Attributions
We want to thank all the people who helped us with our project. Their attributions to our project are listed below.
Our supervisor professor Eivind Almaas, who set up our team and guided us throughout the project.
Nikolai Martyushenko for assisting us with lab-related matters. He helped us in designing our project and answered our questions.
Astrid Bjørkøy for introducing us to confocal fluorescence microscopy.
Marieke Olsman for introducing us to flow cytometry.
Hanne Jørgensen for providing us with lab training and answering our safety-related inquiries.
Marthe Lind Kroknes for taking the time to enlighten us on biofilm-assosiated problems in the fields of prostheses surgery and diagnostics.
Rafael Himmelsbach for sharing his insight on the Human Practices part of our project.
Kåre Bergh for providing advice regarding our lab protocol.
Sven Even Borgos for introducing us to Bactiter-Glo Assay which we used for cell count in combination with Crystal Violet Assay.
Eivind Witsø for providing us with his expertise on biofilm in the field of orthopedics.
Hanne Tobiassen for talking with us about the role of biofilm in the field of aquaculturing.
Odd Atle Tveit for talking to us about how biofilm is handled in water treatment plants.
Hilde Mellegård for talking to us about the GMO situation in Norway and the prospect of getting acceptance for a potential phage treatment.
Eivind Bøe Drejer for giving us advice on how to use Gibson Assembly to fix the illegal cut sites in our pdCas9 biobrick.
Our sponsors for supporting us and giving us an opportunity to perform our project. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Our social media followers for taking an interest in our project and spreading the message around the world.
Roles
We strived to include everybody in the different parts of the project. We mostly switched roles weekly to make sure that was the case.
Safety - Amanda Sande, Anja Rosvold From, Anne Kristin Haraldsvik, Adrian Marinovic, Carmen Chen, Hanna Nedreberg Burud, Hege Hetland Pedersen, Tor Strømsen Haugland, Paulius Cigriejus, Vanessa Solvang.
Wetlab - Amanda Sande, Anja Rosvold From, Anne Kristin Haraldsvik, Adrian Marinovic, Carmen Chen, Hanna Nedreberg Burud, Hege Hetland Pedersen, Tor Strømsen Haugland, Paulius Cigriejus, Vanessa Solvang.
InterLab - Carmen Chen, Vanessa Solvang, Adrian Marinovic, Hanna Nedreberg Burud, Hege Hetland Pedersen, Anne Kristin Haraldsvik.
Plasmid design - Carmen Chen, Vanessa Solvang, Adrian Marinovic.
Human Practices - Amanda Sande, Anja Rosvold From, Anne Kristin Haraldsvik, Adrian Marinovic, Carmen Chen, Hanna Nedreberg Burud, Hege Hetland Pedersen, Tor Strømsen Haugland, Paulius Cigriejus, Vanessa Solvang.
Wiki content - Amanda Sande, Anja Rosvold From, Anne Kristin Haraldsvik, Adrian Marinovic, Carmen Chen, Hanna Nedreberg Burud, Hege Hetland Pedersen, Tor Strømsen Haugland, Paulius Cigriejus, Vanessa Solvang.
Wiki design - Anja Rosvold From
Sponsors - Amanda Sande, Anja Rosvold From, Anne Kristin Haraldsvik, Adrian Marinovic, Carmen Chen, Hanna Nedreberg Burud, Hege Hetland Pedersen, Tor Strømsen Haugland, Paulius Cigriejus, Vanessa Solvang.
Social media - Amanda Sande, minor contributions from all other team members.