Team:Heidelberg/Attributions


Attributions
We want to say thanks
Here we want to thank everyone who supported us this year and thus helped us make our project come true. Numerous individuals, research groups, departments and companies supported us throughout the entire project and here we want to say thank you for this! A special thanks goes to Prof. Dr. Roland Eils, Dr. Irina Lehmann and Dr. Dominik Niopek who instructed our team and to Carolin Schmelas, Max Waldhauer, Mareike Hoffmann, Michael Jendrusch, Stefan Holderbach, and Daniel Heid who mentored us this year as advisors.

Students and Supervisors

All results presented on our Wiki, including wet lab and software, were achieved solely by the members of the iGEM Team Heidelberg, if not otherwise stated.

Max Przybilla was working on the characterization of PACE and PREDCEL, designed and cloned our toolbox constructs and cared about sponsoring.

Cathy Gandor performed Opto-PACE, established phage detection and propagation assays and helped in cytochrome c experiments. Jan Mathony designed most cloning strategies including our toolbox, developed CRISPR PACE and validated our software in the wet lab using beta-lactamase and beta- Glucuronidase.

Lukas Adam initially set up the PACE equipment including the sensors for living cell density. Subsequently, we designed and compiled our Wiki, incorporated the web-based interactive tools and developed SafetyNet.

Marita Klein performed the PREDCEL experiments regarding cytochrome engineering and helped in Human Practice.

Julius Upmeier zu Belzen initially set up PACE with Lukas Adam. Subsequently, he generated all of our models and developed GAIA.

Max Schwendemann characterized the PREDCEL experiments in regard to phage propagation and performed the protein interaction PREDCEL experiments. He designed many cute icons for our Wiki and created the videos explaining our project.

Thore Bürgel is the mastermind of the neural networks behind our software. He developed DeeProtein, AIGEM and SafetyNet.

Pauline Pfuderer developed Destructase PACE, helped in cloning the toolbox and created and implemented the concept of our Human Practice approach.

Lukas Platz synthesized the carbon-silicon compounds with the help of Fabian Ebner and Dr. Lutz Greb. Furthermore, he tested the activity of the carbon-silicon induced riboswitch.

Michael Jendrusch supported us in every aspect of our efforts concerning the software. He was the one we consulted, when all the others floundered. In this way he was the only one having a clear picture of how to get SafetyNet based on neural networks to work in the browser.

Stefan Holderbach profoundly advised us in our Deep Learning and Modeling efforts. He was a crucial figure in initiating our neural network based software and helped us in our daily struggle in fighting the ever-present bugs.

Daniel Heid is a mastermind in recruiting sponsors and knowing about all the details of lab equipment and reagents. He supported us in many projects that required complex procedures, as the purification of proteins, in vitro transcription, the synthesis of organosilicons and many more.

Max Waldhauer was supervising and profoundly shaping the wet lab experiments in certainly every project. From the very beginning, he gave crucial advise in the conceptualization and implementation of our experiments.

Carolin Schmelas advised us in our experimental project design and daily lab work. She always kept a backup plan in her mind, if experiments would fail. She profoundly supported our efforts in Human Practices and sponsoring.

Mareike Hoffmann helped us with organizational effort of any kind. She helped to shape our projects and is a Speedy Gonzalez in correcting texts.

Dominik Niopek organized our team, allocated resources and shaped our project with enormous expertise. He was keeping the general overview of our team and experiments, yet he was informed about most details as well. Dominik cared for motivation and team spirit when the work was overwhelming.

Roland Eils and Irina Lehmann are the organizers of iGEM in Heidelberg. They provided us with the lab space and equipment, offered profound organizational support and expertise. Both encouraged us to pursue our experimental and informational aims.