Team:Michigan/Attributions
Attributions
Project Aspect |
Primary Contributors |
| CRISPR Cas9 Model Design | Thomas Stewart, Matthew Fischer, Aaron Renburg |
| CRISPR Cas9 Model Cloning | Matthew Fischer, Thomas Stewart, Naveen Jasti, Jaewon Heo, Anna Mychalowych |
| CRISPR Cas9 Experimentation | Matthew Fischer, Thomas Stewart, Shaunak Puri |
| Panel “The Ethics of Gene Editing” | Annabell St. Pierre, Thomas Stewart, Samuel Bower, Caleb Kaczmarek, Akira Nishii |
| Impression 5 Science Museum Day | Caleb Kaczarmek, Thomas Stewart, Yongzhen Chen, Rachel Lee |
| Fundraising | Caleb Kaczmarek, Anna Mychalowych, Sam Bower, Matthew Fischer, Thomas Stewart |
| Wiki | Rachel Lee, Dany Lewin, Caleb Kaczmarek, Matthew Fischer, Thomas Stewart, Annabelle St. Pierre, Richelle Wilson, Akira Nishii |
Even with all of the effort we contributed to the project as a team, it would not have been possible without support from these individuals and groups.
General Support
- The University of Michigan’s Program in Biology, the Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology department, the College of Engineering, and the Department of Human Genetics for providing us with funding.
- Dennis Drobeck for allowing us to use lab space in the Undergraduate Science Building on campus.
- Our corporate sponsors, Swift Biosciences and SnapGene for providing us with funds and software.
- The Ann Arbor T-Shirt Company for printing our team t-shirts.
Project support and advice
- Anuj Kumar and Marcus Ammerlaan, our faculty advisors, for all their support in technical troubleshooting and overseeing the project while also giving us the independence of being student researchers.
- Our alumni advisors, Cristina Castillo, Dany Lewin, and Aaron Rengburg, for helping us with project design and wetlab work.
- Andrew Lowell, PhD, for his advice on potential applications of our project in a lab environment.
- Yang Zhang, PhD, for her advice on potential applications of our project in a lab environment.
Fundraising help and advice
- Swift for providing fundraising and contributing to the Panel “The Ethics of Gene Editing”.
- The generous donors who helped fund our project through Experiment.com. Without them we would not be able to attend the competition.
Lab support
- Cristina Castillo for providing us with materials and equipment, including a plate reader, and helping us with wet lab work in her laboratory as well as sequence submission.
- Anuj Kumar for providing us with materials, reagents, and a microscope.
Project advisor support
- Aaron Renberg for technical support and helping with troubleshooting experiments.
- Dany Lewin for helping with organization and team logistics.
Presentation coaching
- Professor Carlos Aguilar for giving us advice on our presentation.
Human Practices support
- The Impression 5 Museum in Lansing, MI for hosting and helping us organize an event dedicated to educating young children and parents about synthetic biology and science.
- University of Michigan Professors Thom Sanders, Barry Bellmont, Jodyn Platt and Daniel Thiel, and CEO of Swift Biosciences Nathan Wood for participating as speakers in our panel event.
A final thanks...
To each and every one of our 2018 team members for making a memorable experience and working hard to make this project possible!
