Accomplishments

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General Support

Dr. Mayi Arcellana-Panlilio: Dr. Mayi Arcellana-Panlilio is the principal investigator for iGEM Calgary, and serves as a team mentor, organizer, and faculty liaison. Dr. Mayi, as we call her, is the glue which holds the Calgary iGEM team together year after year. Her unwavering support, enthusiasm and solid advice has been a pillar for this team to lean on. While she firmly believes in self directedness and allowing students to learn through trial and error, she was instrumental in troubleshooting and assay design. Perhaps most importantly, she supplied the team with endless smiles, love, and cookies.

Dr. Elke Monika Lohmeier-Vogel: Dr. Lohmeier-Vogel was the secondary PI for iGEM Calgary this year, and provided advice and support throughout the summer. Her knowledge of biochemistry was unparallelled during the frequent troubleshooting within the lab, and aided the team to develop solutions to their procedural pitfalls. Dr. Lohmeier-Vogel was a constant source of motivation and encouragement for the team members, supporting them both in and out of the lab.

Deirdre Lobb: Deirdre Lobb is the lab technician and manager for the iGEM Calgary lab space. She supported the team with material acquisition, providing countless chemicals and equipment throughout the summer. Deirdre also maintained safety and organization within the lab space, ensuring that experiments were conducted in a safe manner and that all materials were stored and handled properly.

Gene Integration Support

Dr. Aneal Khan:

Dr. Derrick Rancourt:

Dr. Ken Ito:

Dr. Jonathon Lytton: Dr. Lytton discussed with us transfection methods for HEK293T cells and modification of cells.

Justin Simms: Justin discussed with us about the use of CRISPR and sgRNA design.

Iman Al Khatib: Iman discussed with us the use of RNPs and CRISPR, however her work involves mitochondrial DNA, so she introduced us to Tian Zhao.

Tian Zhao: Tian discussed with us HEK cell culturing techniques and various transfection methods in regards directly to CRISPR. He also attended our Faculty Talk.

Gene Maintenance Support

Dr. Ray Wang: Dr. Ray Wang, who is a member at the Chen lab at the University of Calgary, provided us with Flp-In™ 293 T-REx cells. These cells will be used in future experiments and characterization of our Chromatin-Modifying Elements.

Dry Lab Support

Michaela Olsakova: Michaela tested our Software Aggregating Research Assistant (SARA) tool for usability and functionality. She also provided advice on wiki creation and feedback on the design and user-friendliness.

Patrick Wu: Patrick presented on wiki design at the North American Kick-Off and provided feedback on the presentation at aGEM.

Wm. Keith van der Meulen: Keith gave advice on effective wiki design and narrative creation.

Product Design/Modelling Support

Dr. Colin Dalton:

Dr. Ebenezer Owusu-Ansah:

Dr. Milad Azarmanesh:

Human Practices Support

Dr. Walter Glannon: Dr. Glannon, a philosophy professor specializing in bioethics, met with members of the team to discuss the ethics of the project.

Dr. Ian Lewis: Dr. Lewis met with the team to discuss the potential applications of the project as well as providing direction regarding the narrative. He is the Health Solutions Chair in Translational Health in Metablomics at Alberta Innovates and is an assistant professor at the University of Calgary.

Dr. Philip Behman: The team met with Dr. Behman in August to discuss the social implications of our project, specifically from a Christian perspective. Dr. Behman is a spiritual care practitioner and member of the Spiritual Care Advisory Committee at Alberta Health Services.

Dr. Harjot Singh: Dr. Singh provided feedback from the Sikh perspective as part of the team's meeting with the Spiritual Care Advisory Committee in August. Dr. Singh is a family physician.

Fazel Rehman: Fazel is a community member of the Spiritual Care Advisory Committee at Alberta Health Services. He provided a Muslim perspective at our meeting with the committee in August.

Dr. Jaeun Macen: Dr. Macen is a spiritual health practitioner as part of the Spiritual Care Advisory Committee. We met with her and the rest of the committee in August, and she provided a Christian perspective to our discussion.

Kerri Kroeker: The team met with Kerri as part of our meeting with the Spiritual Care Advisory Committee. She is a spiritual health practitioner as part of the committee and provided a Christian perspective.

Tracey Staff: Tracey is a spiritual health practitioner as part of the Spiritual Care Advisory Committee. She represented a Christian perspective as part of our meeting with the committee in August.

Teresa Bond: The team met with Teresa, a spiritual health practitioner, as part of our meeting with the Spiritual Care Advisory Committee. Teresa provided a Christian perspective to our discussion with the committee.