Team:WPI-Worcester/Attributions
Attributions
Advisors
We would like to thank our advisors Professor Natalie Farny and Professor Joseph Duffy for their support and guidance on this project. Professor Duffy was a stalwart supporter of our program and was instrumental in securing funding and resources for our project. Professor Farny was a mentor and constant source of direction throughout our project, providing invaluable knowledge, feedback, advice, and donuts. Both advisors have our deepest gratitude.
Our Team
Our team worked in pairs to specialize in various areas of research. While we all helped each other and contributed to the project we would like to give special thanks the pairs for their significant contributions in specific areas. We would like to thank team members Kayla DeSanty and Julie Mazza for their work with the biofilm assay. We would like to thank team members Chloe LaJeunesse and Charlotte Reames for their work on the freeze survival assay. We would like to thank team members Edward Dring and David Morgan for their work on cloning. All team members worked on the content of this wiki, however Chloe LaJeunesse deserves special thanks for her instrumental work in the design and creation of the wiki.
WPI Faculty
We would like to thank Professor Jill Rulfs and Professor Mike Buckholt for their support, advice, and feedback. We would like to thank the stockroom manager Abbie White for her assistance in supplying our lab and for the tour of her farm.
Sponsors
WPI
We would like to thank the WPI Biology and Biotechnology Department and the Dean of Arts and Sciences Karen Oates for support and funding of our project.
IDT
We would like to thank IDT for the 20kb of gene synthesis, which we made use of to create our library.
Collaborators
Harvard BioDesign
We would like to thank our collaborator Harvard BioDesign 2015 for testing some of our AFPs in a strain of E. coli that we did not have access to, and for allowing us to test the biofilm forming qualities of their strain.
2011 Yale Team
We would like to thank the 2011 Yale team for their part BBa_K652004
2014 WPI Team
We would like to thank the 2014 WPI team for their part BBa_K1423005
NEGEM
We would like to thank the member teams of NEGEM for their feedback and the sense of community we shared. In particular we would like to thank BU iGEM for hosting both NEGEM meetings and Traci Haddock for organizing those meetings and critiquing our project and presentation.
Young Scientists
We would like to thank the participants of Women in Science Day Camp and TouchTomorrow for their enthusiasm and willingness to learn about synthetic biology while having fun.
Cool Licks
We would like to thank Worcester ice creamery Cool Licks for their great ice cream.