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<p> The UT Austin iGEM Team would love to thank everyone who has helped us achieve our goals, no matter how big or small the contribution. Without these acts of generosity, we would have not accomplished all that we have done. </p>
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<p>The following labs, professors, post docs, and graduate students were instrumental in helping us learn specific techniques, sharing reagents or strains or equipment with us, or for giving input that influenced our project.</p>
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*<b>Dr. Chris Yellman and <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.marcottelab.org/index.php/Main_Page/ The Marcotte Lab]</span></b> for providing ADH and PDC <i>S. cerevisiae</i> knockouts.
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*<b>Aziz Al'Khafaji and <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.brocklab.com/  The Brock Lab]</span></b> for providing a fluorescence microscope and advice on improving conjugation experiments.
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*<b>Jiri Perutka and <span class="plainlinks">[http://ellingtonlab.org The Ellington Lab]</span></b> for constructing the plasmids pBTK518, pBTK19 and pBTK520 which we used for conjugation.
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*<b><span class="plainlinks">[http://barricklab.org/twiki/bin/view/Lab/ The Barrick Lab]</span></b> for providing helpful advice and comments throughout the summer.
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<p>The following students either assisted us as we learned new techniques, began our project, gave feedback on an array of things, or helped us keep the lab neat, clean, and well stocked.</p>
 
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*<b>Kimberly Ornelas</b> for aiding us with 16s sequencing, conjugation and recapitulation.
 
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*<b>Samah Khan</b> for helping us initially isolate various microbes from different kombucha brands.
 
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*<b>Natalie Schulte and Samita Charolia </b>for their initial research on pH sensitive promoters for use in <i>E. coli</i> and creating the original experimental procedures for general pH testing.
 
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*<b>Nadia Zaidi and Jocelyn Li</b> for contributing to the original pH promoter work.
 
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*<b>Kelsey Hu </b> for working throughout the summer to keep the lab stocked with media and for providing assistance running pH experiments.
 
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*<b>Kimberly Corona</b> for creating the yellow green chromoprotein composite part.
 
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*<b>Matthew Hooper</b> for identifying and sequencing bacteria and yeast strains in store bought kombucha, recapitulating the strains, and screening for ethanol levels.
 
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*<b>Zachary Martinez</b> for initial kombucha strain identification and their conjugations and for organizing meet ups with Rice University, Texas Tech University, and Monterrey Tec.
 
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*<b>Katelyn Corley</b> for making recapitulations from the previously identified kombucha strains and taking part in organizing meet ups with our collaborators.
 
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*<b>Ian Overman and Alexandra Alario</b> for working with and characterizing the pH sensors CadC, P-atp2, and <i>G. oxydans</i>.
 
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*<b>Sofia Chinea</b> for working with and characterizing the pH sensor CpxR, and for identifying potential pH sensitive promoters in <i>G. oxydans</i>.
 
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*<b>Prachi Shah</b> for the work done on Brazzein, Human Practices, and judging forms.
 
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*<b>Stratton Georgoulis</b> for ethanol production assays.
 
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*<b>Daniel Garza</b> for completing the Interlab study.
 
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*<b>Jenna McGuffey and Erum Dhanji</b> for creating the Gellan Gum project and facilitating the outreach involved with it.
 
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*<b>Riya Sreenivasan</b> for creating the blue chromoprotein composite part.
 
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*<b>Laura Shub</b> for designing and formatting the wiki.
 
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*<b>Grace Long</b> for ensuring safety requirements were met, completing judging forms on time, and organizing meet ups with our collaborators.
 
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<p>The following institutions graciously met up and collaborated with our team.</p>
 
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<p><b>Greg Goodman and KTonic </b>for giving us a clear direction in how to expand and progress our current work with kombucha, while keeping in mind issues of intellectual property, the product and what the consumer wants in their product, and how bench science can be vital to many things beyond the bench.</p>
 
  
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<p style="font-family: verdana"> The 2017 UT Austin iGEM Team would like to thank everyone who has helped us throughout this arduous, yet rewarding journey. It is because of their gracious support that we are able to celebrate the success of our project today. </p>
  
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<p style="font-family: verdana"> The Principal Investigators of our team: </p>
  
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b>Dr. Dennis Mishler</b> for providing project guidance </li>
  
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b>Dr. Jeffrey Barrick</b> for providing project guidance </li>
  
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<p style="font-family: verdana"> The following graduate students, postdocs, and labs have contributed to our project: </p>
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b>Sean Leonard</b> for providing project guidance, erythromycin, and plasmids (pMSP3535, pBAV1k-T5-LUX, and pBAV1k-T5-gfp) </li>
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b>Kate Elston</b> for providing project guidance, a workshop on conjugation technique, and numerous Golden Gate part plasmids </li>
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b>Julie Perreau</b> for providing project guidance and a workshop on conjugation technique </li>
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b>Dr. Peng Geng</b> for providing the <i>gfp</i> dropout and M13 terminator Golden Gate part plasmids </li>
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b><a href="http://barricklab.org/twiki/bin/view/Lab", style= "font-family: verdana"> The Barrick lab </a></b> for providing us with reagents, lab equipment, the extra lab space when necessary, and important part plasmids from UT's Golden Gate Part Repository. </li>
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b><a href="https://cns.utexas.edu/component/cobalt/item/1426-biobricks", style= " font-family: verdana"> The BioBricks FRI stream</a></b>for providing DH5-Alpha <i>E. coli</i> cells for chemical transformations </li>
  
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b><a href="https://cns.utexas.edu/component/cobalt/item/2073-hijacking-microbial-factories-for-synthetic-biology?Itemid=1971", style= " font-family: verdana"> The Microbe Hackers FRI stream</a></b>for wet lab contributions and wiki edits. </li>
  
  
  
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<p style="font-family: verdana"> The following iGEM team members contributed to various parts of our project: </p>
  
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b> Andrew Ly </b> for assembling part plasmids, the P8/P32 promoter and <i>gadB</i> overexpression cassette plasmids in <i>E. coli</i>, working on a Golden Gate compatible pMSP3535 vector, and testing the erythromycin suscpetibility of <i>E. coli</i> </li>
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b> Rachel Johnson </b> for work done on Human and Integrated Practices, <i>Lactobacillus plantarum</i> transformations and characterization, and part plasmid assembly </li>
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b> Andrea Martinez </b> for helping with blue chromoprotein optimization and collaboration efforts </li>
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b> Eve Sharpee </b> for working on the modeling involved in our project and part plasmid assembly </li>
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b> Ian Overman </b> for completing the Interlab study </li>
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b> Jayvin Patel </b> for finishing the judging forms and ensuring iGEM deadlines were met </li>
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b> Kevin Prabhu </b> for working on aspects of the wiki </li>
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b> Matthew Hooper </b> for leading our collaboration efforts with Texas Tech and Rice </li>
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b> Milki Negeri </b> for completing the safety forms </li>
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b> Surta Dave </b> for work done on blue chromoprotein optimization </li>
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b>  Zachary Martinez </b> for spearheading the design and implementation of the wiki page and creating the "Yo GABA GABA" logo </li>
  
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<b style="font-family: verdana">*All members contributed to the wiki</b>.
  
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<p> The 2017 UT Austin iGEM Team would like to thank everyone who has helped us throughout this arduous, yet rewarding journey. It is because of their gracious support that we are able to celebrate the success of our project today. </p>
 
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<li> Sean Leonard for providing project guidance, erythromycin, and various plasmids including pMSP3535, pBAV1k-T5-LUX, and pBAV1k-T5-gfp </li>
 
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<li> Kate Elston for providing project guidance, a workshop on conjugation technique, and the Golden Gate part plasmids pBTK300 and pBTK224 </li>
 
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<li> Julie Perreau for providing project guidance and a workshop on conjugation technique </li>
 
  
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<li> Dr. David Weiss for guidance </li>
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<p style="font-family: verdana"> The following institutions graciously met up and collaborated with our team: </p>
  
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<li> Micki Marquardt for guidance </li>
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<li> Dr. Peng Geng for providing the Golden Gate part plasmids pYTK047 and pBTK303 </li>
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<li> The Barrick Lab for providing us with reagents, lab equipment, and, when necessary, a lab space with which to conduct our research </li>
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<li> The BioBricks FRI Stream for providing DH5-Alpha E. coli cells for chemical transformations </li>
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<li> Dr. Qingchun Tong for guidance </li>
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<p style="font-family: verdana"> The following people provided us with expert advice, helping us to shape our Human Practices endeavors: </p>
  
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b>Dr. Roger Gammons</b> from the Heart Hospital of Austin for expansive advice on how to implement our project</li>
  
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b>Dr. Qingchun Tong</b> from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for guidance in developing our project</b> </li>
  
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b>Dr. David Weiss</b> from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio for information about his current GABA research </li>
  
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b>Micki Marquardt</b> from the Helping Hand Home for Children for helping us shape our future project direction and helping to consider ethical concerns </li>
  
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<p style="font-family: verdana"> We received monetary support from the following sources: </p>
  
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b>The Freshmen Research Initiative at UT Austin</b> </li>
  
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b>The Department of Molecular Biosciences  at UT Austin</b> </li>
  
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b>The Department of Neuroscience at UT Austin</b> </li>
  
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<li style="font-family: verdana"> <b>BEACON</b> </li>
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<p style="font-family: verdana"> The video loop used on our homepage is free to use under the Creative Commons license and was obtained from this <b><a href="https://pixabay.com/en/videos/dna-helix-deoxyribonucleic-acid-6973/", style= " font-family: verdana"> link </a></b> </p>
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Attributions


The 2017 UT Austin iGEM Team would like to thank everyone who has helped us throughout this arduous, yet rewarding journey. It is because of their gracious support that we are able to celebrate the success of our project today.


The Principal Investigators of our team:

  • Dr. Dennis Mishler for providing project guidance
  • Dr. Jeffrey Barrick for providing project guidance

    • The following graduate students, postdocs, and labs have contributed to our project:

  • Sean Leonard for providing project guidance, erythromycin, and plasmids (pMSP3535, pBAV1k-T5-LUX, and pBAV1k-T5-gfp)
  • Kate Elston for providing project guidance, a workshop on conjugation technique, and numerous Golden Gate part plasmids
  • Julie Perreau for providing project guidance and a workshop on conjugation technique
  • Dr. Peng Geng for providing the gfp dropout and M13 terminator Golden Gate part plasmids
  • The Barrick lab for providing us with reagents, lab equipment, the extra lab space when necessary, and important part plasmids from UT's Golden Gate Part Repository.
  • The BioBricks FRI streamfor providing DH5-Alpha E. coli cells for chemical transformations
  • The Microbe Hackers FRI streamfor wet lab contributions and wiki edits.

    • The following iGEM team members contributed to various parts of our project:

  • Andrew Ly for assembling part plasmids, the P8/P32 promoter and gadB overexpression cassette plasmids in E. coli, working on a Golden Gate compatible pMSP3535 vector, and testing the erythromycin suscpetibility of E. coli
  • Rachel Johnson for work done on Human and Integrated Practices, Lactobacillus plantarum transformations and characterization, and part plasmid assembly
  • Andrea Martinez for helping with blue chromoprotein optimization and collaboration efforts
  • Eve Sharpee for working on the modeling involved in our project and part plasmid assembly
  • Ian Overman for completing the Interlab study
  • Jayvin Patel for finishing the judging forms and ensuring iGEM deadlines were met
  • Kevin Prabhu for working on aspects of the wiki
  • Matthew Hooper for leading our collaboration efforts with Texas Tech and Rice
  • Milki Negeri for completing the safety forms
  • Surta Dave for work done on blue chromoprotein optimization
  • Zachary Martinez for spearheading the design and implementation of the wiki page and creating the "Yo GABA GABA" logo

    • *All members contributed to the wiki.

    The following institutions graciously met up and collaborated with our team:

  • Rice University
  • Texas Tech University

    • The following people provided us with expert advice, helping us to shape our Human Practices endeavors:

  • Dr. Roger Gammons from the Heart Hospital of Austin for expansive advice on how to implement our project
  • Dr. Qingchun Tong from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for guidance in developing our project
  • Dr. David Weiss from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio for information about his current GABA research
  • Micki Marquardt from the Helping Hand Home for Children for helping us shape our future project direction and helping to consider ethical concerns

    • We received monetary support from the following sources:

  • The Freshmen Research Initiative at UT Austin
  • The Department of Molecular Biosciences at UT Austin
  • The Department of Neuroscience at UT Austin
  • BEACON


    • The video loop used on our homepage is free to use under the Creative Commons license and was obtained from this link