Team:Manchester/Attributions
Team Matrix
| Model | A.T | B.C | H.S | K.Z | L.R | M.L | S.I | S.K | S.M | T.P | Y.X | Z.A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrogel Model | ||||||||||||
| Dispersin B Model | ||||||||||||
| Autodock Vina | ||||||||||||
| Kill Switch Modelling | ||||||||||||
| Wet Lab management | ||||||||||||
| Research | ||||||||||||
| Chitosan Matrix and AMP | ||||||||||||
| CAUTI | ||||||||||||
| Wound Healing | ||||||||||||
| Urease Inhibitor | ||||||||||||
| Design | ||||||||||||
| Gene Circuit graphic design | ||||||||||||
| Plasmid Creation | ||||||||||||
| Kill Switch design | ||||||||||||
| Parts | Human Practices | |||||||||||
| Biopolymer comparison | ||||||||||||
| Healthcare practitioner and patient interviews | ||||||||||||
| Healthcare practitioner surveys | ||||||||||||
| Literature review: CAUTI treatment & care quality | ||||||||||||
| Collaborations | ||||||||||||
| Codeathon organization and logistics | ||||||||||||
| Collaboration management | ||||||||||||
| Science Communication | ||||||||||||
| Promotional video script writing | ||||||||||||
| Promotional video editing/subtitling | ||||||||||||
| The Living Revolution Podcast | ||||||||||||
| Graphic Design for Instagram | ||||||||||||
| Entrepreneurship | ||||||||||||
| Competitor and Stakeholder Interviews | ||||||||||||
| Market and competitor analysis | ||||||||||||
| Business report | ||||||||||||
| Finance | ||||||||||||
| Finance management | ||||||||||||
| Impact Grant Writing | ||||||||||||
| Wiki | ||||||||||||
| Text Composition | ||||||||||||
| Homepage | ||||||||||||
| Graphic Design for Wiki | ||||||||||||
| Accesibility Bar | Presentation Video | |||||||||||
| Presentation Video Script Writing | ||||||||||||
| Presentation video editing |
Principal Investigators
- Professor Eriko Takano: Professor of Synthetic Biology, Director of SynBioChem. Prof Takano guided us throughout the project and provided her invaluable expertise.
- Professor Rainer Breitling: Professor of Systems Biology. Guided the team greatly to help us achieve our goals. Prof Breitling was our first point of contact to discuss our approach to the project, he was there to guide us and help us in every brainstorming session.
Project Advisors
- Katherine Baker: Provided guidance for the research and design phase and provided her expertise on Entrepreneurship, supported and advised on sub-projects throughout the season, and performed wet lab experiments for the team
- Rosie Brady: Gave us feedback on numerous parts of our project, especially for our promotional video, and design.
- Dr Francesco del Carratore: Provided his expertise, advice, and guidance for the Modelling element of UriGel
- Dr Erik Hanko: Provided guidance for the research and design phase, supported and advised on sub-projects throughout the season, and performed wet lab experiments for the team
Hydrogel Design
- Prof Christopher Blanford: Senior Lecturer in Biomaterials at University of Manchester; gave us guidance on the biopolymer hydrogel design, synthesis and characterisations
- Dr Ahu Gumrah Perry: BPICAM Kathleen Lonsdale Research Fellow at University of Manchester; helped us gain broader understanding of chitosan-based hydrogels
Human Practices
- Prof Philip Shapira: Professor of Innovation Management and Policy with the Manchester Institute for Innovation Research at the Alliance Manchester Business School and also Professor of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. He is apart of SYNBIOCHEM and aided us in discussing how to present our project to the public; gave us important pointers for our literature reviews, questionnaires, surveys and interviews.
- Dr Andrew Balmer: Senior Lecture in Sociology at the University of Manchester. He is apart of SYNBIOCHEM and aided us in discussing how to present our project to the public; gave us important pointers for our literature reviews, questionnaires, surveys and interviews.
- Barbara Ribeiro: Presidential Fellow (Academic) in sociology at the University of Manchester. She is apart of SYNBIOCHEM and aided us in discussing how to present our project to the public; gave us important pointers for our literature reviews, questionnaires, surveys and interviews.
- Robert Meckin: Presidential Fellow (Academic) in sociology at the University of Manchester. He is apart of SYNBIOCHEM and aided us in discussing how to present our project to the public; gave us important pointers for our literature reviews, questionnaires, surveys and interviews
- Dr Sandra Leticia Diaz Esbobedo: Nephrologist at the 450 Hospital and at IMSS in Durango, Mexico. Founder of the Nephrology Centre Clinic; gave us insight about current materials used for catheters and lubricants which influenced our choice for a cellulose-based hydrogel coating. Shared her perspectives on novel technologies in the medical field.
- Dr Vladimir Martinez Torres: Internist at the 450 Hospital in Durango Mexico. Founder of the Nephrology Centre Clinic; gave use useful insights on the current healthcare sector in Mexico, hospital organisation, current methods to threat UTIs and CAUTIs in clinics and hospitals, and shared perspectives on novel technologies in the medical field.
- Dr Rezina Sake: Senior GP Partner, Whitstable Medical Practice, engaged in a series of interviews clarifying the clinical need and utility for Urigel. She clarified that CAUTI’s and UTIs did not have existing preventative methods in place.
- Dr. Maciej Szwedowski, a Urologist and consultant Uro-Oncologist, was interviewed in our early stage design phase about his professional opinion on the catheter coating application. His professional opinion gave the team a broader understanding of CAUTIs and treatments.
- Professor Nicholas macklon, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, who advised us on our initial wound healing gel project idea as well as how it would be marketed.
- Dr Grzegosz Szajn, a cardiologist, who developed our understanding on medical devices
Entrepreneurship
- Ivan Jaubert Founder at Dupla Helix, a company aiming to make mobile bio-labs a reality; advised us on market analysis and shared his own experience of participating in iGEM.
- Jon Ball A Senior Manager of Quality Engineering at Slack; spoken in depth about the initial stages of finding funding and the importance of using your network to develop your prototype as well as the importance of having a good team that funders can invest in.
- Dr. Aline Miller CEO, Manchester BIOGEL; developed our understanding of the financial plan and strategies necessary for a University science spin-off.
- Dr. Paul Misselbrook IP Director and Patent Attorney at Mewburn Ellis; broadened our understanding of Intellectual Property Law and patents.
- Elizabeth Pirrie Chief Operating Officer at AccelerateHER; helped us develop our knowledge on the foundations of a good pitch and pointed us in the direction of where to find funding for feasibility experiments and how a good team is important in making an idea a reality.
Science Communication & Wiki
- Prof. John Ward: Podcast Ep. 1, Ep. 2
- Prof. Simon Turner: Podcast Ep. 6
- Prof. Louise Horsfall: Podcast Ep. 5
- Prof. Neil Dixon: Podcast Ep. 7
- Team:KCL_UK: Podcast Ep. 4
- Team:St_Andrews: Podcast Ep. 3
- Jacob Knight: Contributed to the design of the wiki's navigation bar
- Rosalind Bell: New Technologies Coordinator at Alan Gilbert Learning Commons; helped us improve our accessibility bar design through steering us towards the most important features.
- University of Manchester Disabled Society: Chair of Disabled Society; discussed our accessibility bar with us and stressed the necessity for customisable website to cater to most, if not all, disabilities. From this conversation, we decided to make our website customisable by font size and font style and added a dark mode option.
Sponsors
