Team:IISER Pune/Attributions


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  • General Support
    • Division of Biology, IISER Pune
  • Project support and advice
    • Dr. Barabara Di Ventura, Group Leader, Eils Lab, BioQuant Center, University of Heidelberg
  • Fundraising help and advice
    • Prof. L.S. Shashidhara Prof. Sanjeev Galande Dr. Chaitnaya Athale
  • Lab support
    • Manasi Gangan Mrinalini Virkar Dr. Gayathri Pananghat
  • Difficult technique support
    • Dr. Gayathri Pananghat, Dr. Nishad Matange
  • Project advisor support
    • Dr. Chaitanya Athale
  • Wiki support
    • Multiple websites and hours of coding by Harsh Gakhare
  • Presentation coaching
    • Manasi Gangan Neha Khetan Ruediger Busche Chaitanya Athale
  • Human Practices support
    • Dr. Nikhil Phadke and his team at GenePath Diagnostics, Pune for a live demo of the Cephid GeneXpert
    • Dr. Vikram Padbidri, Clin. Pathology, Jehangir Hospital
  • Thanks and acknowledgements for all other people involved in helping make a successful iGEM team

Attributions

We would like to thank the following people & organizations for helping us fabricating a structure that our project currently enjoys.

  • Division of Biology, IISER Pune - Firm and generous support for entire project
  • Thomas Pucadyil Lab, IISER Pune - Purified GFP (used in characterization of fluorescent devices)
  • Harinath Chakrapani Lab, IISER Pune - Growth media for Mycobacterium smegmatis along with the consent to provide us their M. smegmatis cell cultures
  • Prof. C.V. Dharmadhikari, IISER Pune - Foldscope troubleshooting and human practices
  • Dr. Mugdha Gadgil, NCL Pune - Lecture on “genome editing technologies and regulatory circuits”
  • Dr. Nishad Matange, IISER Pune - Troubleshooting in experiments
  • Dr. Gayathri Pananghat, IISER Pune - Lecture on “Phage life cycle” Troubleshooting in experiments Dr. Barbara Di Ventura, BioQuant, Univ. of Heidelberg, Germany - Introduction to iGEM and guidance in initial stages with regards to project management Prof. William Jacobs Jr., Albert Einstein Coll. of Medicine, New York, US - Mycobacterium-specific phage (that is purposed to act as the package of our genetic device) Prof. Dipankar Chatterji, Mol. Biophys. Unit, IISc Bangalore - Shuttle vectors (between E.coli and M. smegmatis) iGEM UFSCar Brasil - Guidance and troubleshooting in g-block synthesis Disha, Pune – Collaboration in human practices Genepath Lab, Pune – Demonstration of real-time PCR in context of TB diagnostics Jehangir Hospital, Pune – Demonstration on Traditional (Culture-based) methods of TB diagnosis