Team:Linkoping Sweden/Attributions
Work of the team
Laboratory work
Everyone in the LiU iGEM team 2021 participated in the entire project's laboratory work including construct design and and data analysis.
Presentations
Presentations and presentation videos were solely done by the team members.
Fundraising
Fundraising was performed by the team members.
Human practice
The team contacted all the organisations and individuals involved in the Human Practice collaborations.
Wiki
The wiki was constructed by the wiki focus group and the content was written by the whole team.
Responsibilities
Table 1. Individual Responsibilities of the iGEM Team Members
| Name | Responsibility | Focus Group |
|---|---|---|
| Aleksandra Zielinska | Secretary | Wiki, Lab, Modeling, Human Practices |
| Alexandra Iversen | Project Leader | Involvement in all Focus Groups |
| Alexandra Lorenz | Head of Funding | Collaborations, Funding, Modeling, Wiki |
| Denisse Marginean | Vice Project Leader, Head of Social Media | Collaborations, Funding, Lab, Social Media |
| Ewelina Bladh | Vice Head of Laboratory | Human Practices, Lab, Social Media |
| Jonathan Adler | Head of Human Practices | Human Practices, Social Media, Wiki |
| Lisa-Marie Gaul | Head of Modeling | Design, Funding, Modeling, Wiki |
| Lucas Lettner | Head of Wiki | Design, Funding, Modeling, Wiki |
| Peter Hedeta | Head of Collaborations | Collaborations, Modeling, Lab |
| Riikka Lipsanen | Head of Laboratory | Human Practices, Lab |
| Tove Tyborn | Head of Design | Collaborations, Design, Lab, Social Media |
| Weihai He | Team Member | Design, Human Practices, Lab |
Support
Table 2. Everyone that supported us in the realization of our project.
| Name | Location | Support Category | Provided Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Lars-Göran Mårtensson | Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, Sweden |
General support Project support and advice Lab support Difficult technique support |
The team PI:s supplied the team with important laboratory equipment, supplies and chemicals. They also contributed with their time, knowledge and experience and gave us continuous feedback and support throughout the project. |
| Dr Per Hammarström | Professor, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, Sweden |
General support Project support and advice Lab support Difficult technique support |
The team PI:s supplied the team with important laboratory equipment, supplies and chemicals. They also contributed with their time, knowledge and experience and gave us continuous feedback and support throughout the project. |
| Oliver Hild Walett | Grad Student, Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, Linköping University, Sweden | Project advisor support | Guided us during the course of the project with protocols, execution of experiments, troubleshooting, interpretation of results etc. |
| Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (IFM) at Linköping University | General support | Provided the team with long-term access to a lab during the summer. | |
| Dr Anne Farewell | Associate professor, Institution of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Gothenburg University, Sweden | Human Practices support Collaboration |
Judge at NiC, provided us with valuable feedback on our project. |
| Dr Cecilia Andrésen | Principal Research Engineer | Lab support | Instructed us on how to use some of the lab equipment. |
| Dr David Drew | Professor in Biochemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden | Lab support Human Practices support |
Advice regarding ion channels that impacted the design of our parts containing ion channel genes. |
| Dr Ganesh Mohite | Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, Linköping University, Sweden | Human Practices support, Collaboration | Judge at NiC, provided us with valuable feedback on our project. |
| Dr Gunnar von Heijne | Professor in Biochemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden | Lab support Human Practices support |
Connected us to David Drew and advised us to consult him regarding ion channels. |
| Dr Julie Zedler | Junior professor at the Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany | Lab support Human Practices support |
Advice and input regarding experiments using Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 . Advice on lab conditions and protocols to use. |
| Dr Patrik Lundström | Associate professor at the Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, Linköping University, Sweden | Human Practices support Collaboration Lab support |
Judge at NiC, provided us with valuable feedback on our project. We were also allowed to use some of his equipment. |
| Dr Paul Hudson | Associate professor at The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden | Lab support Project support and advice Human Practices support |
A sample of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and a lot of advice regarding lab work and cloning with that specific species. |
| Dr Sara Ahmed | PhD in environmental sociology, on the board of WaterAid India | Human Practices support | General information on the water scarcity situation and how it affects different parts of society, and how desalination processes are utilized today. |
| Dr Vamsi Moparthi | Research Engineer at the Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, Linköping University, Sweden | Lab support Human Practices support |
Input on the project as a whole, as well as advice regarding both general and specific experimental work using Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Provided us with cultivation and transformation protocols for Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. |
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Göran Berntsson Håkan Karlsson Karolina Pettersson Rune Hägg |
Farmers on Gotland | Human Practices support | As ultimate users of our desalination system, they gave us input on the upscaling of the project. Their opinions helped us adjust the design and function of our product. |
| Göran Lindgren Håkan Sundblad |
DigiMaker, Linköping University | General support | Provided us with camera equipment and a podcast recording room and equipment. |
| GEM Bielefeld-CeBiTec | iGEM 2021 team, Germany | Collaboration | One of the teams that started the Phototroph Handbook initiative we were a part of. |
| iGEM Brno | iGEM 2021 team, Czech Republic | Lab support | Advice regarding the usage of CBD |
| iGEM Chalmers-Gothenburg | iGEM 2021 team, Sweden | Human Practice support | Organized the Nordic iGEM Conference together. |
| iGEM IISER Pune | iGEM 2021 team, India | Lab support General support - modeling |
How to start the modeling part of our project. Shared knowledge about how to work with cyanobacteria. |
| iGEM Marburg | iGEM 2021 team, Germany | Collaboration | One of the teams that started the Phototroph Handbook initiative we were a part of. |
| iGEM Team Lund | iGEM 2021 team, Sweden | Human Practice support | Appeared as guests on our podcast “Attempting Science” to discuss synthetic biology, iGEM as a whole, and their iGEM project. |
| Linnea Österberg | PhD student, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden | Human Practices support Collaboration |
Judge at NiC that provided us with valuable feedback on our project |
| Magnus Refthammar | Product Development Manager, Dynamic Code | Human Practices support Project support and advise |
Appeared as a guest on our podcast and gave us advice related to the iGEM experience. Further advised us on the industrial upscaling of our project. |
| Medical Faculty and Technical Faculty at Linköping University | General support | Assisted the team with financial support to pay for the registration and jamboree fees. | |
| Nordic iGEM Conference | Human Practices support | Presented our project and received valuable feedback from the judges and spectators that impacted how we proceeded with our project. | |
| Science for Life Laboratory | National science center focusing on biology, medicine and environmental sciences, Stockholm, Sweden | Lab support | Acquired plates with wild-type Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 from Paul Hudson’s research group. |
Acknowledgements
We are very grateful for all the support and advice we received during the course of this project. Without everyone mentioned on this page, 'CyaSalt' would have not been possible to the same extent!
We want to give an extra special thank you to:
- Our PI's Professor Per Hammarström and Senior Lecturer Lars-Göran Mårtensson
- Our Project Advisor Oliver Hild Walett
- The Technical and Medical Faculties at Linköping University
- Our Sponsors: Microsynth, BioNordika, LabTeamet, Unga Forskare Organization, Promega, Kontorab, Sterlitech, IDT, Twist Bioscience
- Dr Julie Zedler
- Dr Paul Hudson
- Dr Vamsi Moparthi
- Dr Patrik Lundström
- The iGEM Team of SJTU BioX Shanghai, 2015, NCTU Formosa, 2018 and iGEM Linköping 2019 for project inspiration. The iGEM team Chalmers-Gothenburg for the good collaboration when hosting NiC 2021.