems affecting geriatric patients-emotional as well as medical and for giving three team members a bit more gusto on a midsummer afternoon.
Thomas Folliard
For lending us much of his equipment and lab advice.
