Attributions

We want to acknowledge to those helped throughout our project:

The University of Westminster, for assembling the team and offering us the opportunity to participate in the competition.

Marko Obvran, one of the team leaders, contributed to the project by adjusting the goal of polystyrene biodegradation via his research on alternative chemical routes of styrene preparation, as well as working on integrating the project with the Human Practices aspect. This included leading production for “The Plastic Lab” video and critically analysing the current routes of natural polystyrene degradation. He also helped with page and logo design. Without him, the iGEM project would have been based on an entirely different field and may not have had any application for society.

Kris, also one of the team leaders, led the laboratory portion of the iGEM project. He also spent time researching enzyme bioinformatics and organising laboratory procedures. Without him, the assembling and characterising of the BioBricks parts would not have taken place.

Sara Mubeen, who was responsible for the bioinformatics section of the project. She also immensely helped with team organisation and led the team when it came to outreach events such as the school visit. The team owes her a great deal as the BioBricks would not have been characterised had she not have been present in the team and the outreach events may not have been successful.

Jen, who was also part of the lab team within the iGEM project. He supported and carried out laboratory work including the Plastic Lab aspect of the project. Without him, laboratory work including the Plastic Lab would not have been completed in time meaning no results would have been produced.

Timofey, the creator of the wiki for the iGEM team, he also helped with the Plastic Lab experiments and human practices. Without him, the website and entire wiki would not have been displayed for iGEM to see as he spent the majority of time learning to code and creating the pages on the iGEM domain.

Suraj, who gave a helping hand in the lab and also contributed to the written aspect of Human Practices within the iGEM project.

Sanarya Aljaf, who was also a part of the laboratory team and played an integral role in designing and characterising the BioBrick. She also co-ran the teams Instagram and Twitter pages online. Without her maintaining a connection to iGEM worldwide many collaborations with other iGEM teams would not have been possible.

Tim Weber, the creator of the “Life Without Plastics” video, he also led the fundraising campaign and contributed to the academic research required for the iGEM project. Without him, the iGEM team may not have had enough funding and would also have not been able to demonstrate the effects plastics are happening on society via the documentary he produced.

The University’s Sustainability team for their support.

Dr Stuart Thompson appreciated his endless guidance for the safety form.

Dr Linda Percy for helping us with the plastic degradation, as she gave us ideas in how to degrade plastic.

Dr Godfrey Kyazze for sharing his ideas on the Tod E pathway and fermentation.

Camila Gaspar for the unconditional support she has given us from the summer until now.

Kyle Bowman appreciated his information on the laboratory techniques.

Juan Attard for his endless help in assisting in the lab and his background ideas around the topic.

Zain Hashmi gave his experience and ideas in iGEM, as he was an member from last year.

Amy Maclatchy gave her experience and ideas in iGEM, as she was a member for iGEM.

Astha Gurung gave us additional support in the laboratory.

Reza Sarwary really appreciated his input and knowledge for iGEM, as he was an member previously.

James Carlsberg appreciated the assistant for the outreach event.

Thankor Tandell assisted us to find the right regents and the equipment, which was vital for our experiment and without his chemistry brain the experiments would have not gone ahead.

Vanita really appreciated her input for the sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS page) experiment.

Shamim Myah (Bywaters recycling company) for helping us expand our knowledge on recycling and realising our project with real world applications.

Amer Eid for his advice on writing the proposal to raise tax on EPS producing companies.

Dr Zhi Song for his background knowledge on the Fluorescence spectroscopy.

Domir Crslar appreciated his input for the video material seen in “The iGEM plastic lab”.

Dr Pooja Basnett for her background knowledge in plastics

Imperial College appreciated there kindness of doing the voiceover for the “The iGEM plastic lab” video.

New York University appreciated their kindness of filming the pipettes.

Lacas Biotech appreciated there kindness of filming the way of recycling in labs for the “The iGEM plastic lab” video.

Washington University appreciated there kindness of filming the way of disposing gloves for the “The iGEM plastic lab” video.

Marburg University (Videos) appreciated there kindness of filming the way of disposing lab materials in labs for the “The iGEM plastic lab” video.

Rwanda university appreciated there kindness of giving their opinions about plastics in the documentary called “ Life after plastics”.

Anne-Gaelle Colom who helped us figure out how to fix few wiki related problems.

Stipe who helped us with some of the animation on our website.