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Attributons

Advisors

Keith Kozminski has been our amazing advisor guiding our research and keeping us on track for the iGEM Jamboree. From teaching a prepatory iGEM course in the spring to helping us with various aspects of our project, Professor Kozminski's wise words and advice is an important part of our team.

<img src="/images/Sponsors/Kozminski.jpg" alt="KeithKozminski"> Keith Kozminski (Photo taken from the Department of Biology at UVA)

Jason Papin is our modeling advisor; with his help, we have developed several models that represent various aspects of our project. We are thankful for all the advice and encouragement that Professor Papin has given us throughout our research!

<img src="/images/Sponsosr/Papin.jpg" alt="JasonPapin"> Jason Papin (Photo taken from UVA Today)

Attributions

William E. Bentley is a professor in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department at the University of Maryland and the Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Fischell Department of Bioengineering. Since his research focuses on the expression of biologically active proteins, we have referenced many of his papers within the context of our research.

<img src="/images/Sponsors/Bentley.png" alt="WilliamBentley"> William E. Bentley (Photo taken from UMD faculty website)

Drew Endy is a prominent figure in the synthetic biology community and the professor of bioengineering at Stanford University in California. We are thankful for his help in shipping us a plasmid for our project.

<img src="/images/Sponsors/Endy.jpg" alt="DrewEndy"> Drew Endy (Photo taken from indiebio.co)

Steven Graff's paper, "A Mathematical Model to Study the Role of the Lsr Intergenic Region in Mediation of Autoinducer-2 Quorum Sensing in Escherichia Coli" has been an important reference with regards to our project. After reaching out, Steven Graff has graciously allowed us to use his models and data and given us invaluable advice for our project.

<img src="/images/Sponsors/Graff.jpg" alt="StevenGraff"> Steven Graff (Photo taken from LinkedIn)

Dr. Sara Hooshangi is an associate professor at George Washington University. Her paper, "LsrR Quorum Sensing 'Switch' Is Revealed by a Bottom-Up Approach" has been notable reference for modeling our system.

<img src="/images/Sponsors/Hooshangi.png" alt="SaraHooshangi"> Dr. Sara Hooshangi (Photo taken from cps.gwu.edu)

Shaun Moshasha is the executive director of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/openbiolabs/">Open Bio Labs</a> in Charlottesville, VA. He is also the Chief Executive Officer at <a href="/Public_Engagement.html">Kombucha Biomaterials LLC</a>. He has been a huge help in guiding our project and has been helping plan our forum this upcoming fall.

<img src="/images/Sponsors/Moshasha.jpg" alt="ShaunMoshasha"> Shaun Moshasha (Photo taken from bio.science.com)

Charles Richardson is a postdoctoral student studying Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He is also the Director of Education at Open Bio Labs and has given us valuable advice on the applications, feasibility, and scope of our project.

<img src="/images/Sponsors/Richardson.jpg" alt="CharlesRichardson"> Charles Richardson (Photo taken from openbiolabs.org)

Amin Zargar's paper, "Enhancing Intercellular Coordination: Rewiring Quorum Sensing Networks for Increased Protein Expression through Autonomous Induction" significantly helped us guide our project. We were fortunate enough to be able to contact him through Skype and ask him for advice on various aspects of our project.

<img src="/images/Sponsors/Zargar.jpg" alt="AminZargar"> Amin Zargar (Photo taken from LinkedIn)

Sponsors

We would like to thank our sponsors for their support:

Academic Sponsors

<img src="/images/Sponsors/University_Of_Virginia_Logo_transparent.png" alt="UVA">

We would like to thank the University of Virginia and the University of Virginia Experiential Learning Fund for their support. Without them, we would not have the resources to complete our project.

<img src="/images/Sponsors/VPR.jpg" alt="VPR">

Melur K. Ramasurbramanian, University of Virginia Vice President of Research has given the Virginia iGEM team a generous grant to allow us to do research over the summer.

Corporate Sponsors

<img src="/images/Sponsors/Genscript_logo_transparent.png" alt="GenScript">

<img src="/images/Sponsors/IDT_logo_transparent.png" alt="IDT">

<img src="/images/Sponsors/NewEnglandBiolabs_logo_transparent.png" alt="NEB">

<img src="/images/Sponsors/purSolutions_logo_transparent.png" alt="PurSolutions">