UNL 2018 Improving Early Detection of The Emerald Ash Borer

Attributions

Rachel Van Cott – Student leader. Performed wet lab experiments, assisted in InterLab study, did majority of the GC-MS work and quantitative analysis.
Shreeya Vaitla – Updated the UNL iGEM website.
Tyler Barker – 2nd year iGEMer. Creator of our predictive model, Safety Case, Wiki, and graphic designs.
Gabe Astorino – Performed wet lab experiments, primer and part designer, and attempted sesquiterpene purification.
Nicholas Kite – 2nd year iGEMer. Performed wet lab experiments, primer designer, cloned and shipped new basic part for registry.
Drew Kortus – Performed wet lab experiments, assisted in InterLab, and attempted SDS-PAGEs.

Wei Niu – Primary PI and main advising role. Allowed us to use gas chromatograph – mass spectrometer in her lab.
Jiantao Guo – Secondary PI and advising role. Allowed for use of instruments, consumables, and office space in his lab.
Myra Cohen – Secondary PI and advising role. Helped implement iGEM Safety Cases.
Massimiliano Pierobon – Secondary PI and advising role. Provided information and guidance on modeling.

Jaroslaw Pankowski – Major advising role in Guo’s Lab. Helped with experiments in the lab.
Justin Lawrie – Teaching role in Guo’s Lab. Helped with InterLab study, gel electrophoresis, and other experiments.
Howard Willett – Teaching role in Niu’s Lab. Helped the team prepare and analyze GC-MS samples.

Members of Guo’s Lab that helped us perform experiments: Gloricelly Roman-Arocho, Yan Chen, Erome Hankore, Bin Ma

Doc Chaves - Director of Corporate Communications: LI-COR Biosciences. Provided advice on our project and presentation.
Joshua Pierce - Employee at LI-COR. Doc’s expert for the LI-7700 open path methane analyzer.
Sarah Feit - Volunteer Coordinator at UNL State Museum. Helped coordinate our volunteer work at Morrill Hall.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Provided monetary support (UCARE).
Kiley Kahler - Main contact for the TedXYouth event.
Sponsor Companies- Seen at bottom of page, provided free material and/or monetary support.

Dr. Eric North - professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and member of the Nebraska Forest Service.
Pete Smith - Urban Forestry Program Manager at the Arbor Day Foundation in Nebraska City.
Laurie Stepanek - Forest Health Specialist with the Nebraska Forest Service.
Steven Jara - Deputy Director of the Nebraska Forest Service.
David Nielson - State Survey Coordinator with the Nebraska Department of Agriculture.
Justin Everston - Assistant Director of the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum.