Difference between revisions of "Team:WPI Worcester/Attributions"

Line 1: Line 1:
 
{{Team:WPI_Worcester/CSS}}
 
{{Team:WPI_Worcester/CSS}}
 
<html>
 
<html>
−
 
−
 
−
 
−
 
−
<div class="column full_size judges-will-not-evaluate">
 
−
<h3>★  ALERT! </h3>
 
−
<p>This page is used by the judges to evaluate your team for the <a href="https://2017.igem.org/Judging/Medals">medal criterion</a> or <a href="https://2017.igem.org/Judging/Awards"> award listed above</a>. </p>
 
−
<p> Delete this box in order to be evaluated for this medal criterion and/or award. See more information at <a href="https://2017.igem.org/Judging/Pages_for_Awards"> Instructions for Pages for awards</a>.</p>
 
−
</div>
 
−
<div class="clear"></div>
 
−
 
−
 
−
 
  
 
<div class="column full_size">
 
<div class="column full_size">
 
<h1>Attributions</h1>
 
<h1>Attributions</h1>
 +
<p>
 +
The 2017 WPI iGEM Team would like to thank many people, and acknowledge everyone involved in making our project possible. The team started working in C term, or late March, of 2017. Goals for the team's project and specific roles for each student were decided by the end of May. The work continued into the summer and fall as an internship and a class. Many experiments were conducted from May to October.
 +
</p>
  
−
<p> Each team must clearly attribute work done by the student team members on this page. The team must distinguish work done by the students from work done by others, including the host labs, advisors, instructors, and individuals not on the team roster.  
+
<h4>Faculty:</h4>
−
<br><br>
+
<p>
−
This is a bronze medal requirement. Please see the <a href="https://2017.igem.org/Judging/Medals">Medals requirements page</a> for more details.</p>
+
A special thanks to the WPI faculty who have facilitated, assisted, and encouraged the ongoing research of iGEM and helped make the project possible.
 +
</p>
 +
<h5>Dr. Natalie Farney:</h5>  
 +
<p> Advisor of WPI iGEM. Assisted heavily with cloning of vectors for pBRr backbone and chromoproteins into E. coli.
 +
</p>
 +
<h5>Mr. Mihail Bocka:</h5>
 +
<p>
 +
WPI Lab manager. Provided lab equipment and supplies for experiments. Assisted with Autoclave troubleshooting.
 +
</p>
 +
<h5>Dr. Scarlet Shell:</h5>
 +
<p>
 +
WPI teaching staff. Provided guidance in design of growth curve experiments and probiotic research. </p>
 +
</p>
 +
<h5>Dr. Lou Roberts:</h5>
 +
<p>
 +
WPI teaching staff. Assisted in electroporation of E. coli.
 +
</p>
 +
<h5>Dr. Mike Buckholt:</h5>
 +
<p>
 +
WPI teaching staff. Provided assistance in culturing B. subtilis.
 +
</p>
 +
<h5>Dr. Jill Rulfs:</h5>
 +
<p>
 +
WPI teaching staff. Provided assistance in troubleshooting media preparation.
 +
</p>
  
−
</div>
+
<h4>Project Inspiration:</h4>
 +
<p>
 +
The idea for the initial project was derived from the project proposal from the Synthetic Biology Capstone course. The original project and proposal title At-Home pH Based Lead Detection was submitted by Eric Borges, Zahra Khazal, Shelby McQueston, Allison Van Fechtmann.
 +
</p>
 +
<p>
 +
Additional project inspiration was derived from past iGEM teams working with heavy metals. Teams researched are listed below:
 +
</p>
 +
<h6>2015 Teams</h6>
 +
<p>
 +
Bielefeld
 +
</p>
 +
<p>
 +
Gaston Day School
 +
</p>
 +
<p>
 +
LZU- China
 +
</p>
 +
<p>
 +
Nanjing- China
 +
</p>
 +
<p>
 +
SCUT
 +
</p>
 +
<h6>2014 Teams</h6>
 +
</p>
 +
<p>
 +
Cornell
 +
</p>
 +
<p>
 +
HUST-China
 +
</p>
 +
<p>
 +
INSA-Lyon
 +
</p>
 +
<p>
 +
Minnesota
 +
</p>
 +
<p>
 +
Nagahama
 +
</p>
 +
<p>
 +
NEFU China
 +
</p>
 +
<p>
 +
Penn
 +
</p>
 +
<h6>2013 Teams</h6>
 +
<p>
 +
Edinburgh
 +
</p>
 +
<p>
 +
Gaston Day School
 +
</p>
  
−
 
+
<h4>Supporting Research</h4>
−
<div class="clear"></div>
+
−
 
+
−
 
+
−
<div class="column half_size">
+
−
<h5> Why is this page needed? </h5>
+
−
<p>The Attribution requirement helps the judges know what you did yourselves and what you had help with. We don't mind if you get help with difficult or complex techniques, but you must report what work your team did and what work was done by others.</p>
+
 
<p>
 
<p>
−
For example, you might choose to work with an animal model during your project. Working with animals requires getting a license and applying far in advance to conduct certain experiments in many countries. This is difficult to achieve during the course of a summer, but much easier if you can work with a postdoc or PI who has the right licenses.</p>
+
The backbone for the plasmid was developed from a construct originally found in “Development and Application of Synthetically-Derived Lead Biosensor Construct for Use in Gram-Negative Bacteria: published in Cell. The construct was used with permission by Dr. Ashley Franks.
−
</div>
+
</p>
−
 
+
<p>
−
 
+
The DIY lead assay was developed from “A Fast Colourimetric Assay for Lead Detection Using Label-Free Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs)” and “ A Portable Lab-on-A-Chip System for Gold-Nanoparticle Based Colorimetric Detection of Metal Ions in Water”  published in Micromachines and Biomicrofluidics, respectively.
−
<div class="column half_size">
+
</p>
−
<h5> What should this page have?</h5>
+
−
 
+
−
<ul>
+
−
<li>General Support</li>
+
−
<li>Project support and advice</li>
+
−
<li>Fundraising help and advice</li>
+
−
<li>Lab support</li>
+
−
<li>Difficult technique support</li>
+
−
<li>Project advisor support</li>
+
−
<li>Wiki support</li>
+
−
<li>Presentation coaching</li>
+
−
<li>Human Practices support</li>
+
−
<li> Thanks and acknowledgements for all other people involved in helping make a successful iGEM team</li>
+
−
</ul>
+
−
</div>
+
−
 
+
−
 
+
−
<div class="clear"></div>
+
−
 
+
−
<div class="column half_size">
+
−
 
+
−
<div class="highlight">
+
−
<h5> Can we base our project on a previous one? </h5>
+
−
<p>Yes! You can have a project based on a previous team, or based on someone else's idea, <b>as long as you state this fact very clearly and give credit for the original project.</b> </p>
+
−
</div>
+
−
</div>
+
−
 
+
−
 
+
−
<div class="column half_size">
+
−
 
+
−
<h5>Inspiration</h5>
+
−
<p>Take a look at what other teams have done:</p>
+
−
<ul>
+
−
<li><a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:Imperial_College_London/Team">2011 Imperial College London</a> (scroll to the bottom)</li>
+
−
<li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Exeter/Attributions">2014 Exeter </a></li>
+
−
<li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Melbourne/Attributions">2014 Melbourne </a></li>
+
−
<li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Valencia_Biocampus/Attributions">2014 Valencia Biocampus</a></li>
+
−
</ul>
+
−
 
+
−
</div>
+
−
 
+
−
<div class="clear"></div>
+
−
 
+
−
<div class="column half_size">
+
−
 
+
−
<h5>Team training and Project start</h5>
+
−
<p>Tell us if your institution teaches an iGEM or synthetic biology class and when you started your project:</p>
+
−
<ul>
+
−
<li>Does your institution teach an iGEM or synthetic biology course?</li>
+
−
<li>When did you start this course?</li>
+
−
<li>Are the syllabus and course materials freely available online?</li>
+
−
<li>When did you start your brainstorming?</li>
+
−
<li>When did you start in the lab?</li>
+
−
<li>When did you start working on  your project?</li>
+
−
 
+
−
</ul>
+
−
 
+
−
</div>
+
−
 
+
  
  

Revision as of 00:59, 12 October 2017


Attributions

The 2017 WPI iGEM Team would like to thank many people, and acknowledge everyone involved in making our project possible. The team started working in C term, or late March, of 2017. Goals for the team's project and specific roles for each student were decided by the end of May. The work continued into the summer and fall as an internship and a class. Many experiments were conducted from May to October.

Faculty:

A special thanks to the WPI faculty who have facilitated, assisted, and encouraged the ongoing research of iGEM and helped make the project possible.

Dr. Natalie Farney:

Advisor of WPI iGEM. Assisted heavily with cloning of vectors for pBRr backbone and chromoproteins into E. coli.

Mr. Mihail Bocka:

WPI Lab manager. Provided lab equipment and supplies for experiments. Assisted with Autoclave troubleshooting.

Dr. Scarlet Shell:

WPI teaching staff. Provided guidance in design of growth curve experiments and probiotic research.

Dr. Lou Roberts:

WPI teaching staff. Assisted in electroporation of E. coli.

Dr. Mike Buckholt:

WPI teaching staff. Provided assistance in culturing B. subtilis.

Dr. Jill Rulfs:

WPI teaching staff. Provided assistance in troubleshooting media preparation.

Project Inspiration:

The idea for the initial project was derived from the project proposal from the Synthetic Biology Capstone course. The original project and proposal title At-Home pH Based Lead Detection was submitted by Eric Borges, Zahra Khazal, Shelby McQueston, Allison Van Fechtmann.

Additional project inspiration was derived from past iGEM teams working with heavy metals. Teams researched are listed below:

2015 Teams

Bielefeld

Gaston Day School

LZU- China

Nanjing- China

SCUT

2014 Teams

Cornell

HUST-China

INSA-Lyon

Minnesota

Nagahama

NEFU China

Penn

2013 Teams

Edinburgh

Gaston Day School

Supporting Research

The backbone for the plasmid was developed from a construct originally found in “Development and Application of Synthetically-Derived Lead Biosensor Construct for Use in Gram-Negative Bacteria: published in Cell. The construct was used with permission by Dr. Ashley Franks.

The DIY lead assay was developed from “A Fast Colourimetric Assay for Lead Detection Using Label-Free Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs)” and “ A Portable Lab-on-A-Chip System for Gold-Nanoparticle Based Colorimetric Detection of Metal Ions in Water” published in Micromachines and Biomicrofluidics, respectively.