Jessie Wong Ling Ai was the team leader who oversaw all subprojects carried out and organized meetings between subgroups. She worked on the RESCUE editor system. In addition, she helped with outreach, human practices and marketing for the RESCUE system.
Fong Yuhui Deborah was the co-team leader in charge of the wet lab section, and was the main correspondent and coordinator for our Interlab studies. She was in charge of the design and experiment of the RESCUE editor system.
Kim Mu Young was in charge of the coding of our wiki and one of the co-team leader coordinating the administrative aspect for the team.
Cheng Li Yi worked on the design and construction of the RESCUE reporter system, and was also in charge for sourcing for sponsors and marketing.
Tan Li Yang was in charge of the modelling component for RESCUE and was part of the marketing team. He was also involved in design and experiments for the RESCUE editor system.
Sabrina Chua Yah Tse worked on design and construction of the RESCUE reporter system, and was part of the human practices’ team.
Wong Po Yee, Tricia was in charge of human practices and the outreach for the RESCUE system.
Chia Biing Hann worked on the RESCUE modelling and helped out with the coding of the wiki.
He Menglan was in charge of the design, construction and characterization of the RESCUE reporter system. She also helped with the characterization of the RESCUE editor system and outreach programme.
Mavis Loberas worked on the RESCUE editor system and was in charge of the illustration and graphics for the entire project.
Ravichandran Divyapoorani worked on the construction and characterization RESCUE reporter system. She also helped with the characterization of the RESCUE editor system as well as outreach programme.
Team:NUS Singapore-Sci/Attributions
Attributions
Team Members of NUS Singapore-Science
We would like to thank the following for their advice and support over the duration of our iGEM project:
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Faculty of Science, Science Dean`s office for project funding and facilities support.
Special Programme in Science (SPS),NUS
The usage of the SPS Wet Lab for most of our experiments.
The rest of our friends from SPS who have supported us in one way or another.
The rest of our friends from SPS who have supported us in one way or another.
Principal Investigators
Dr. Robert Lieu Zi Zhao (Special Programme in Science, Department of Biological Science, National University of Singapore), SPS lecturer, for purchasing laboratory supplies, providing experimental direction, molecular Cloning and characterisation advice.
Associate Professor Liou Yih-Cherng (Special Programme in Science, Department of Biological Science, National University of Singapore), Director of SPS, for providing cloning and characterisation advice and hosting the RESCUE system team at his lab.
Asst. Professor Alan Prem Kumar (Cancer Program, Medical Science Cluster, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI), Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore and Curtin Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Western Australia), for sponsoring crucial lab reagents and allowing us to access FACs facility in CSI.
Associate Professor Liou Yih-Cherng (Special Programme in Science, Department of Biological Science, National University of Singapore), Director of SPS, for providing cloning and characterisation advice and hosting the RESCUE system team at his lab.
Asst. Professor Alan Prem Kumar (Cancer Program, Medical Science Cluster, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI), Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore and Curtin Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Western Australia), for sponsoring crucial lab reagents and allowing us to access FACs facility in CSI.
Instructors
Mr. Andreas Dewanto, Assistant Director of SPS, for administrative support.
Advisors
Ms. Wong Chi Yan, member of Team NUS_Singapore 2016 and SPSingapore 2015 for providing cloning and characterisation advice and iGEM-specific guidance.
Ms. Nguyen Hoang Diem Phuong, member of Team NUS_Singapore 2016, for providing cloning and characterisation advice and iGEM-specific guidance. She mentors most of the wet lab team.
Ms. Ang Shi Hui, member of Team NUS_Singapore 2016, for providing cloning and characterisation advice and iGEM-specific guidance.
Mr. Chan Man Yau Joseph, member of Team NUS_Singapore 2016, for providing advice on RESCUE modelling. Jospeh mentored and help the modelling subteam.
Ms. Nguyen Hoang Diem Phuong, member of Team NUS_Singapore 2016, for providing cloning and characterisation advice and iGEM-specific guidance. She mentors most of the wet lab team.
Ms. Ang Shi Hui, member of Team NUS_Singapore 2016, for providing cloning and characterisation advice and iGEM-specific guidance.
Mr. Chan Man Yau Joseph, member of Team NUS_Singapore 2016, for providing advice on RESCUE modelling. Jospeh mentored and help the modelling subteam.
Other iGEM Teams
SPSingapore 2015 and NUS_Singapore 2016, for their support from the very beginning.
NTU-Singapore 2018 & NUS_Singapore-A 2018 for establishing a local connection.
NTU-Singapore 2018 & NUS_Singapore-A 2018 for establishing a local connection.
Experimental Expertise & Source of Materials
Asst. Professor Chen Leilei, Polly (Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, NUS) , for her invaluable assistance in the development of the RESCUE editor system and providing PX330A-1x2 plasmid.
Asst. Professor Alexis Komor (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California, San Diego) for providing us with parts of the RESCUE editor system.
Dr. Elvin Koh Wei Chuan (Matthew Chang’s Lab, Synthetic Biology for Clinical and Technological Innovation (SynCTI), National University of Singapore), for supervising the team’s characterisation experiments at the Chang lab.
Asst. Professor Volker Patzel (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National University of Singapore), for providing advice in RNA work and guiding us in formulating our methodology.
Mr. Mert Burak Ozturk (current Graduate student, Vinay Tergaonkar’s Lab, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research), for his technical expertise in helping us to troubleshoot our experiments.
Asst. Professor Cheong Jit Kong (Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS), for recommending us the necessary personnel for technical expertise and sources of material.
Asst. Professor Alexis Komor (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California, San Diego) for providing us with parts of the RESCUE editor system.
Dr. Elvin Koh Wei Chuan (Matthew Chang’s Lab, Synthetic Biology for Clinical and Technological Innovation (SynCTI), National University of Singapore), for supervising the team’s characterisation experiments at the Chang lab.
Asst. Professor Volker Patzel (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National University of Singapore), for providing advice in RNA work and guiding us in formulating our methodology.
Mr. Mert Burak Ozturk (current Graduate student, Vinay Tergaonkar’s Lab, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research), for his technical expertise in helping us to troubleshoot our experiments.
Asst. Professor Cheong Jit Kong (Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS), for recommending us the necessary personnel for technical expertise and sources of material.
Human Practice
Dr. Kon Oi Lian (Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Division Head (Medical Sciences), National Cancer Centre Singapore), for providing insight on the ethical issues surrounding our project.
Dr. Matias Autio (Genome Institute Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research), for his valuable input on the views of stakeholders for human practice.
Asst. Professor Calvin Wai-Loon Ho (Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, World Health Organization Collaborator Centre on Bioethics), for providing insight on the ethical issues surrounding our project.
Dr. Matias Autio (Genome Institute Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research), for his valuable input on the views of stakeholders for human practice.
Asst. Professor Calvin Wai-Loon Ho (Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, World Health Organization Collaborator Centre on Bioethics), for providing insight on the ethical issues surrounding our project.
Commercial Sponsors
We would like to thank the following company for their kind sponsorship:
Promega Singapore, for SGD$2000 worth of Promega products.
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), for 20 kb of free custom DNA.
New England Biolabs, for SGD$1000 worth of molecular biology products.
Promega Singapore, for SGD$2000 worth of Promega products.
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), for 20 kb of free custom DNA.
New England Biolabs, for SGD$1000 worth of molecular biology products.