Team:KU Leuven/Attributions
BLADEN
Attributions
Team BLADEN
| Name | Function | Attribution |
|---|---|---|
| Sarah Vorsselmans | Team Leader & Wet Lab | Went from wet lab & outreach member, to wet lab leader, to the team leader. Start up wet lab, experiment & project design, assisted in plasmid design, lead and organized all BY-2 experiments, reorganized the iGEM team, prepared and lead meetings, administration, safety form, all wet lab presentations, attended VIB conference, solved problems in other projects |
| Anthony Vorias | Co-leader | Designed and built the wiki, organized the Dragon's Biome, designed the SynBio Challenge, lead the hardware project, organized the MedTech convention, made the Promotional video, gave 2 presentations and 1 workshop, isolated and grew CMC's and helped Sarah in leading the team |
| Rosa-Maria Määttälä | Wet lab captain | Project design, experimental design, in silico design of parts, leading wet lab, 2 presentations for Pinheiro and Rolland labs, attended the VIB conference, part of the organization team for Dragon's Biome event |
| Dries Oome | Dry-lab | Initial design of project idea, recruitement of supporting professors and debating about project feasibility, CMC work, modelling of in planta directed evolution, supporting role at human practises meetings, design and presentation of pitch |
| Michiel De Coster | Outreach captain | Managed outreach projects, developed the teacher's manual for the SynBioBE Challenge, organized the GMOs and the sustainability debate, helped organize the Dragon's Biome event, contacted and interviewed stakeholders |
| Viktoriia Belousova | Wet lab | Design of experiments, in silico design of constructs, assembled plant vectors in the lab, assembled the constructs for EvolvR in E. coli experiments, conducted experiments in E. coli, attended the VIB conference |
| Saphyra Thonon | Wet lab | Came on to strengthen our wet lab team, in silico design of riboswitch (improvement of an existing part) experiment, conducted riboswitch experiment, helped with parts registry, took on other small tasks |
| Aparna Nittur Venkatesh | Wet Lab | Worked on BY-2 experiments, confocal imaging on the BY-2 cells, presented at Prof Filip's lab, helped execute the Kinderuniversiteit event, helped develop the wiki |
| Illya Kovaliv | Dry lab | Brainstormed, worked on mathematical description of the modeling, worked on descriptions of CellES device, its safety and business aspects, performed confocal microscopy on BY-2 cells |
| Marike Dewulf | Outreach | Responsible for social media, organized and carried out all aspects of the mental health week, conducted in-depth interviews, developed the DNA games, visited multiple farms, interviewed René Custers, organized small collaborations like the postcard project, the traveling labcoat and the Nantes presentation video |
| Ismaël Bawah | Outreach | Helped with developing the video series and the content of the DNA games, gathered industry feedback for the SynBioBE Challenge, developed and organized the Kinderuniversiteit workshops, helped with logistical support for the GMO debate, expanded the mental health week from an online PhD campaign to a full week with activities and lectures |
| Fopke Marain | Outreach | Designed and produced the science box, helped out with the interviews of Mental Health Awareness week, helped with developing the video series for the DNA games, helped in wet lab with molecular ruler experiment |
| Laurens Van Keerberghen | Finance & Outreach | Found sponsors and gathered all iGEM KUL 2021 funding, legal aspects, stakeholder relations & pitch, worked on science box, arranged Eos articles, participated in early stages of MedTech convention, bookkeeping, visited farms on Agriculture Day, designed sweaters |
| Sybren De Boever | Outreach | Developed Science box, participated in SynBio, coordinated and visited farms on Agriculture Day, developed experiments for Kinderuniversiteit |
With special thanks to
| Name | Function | Attribution |
|---|---|---|
| Prof. Vitor B. Pinheiro | Team PI | For providing us the lab space to work on this project, constant precious advice, invaluable help with team management and team restructuring, help with desinging and troubleshooting experiments and an infinite amount of moral support and memes |
| Prof. Filip Rolland | Secondary team PI | For providing us the lab space to work on this projet, troubleshooting advice, discussing experiment results, participating in the GMOs and sustainability debate |
| Prof. Thomas Jacobs | Secondary team PI | For providing us with the BY-2 cell line, Agrobacteria and building blocks for our plasmids, all the help and guidance with BY-2 experiments and troubleshooting |
| Abanish Roy | Former team leader | For registering, setting up the team and leading brainstorm sessions |
| Robert Madigan | Former wet lab member | For assisting in the setup of the plant lab part of the project |
| Shamal Withanage | Wet Lab | For helping us in troubleshooting our experiments and helping with the wiki |
| Santiago Chaillou | Wet lab | For providing us with the pET29 and pBAD plasmids to build a target plasmid with a dead sfGFP, general help around the lab and helping with the wiki |
| Anupama Anupama | Wet Lab | For help with flow cytometry experiments |
| Paola Handal | Wet Lab | For help around the lab and in proofreading the lab wiki pages |
| Rinaldo Wander Montalvão | Wet Lab | For helping us with modeling |
| Nathalie Crepin | Wet Lab | For help around the lab |
| Anja Vandeperre | Wet Lab | For help around the lab |
| Roosje Van Ende | Wet Lab | For help around the lab |
| Wouter Van Genechten | Wet Lab | For helping us with fluorescence confocal microscopy |
| Ward Develtere | Wet Lab | For providing guidance on BY-2 transformations |
| Jérôme Rihon | Wet Lab | For helping out with the wiki |
| VIB Gateway Collections | Wet Lab | For providing us with all the plant entry and destination vectors needed for our project |
| Addgene | Wet Lab | For providing us with the plasmids pEvolvR-enCas9-PolI3M and pEvolvR-enCas9-PolI5M |
| IDT | Wet Lab | For providing us with free DNA to build our parts |
| Twist Bioscience | Wet Lab | For providing us with free DNA to build our parts |
| Biorender | Wet Lab | For providing a platform to design figures |
| iGEM team EPFL | Dry Lab | For helping us develop our hardware design |
| Prof. Jeroen Lammertyn | Dry Lab | For providing feedback on the hardware concept |
| Prof. Nadine Buys, Prof. Philippe Baret | Outreach | For participating in the GMOs and sustainability debate |
| Prof. Vincent Rijmen, Prof. Filip Volckaert, Wieland Craps, Veronique Cortens | Outreach | For aiding in the organization of the GMOs and sustainability debate |
| Prof. Johan De Tavernier | Outreach | For aiding in the organization and moderation of the GMOs and sustainability debate |
| Dr. Joke Lemiengre | Outreach | For aiding the preparation of the mental health week by giving training on conducting in-depth interviews and reviewing the ethical aspects of the PhD interviews |
| Lucas De Vrieze | Outreach | For his feedback on the SynBio Challenge and for handling the communication with the Flemish Biology Olympiad |
| Keyvan Siasi | Outreach | For setting up a line of communication between MijnLeuven and iGEM KU Leuven |
| AFT | Outreach | For co-organising the Med-tech evening |
| JuniorOrsi | Outreach | For co-organising the Med-tech evening |
| CityCubes | Outreach | For providing us with insights in booths, marketing and how to approach the population |
| MijnLeuven | Outreach | For working together on the creation of future outreach projects |
| Flemish Biology Olympiad | Outreach | For providing a platform to reach students with the SynBioBE challenge and video series |
| EOS wetenschap | Outreach | For publishing three articles on iGEM and our project |
| VIB | Outreach | For hosting us at their synthetic biology conference |
| Mathias Vissers | Human Practices | For providing feedback on our human practices, for speaking at the Dragon's Biome event and for participating as a dragon at the Dragon's Biome event |
| Prof. George Church | Human Practices | For speaking at the Dragon's Biome event |
| Sofia Sigal-Passeck, Bram Perdu, Geoff Smith | Human Practices | For participating as a dragon at the Dragon's Biome event |
| René Custers | Human Practices | For participating in the GMOs and sustainability debate and for providing feedback on our project with regards to the European legislation |
| Prof. Kathleen Van Der Gucht | Human Practices | For giving a lecture and educating us about mindfulness |
| Dr. Eva Van Assche | Human Practices | For giving a lecture and educating us about e-mental health |
| Prof. Dr. Hans De Witte | Human Practices | For giving a lecture and educating us about burn-out in students |
| Prof. Kristien Hens | Human Practices | For helping in the evaluation and creation of the PhD interviews |
| BeMSA | Human Practices | For co-organising the mental health awareness week |
| Green Office | Human Practices | For co-organising the mental health awareness week |
| MindMates | Human Practices | For co-organising the mental health awareness week |
| LMC | Human Practices | For co-organising the mindfulness lecture and training during the mental health awareness week |
| ASA | Human Practices | For co-organising the workshop in the mental health awareness week |
| Jannes Maes | Human Practices | For providing us with a better understanding of the position of the Flemish government regarding GMOs |
| Em. Prof. Marc Van Montagu & Prof. Dr. Dulce de Oliveira |
Human Practices | For giving their feedback on our project and on possible implementation and for sharing their experience in the field with us |
| Prof. Luis Herrera-Estrella | Human Practices | For giving their feedback on our project and on possible implementation and for sharing their experience in the field with us |
| Dr. Jan Leemans | Human Practices | For providing us with insights in navigating successful business relations and legal settlements |
| Dr. | Human Practices | For giving their feedback on our project and on the possible implementation and for sharing their experience in the field with us |
| Benjamin Laga | Human Practices | For providing us with the viewpoint of a Managing Director and that of a Head of the Research and Development |
| Paul Vleminckx | Human Practices | For inviting us to his farm for an interview on their position on GMOs |
| Jelle Rogge | Human Practices | For inviting us to his farm for an interview on their position on GMOs |
| Luc Billens and Lea Van Laer | Human Practices | For inviting us to his farm for an interview on their position on GMOs |
| Tom Nijs and Ann Geys | Human Practices | For inviting us to his farm for an interview on their position on GMOs |
| Filip and Koen Dewit | Human Practices | For inviting us to his farm for an interview on their position on GMOs | Erik, Dolly and Polly | General | For support during the entire project, especially during the last stretch |