Team:Athens/Attributions
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Attributions
Project Assistance
Our team would like to thank everyone who contributed in making our project happen, without whom it would not have been possible.
Dr. Vasiliki Koumandou, Assistant Professor at the Biotechnology department of AUA and our Primary PI, provided valuable feedback concerning our experiments and was very supportive, addressing several scientific questions accumulated while working on this project. She offered guidance concerning any lab experiments that we conducted.
Dr. Evangelos Topakas, Associate Professor at the school of Chemical Engineering of NTUA and our Secondary PI, gave us valuable advice regarding the isolation of the Pfu polymerase as well as the produced dNTPs. He also provided us a space within his lab as well as the necessary equipment for a significant portion of our experiments.
Dr. Panagoula Kollia, Professor at the Biology department of NKUA and our Secondary PI, welcomed our team into her lab and provided us with a meeting space to work in.
Elena Pappa, Lab technician at the Biology department of NKUA and our Instructor, aided us with our experiments and was the supervisor of our laboratory space, providing us with any supplies we did not possess.
Dr. George Taxeidis, PhD student in the Industrial Biotechnology and Biocatalysis lab at the School of Chemical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and our Instructor. He provided us with really helpful information regarding the isolation and purification processes of Pfu as well as for the dNTP mixture. He also guided us and gave us crucial advice daily in the lab.
Dr. Apostolos Alissandratos, Honorary Lecturer at Australian National University (ANU) College of Science and our Advisor. He advised us during the preliminary stages of our project and gave us helpful advice for the production of our genetic circuit, as well as during the final purification stages. He also contributed to the understanding of the problem we address and the impact of our product in the international scientific community and remote diagnostic centers.
Dr. Vassili N. Kouvelis, Assistant Professor of Genetics and Biotechnology and Primary Instructor at the Genetics lab of the Biology department of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens. As well as all the members of the Genetics lab, for their help as well as for providing us with many consumables and equipment.
Nikolaos Kalavros, Bioinformatician, iGEM Athens 2019 member and our Advisor. He provided both scientific and technical help for every aspect of the project. He also helped us with the editing and design of our promotion video and graphics. Let’s don’t forget to mention what a great friend he was in difficult moments for our team this year!
Anastasios Galanis, Researcher at Oxford Nanopore Technologies, iGEM Athens 2019 member and our Advisor. He gave us valuable advice regarding the design of our genetic circuit as well as for the experimental design of our project. He also offered us valuable help in troubleshooting and hands-on tips and tricks.
Maria Litsa, MSc Student at Wageningen University, Research Marketing Coordinator at SpaceDot, iGEM Athens member 2018 and our Advisor. She gave advice and guidance for every aspect of our project, as well as helped us with the editing and design of our promotion video and graphics.
Kostas Makriniotis, Graduate and member of the Industrial Biotechnology and Biocatalysis lab at the School of Chemical Engineering NTUA. He provided us with really helpful information regarding the isolation and purification processes of Pfu as well as for the dNTP mixture. He also guided us and gave us crucial advice daily in the lab.
Human Practices and Science Communication
Dr. Joseph Fitzgibbon, Chief, Drug Development and Clinical Sciences Branch, helped us gain insight into the problem of the lack of accessibility and some major challenges of resource-limited settings, based on his experience.
Dr. Sanchita Bhadra, Research Scientist at The University of Texas at Austin, provided us with valuable information regarding the accessibility aspect of our project and the major challenges that resource-limited settings face.
Dr. Dimitris Koutsioulis, Chief Executive Officer at EnzyQuest, provided us with invaluable and spot-on feedback not only for the technical aspect of our project but also for its future prospects.
The Internationals, a team of Biomedical students from Amsterdam, who gave us valuable insight regarding the hospital and laboratory conditions in Tanzania, where they volunteered.
The TEDxNTUA team gave us the opportunity to share our passion for synbio through our Benchling Workshop.
The Scientific Society of Hellenic Medical Students (SSHMS) team gave us the opportunity to participate in the Scientific Conference of Hellenic Medical Students (SCHMS)/ Round Table “One Health”, where we participate in the presentation entitled “Environment and Health: a holistic approach towards Safety” in the context of our collaboration with iGEM Greece (Thessaloniki, Thessaly, Crete, Ioannina).
HelMSIC – Hellenic Medical Students' International Committee gave us the opportunity to present a poster of our previous project in a webinar about Clinical Research.
iGEM NOUS, iGEM Crete, iGEM Thrace and iGEM Thessaloniki, we had a great time collaborating to organize the meetup that took place on 24 and 25 July 2021.
Fundraising
Apostolos Zabaras, for his valuable help and advice during the fundraising process as well as his daily help and feedback for all the bureaucratic matters of our team.
Eirini Sagriotou, from Bioline Scientific, for her cooperation with us and for providing us many perishable material with a significant discount.
Athina Bourboula, Secretary at the Administrative Office of the Genetics and Biotechnology department of the Biology School of NKUA, for her help navigating bureaucratic matters.
Team Members
Ilias Toumpe contributed in the creation of the kinetic model, he also played a crucial role in purification of the Pfu polymerase, he also was an active member of the Fund Raising team. Lastly, he organised and executed many science communication events and posts and contributed significantly in the creation of our wiki page.
Kleoniki Pylarinou contributed in the design of the genetic circuit, and experiments, as well as in the management of our social media. She also was an active member of the human practices, and public relations teams.
Vasileia Spyridaki contributed to the creation of the kinetic model, she also was an active member of the human practices and public relations teams. Lastly, she provided valuable help in the design of our wiki.
Spyros Kanellopoulos contributed in the design of the genetic circuit, and experiments, he also was part of the team that designed the Improved part and additionally was an active member of the human practices team, public relations teams and contributed in many science communication events.
Marianna Ioannidou contributed in the design of the genetic circuit, and experiments, she also was part of the team that designed the Improved part and additionally was an active member of the public relations team, and contributed in many science communication events, as well as in the management of our social media.
Eleftheria Kelefioti Stratidaki contributed in the design of the genetic circuit, and experiments as well as the purification and isolation of the Pfu polymerase. She was also an active member of the fundraising and science communication teams.
Orsalia Veloudiou contributed in the design of the genetic circuit, and experiments, and also was an active member of the human practices team, participated in many science communication events and contributed greatly in the management of our social media.
Lastly, special thanks to iGEM Athens 2018 and iGEM Athens 2019 for their valuable mentoring and help during the past year’s difficulties.
Sponsors
All these would not have happened without our encouraging supporters: Pfizer, CSL Behring, BIOLine scientific, IDT, TWIST Biosciences, Benchling, Snapgene and the Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation. You cant find more about their support in the Sponsors page.