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− | The iGEM Project Aachen | + | The iGEM Project Aachen aims to give students the opportunity to work independently on a project relatively early in their studies. However, the students do not only work in the laboratory |
− | but also organize themselves, step into conversations with society | + | but also organize themselves, step into conversations with society and carry out fundraising to finance the project and the trip to Boston. |
− | Our team | + | Our team consists almost only of bachelor students from different courses as well as with different backgrounds, who joined together to take part in iGEM. |
− | However, our working group | + | However, our working group lacked two things: experience and expertise. |
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This is the reason why we want to use this website to thank all the people and institutes of our university who helped us achieve our goals of water desalination. | This is the reason why we want to use this website to thank all the people and institutes of our university who helped us achieve our goals of water desalination. | ||
− | Actually, without the support of these it would not have been possible to | + | Actually, without the support of these it would not have been possible to realize our project. |
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− | He is taking his doctorate at Schwaneberg laboratory and he had | + | He is taking his doctorate at Schwaneberg laboratory and he had already carried out the measurements for the InterLab Study for the last iGEM team. |
− | Because of this, we asked him to explain us some parts of the protocol for the InterLab Study we | + | Because of this, we asked him to explain us some parts of the protocol for the InterLab Study we did not understand. He not only clarified |
it, but also told us about some useful websites which we could use for the design of our presentation for the Giant Jamboree. | it, but also told us about some useful websites which we could use for the design of our presentation for the Giant Jamboree. | ||
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He is taking his doctorate at Schwaneberg laboratory as well and because of his work with the fluorescence microscopy, he is our most proficient advisor | He is taking his doctorate at Schwaneberg laboratory as well and because of his work with the fluorescence microscopy, he is our most proficient advisor | ||
− | for the corresponding machine. Our goal was to show that our channels had been integrated in the Yeast vacuolar membrane, so we needed the fluorescence microscope | + | for the corresponding machine. Our goal was to show that our channels had been integrated in the Yeast vacuolar membrane by creating fluorescent fusionproteins, so we needed the fluorescence microscope |
− | to confirm it. Khalil Essani introduced us to the machine and gave us many useful tips to improve the resolution of our samples | + | to confirm it. Khalil Essani introduced us to the machine and gave us many useful tips to improve the resolution of our samples. |
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− | She is part of the Bio7 working team | + | She is part of the Bio7 working team and helped us in the beginning of our project. |
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He works at the Bio7 researching Molecular Plant Virology and at the time he is the director of the Bio7 institute. He allowed us to use his facility and | He works at the Bio7 researching Molecular Plant Virology and at the time he is the director of the Bio7 institute. He allowed us to use his facility and | ||
− | also gave us permission to use the Bio7 laboratory to produce a film about iGEM and our project. | + | also gave us permission to use the Bio7 laboratory to produce a film about iGEM and our project. Furthermore, he occasionally sacrified some of his time |
to help us with the discussion of our results. | to help us with the discussion of our results. | ||
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He is part of the IAMB team and he works as a non-scientific assistent in professor Schirawski´s Team. He was the one who first introduced | He is part of the IAMB team and he works as a non-scientific assistent in professor Schirawski´s Team. He was the one who first introduced | ||
us to the "Praktikumslabor" and taught us the basics of laboratory work. For instance, he was the one who explained us how to use an autoclave. | us to the "Praktikumslabor" and taught us the basics of laboratory work. For instance, he was the one who explained us how to use an autoclave. | ||
− | Additionaly, he told us about the possibility of opening up cells by using | + | Additionaly, he told us about the possibility of opening up cells by using beads. |
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He is the director of the institute for physiology at the "Uniklinik" and he also has his own research group. | He is the director of the institute for physiology at the "Uniklinik" and he also has his own research group. | ||
− | He and his group | + | He and his group provided us with protocols and contacts when we struggled finding a method to measure the quantity |
of sodium and chloride we were able to accumulate in our cells in an accurate manner. For example, they gave us the protocol we | of sodium and chloride we were able to accumulate in our cells in an accurate manner. For example, they gave us the protocol we | ||
used to isolate vacuoles from Yeast cells. Not only did they supply us with their expertise, but they also told us where to find | used to isolate vacuoles from Yeast cells. Not only did they supply us with their expertise, but they also told us where to find |
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