Team:Lethbridge HS/Attributions

Team

Collaborations

• Description

• What is nuclease? What is dextranase?

• What we are doing differently

• Extracellular Polymeric Substance Matrix

Attributions

We thank:

Sydnee Calhoun, Tiffany Dang, Dinula De Silva, Ronja Kothe, Jonathan Kwan, Anileen Pageni, and Aum Patel for conducting lab experiments.

Eyram Asem, Sydnee Calhoun, Dinula De Silva, Marissa King, Ronja Kothe, Anileen Pageni, Kaatje O’Donnell, Ross Oliver, Jessica Semmelrock, Sunny Sun, and David Zhang for contributing their time to human practices .

Tiffany Dang for helping raise funds to support our project endeavors.

Dinula De Silva, Marissa King, and Jonathan Kwan for their work on the wiki.

University of Lethbridge, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department for hosting the wet lab workspace as well as the classrooms for our weekly meetings.

Wieden and Kothe lab for providing wet lab equipment and reagents needed in day-to-day experiments.

Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden for hosting the iGEM program and overseeing administrative matters.

Dr. Brian Dempsey for mentoring the team in day-to-day affairs, planning and organizing high school workshops, and handling administrative matters.

Advisor Kieran McCormack for hosting wet lab times and executing biofilm related experiments.

Advisor Chris Isaac for hosting wet lab times and executing bee related experiments.

Advisor Yoyo Yao for helping in construct building and getting team T-shirts

Joe Mauro for guiding us in the direction of how we would approach changing a bylaw.

Shannon Phillips for sitting down with us for an interview on her thoughts about our Bee/Biofilms project.

Ryan Carriere for letting us interview him to discuss our urban planning ideas for Lethbridge.

Audrey and Ron King for their kind donation towards our Boston travel fees.

Lethbridge School District 51 for allowing us to present in their classrooms and provide us with outreach opportunities for fellow high schoolers.

Dr. John Hasell, Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon, for giving us his time in answering some questions in regards to how our biofilms project can be implemented in the real world.

The beekeepers who showed us their beehives, their time, and provided valuable insight into beekeeping.