Attributions
Many individuals and institutions contributed to our project, who are acknowledged below:
Team formation and mentoring
Prof. Arvind Lali, Dr. Shalini Deb and Dr. Shamlan Reshamwala
Team registration
Special thanks to Preeti Lali, CEO, Vidyan BioCommerce Pvt. Ltd.
Hosting the team
DBT-ICT Centre for Energy Biosciences
Wet lab activities
Marwan Malik, Bhargav Patel, Dr. Shamlan Reshamwala and Dr. Shalini Deb,
Ms. Rummana Khan of Kelkar Scientific Research Centre, Mumbai where plant cultivation and root exudate extraction was outsourced
Parts construction
Marwan Malik and Dr. Shamlan Reshamwala
InterLab study
Bhargav Patel and Dr. Shalini Deb
Financial support
Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India
Aarti Industries Pvt. Ltd. (thanks to Akshay Shah), Institute of Chemical Technology and Mokashi Endowment Fund
Consumables
DBT-ICT Centre for Energy Biosciences, ICT TEQIP (thanks to Gauri Bhatkhande)
Human Practices
Ninad Kumbhojkar, Atharva Chikhalikar and Apoorva Pardeshi
Outreach activities and public engagement
Ninad Kumbhojkar, Atharva Chikhalikar, Bhargav Patel, Marwan Malik and Supriya Prakash
Collaborations
Marwan Malik, Ninad Kumbhojkar, Atharva Chikhalikar, Bhargav Patel, Supriya Prakash and Dr. Shalini Deb
Social media
Bhargav Patel and Dr. Shalini Deb
BBrickIt (software)
Dr. Shamlan Reshamwala and Dr. Shalini Deb for ideation and guidance; Supriya Prakash and Ninad Kumbhojkar for implementation
Wiki design
Supriya Prakash and Atharva Chikhalikar