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Attributions

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Attributions

The lab work throughout the summer was done by the students compromising the iGEM team 2015, however the iGEM team received support from numerous individuals without whom the work would never have successfully been completed. Our team is grateful for the support we received from our instructors and their colleagues which helped us achieve some of goals set at the start of the summer

Instructor Name: Dr. Paul Young

Senior Lecturer Biochemistry Department, UCC

Instructor Name: Professor Tommie McCarthy

Senior Lecturer Biochemistry Department, UCC

Team Member Name: Leanne O’Sullivan

  • Researched pathogens that could be detected by the Basehunter System
  • Construction of all the detectors
  • Testing every detector’s sensitivity
  • Primer and oligo design
  • Animation designer

Team Member Name: Amy Keane

  • Researched pathogens that could be detected by the Basehunter System
  • Testing detector specificity
  • Oligo design
  • Collaboration work with Trinity College Dublin and UCL iGEM teams
  • Animation and poster designer
  • Managed the team Facebook page
  • Presented at the jamboree

Team Member Name: Aoife O’Brien-Horgan

  • Wiki construction
  • Learned how to code
  • Assisted in laboratory work
  • Image and poster design
  • Designed and ordered T-shirts and hoodies
  • Managed the team's social media accounts
  • General daily organisation
  • Presented at the jamboree

Team Member Name: Brandon Malone

  • Improving the colour readout of the system
  • Involved in cloning and assembling the detector plus fluorescent proteins
  • Carried out the Interlab Study
  • Research into,design and construction of the mycobacterium detector
  • Research into experiments that would help in determining the mechanisms behind the detector system and carrying out some of these experiments.
  • Experiments in determining whether the detector could be used in a real world application
  • Submitting and preparing the team’s parts.
  • Presented at the jamboree

Team Member Name: Donnchadh O'Sullivan

  • Performed iGEM outreach while in Malawi
  • Surveyed hospital staff about Basehunter
  • Presented at primary and secondary schools in Malawi
  • Collaboration work with Trinity College Dublin and UCL iGEM teams
  • Interned for IndieBio and helped organise the Summer Part and Demo Dinner
  • Presented at the jamboree

Team Member Name: Timothy O’Flynn

  • Team mentoring & advice
  • Brainstorming initial ideas
  • Major contributor to outreach in Cork, speaker at Cork Institute of Technology and the SynBio Future Conference
  • Intern at IndieBio

Team Member Name: Shama Chilakwad

  • Mentored and advised the team about taking part in iGEM due to previous experience
  • Major contributor to outreach in Cork, speaker at Cork Institute of Technology and the SynBio Future Conference
  • Interned with IndieBio to learn more about synthetic biology
  • Provided guidance with lab work
  • Assisted in initial team formation and brainstorming sessions
  • Communicated with Donnchadh when he was in Malawi
  • Interviewed Blaine Doyle, CEO of GlowDx
  • Contributed to wiki design and write up

Team Member Name: Russel Banta

  • Team mentoring & advice
  • Advised on presentations and lab design

Acknowledgements:

  • Prof. David Sheehan Head of School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork- Allowing the iGEM team to work in the school of Biochemistry labs throughout the summer.
  • College of medicine & Health- Supported our team financially.
  • College of science, Engineering and food science- supported our team financially.
  • Noreen Casey and Jenny Duane, Technical staff in the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork. - Provided training in biochemistry and molecular biology techniques throughout the summer.
  • Eli Lilly - Generously provided financial support to our team.
  • Janssen- Generously provided financial support to our team.
  • Dr. Justin McCarthy, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork - Advice on fundraising (among other things)
  • Dr. Brigid Lucey, Senior Lecturer in Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, chair of the research committee for the Academy of Clinical Science and
  • Laboratory Medicine (ACSLM) - advice on the development of the system for clinical use.
  • Daniel James, Genetics program, University College Cork. - Optimization experiments for SeeDNA.
  • Srijita Banerjee (UCC visiting student)- Doing experimentation on using digested genomic DNA as target for Sry Detector.
  • Christopher Harrington, Harrington Construction Ltd. - generously providing funding for travel.
  • Ian McDermott, 4th Year Biochemistry Student - Team member of last year’s iGEM team in Cork. Advised and mentored the team for the summer months and provided a lot of support. He also interviewed Cathal Garvey, Director of IndieBio EU.
  • Cathal Garvey, Director of IndieBio EU - Hired 3 of our team members as interns and gladly introduced us to the IndieBio teams and the synthetic biology community in Cork.
  • Diarmaid Corr, 3rd Year Computer Science Student, UCC - Helped with designing the wiki.
  • Patrick Xie, Energy Engineering Master’s Student, UCC - Helped with designing the wiki, presentation and banner.
  • JP Quinn, UCC Visitor's Centre - Sponsored team with University College Cork t-shirts.
  • Surgeon Noonan Society, UCC, Ireland- supported survey distribution while Donnchadh was on his elective.