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

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

  • 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” and 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