Team:NTU-Singapore/Attributions
Safwan
Course: Bioengineering
As the team leader of Team NTU-Singapore, I oversee all aspects of the team. For an educational event with the Team NUS-Singapore, I was in charge of programming the game. I assisted different team members with some of the elements of the project, specifically Prasham for the business plan and Victor for the diagnostic assay.
"I joined iGEM to explore more about Synthetic Biology!"
Victor
Course: Bioengineering
As the electronics lab leader, I was responsible for designing a COVID-19 diagnostic assay that is able to produce accurate results in under an hour as rapid detection is key for preventing the spread. I was also under the collaboration team and I attended meetings with some of the teams that we were collaborating with.
"I joined iGEM to gain some experience in research!"
Wei Heng
Course: Bioengineering
As the biological lab leader, I was mostly involved in all aspects relating to the biological lab of the project. I conducted experiments to help with the proof-of-concept. I also assisted in mentoring the ASIJ-Tokyo team.
"I joined iGEM to learn more about CRISPR and Synthetic Biology!"
Michelle
Course: Bioengineering
As a member of the Wiki team, I designed part of the Wiki page for the team together with the rest of the Wiki team. I worked with the collaboration and outreach team to collect information from them to be included in the Wiki. I am also doing experiment in the biological lab.
"I joined iGEM to gain experience in research particularly in the field of synthetic biology!"
Chun Ting
Course: Bioengineering
As a member of the Wiki team, I designed and coded the page with the wiki team. I collected information from other members of the team and put into the wiki page with the rest of the wiki team. I was involved in doing experiment in the biological lab and collected results to be put into the wiki.
"I joined iGEM to gain research experiences and learn more about CRISPR and synthetic biology and to make new friends!"
Hui Min
Course: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
As a member of the human practice team, I assisted Tanya in coming up with questions for the interviews. I conducted interviews through zoom and phone calls to research the need and understand the point of view of people from various backgrounds. I also assisted the collaboration and outreach team in some of their meetings. I also conducted several experiments in the lab.
"I joined iGEM to expose myself to new experiences and knowledge!"
Valerie
Course: Bioengineering
As the leader of the outreach and collaboration team, I am in charge of all the communications between our team and other teams and set up all meetings. In addition, I led the team to ensure all of us did our part in collaboration with other teams. I came up with part of the content for the education workshop with the rest of the outreach team. The collaboration team mainly assisted with arranging for interviews with the human practices team as well. As a member of the biological lab, I also conducted experiment in the lab.
"I joined iGEM to get some research experience and explore more about synthetic biology!"
Sharon
Course: Bioengineering
As the member of the collaboration team, I attended and took part in the discussion meetings with other teams for collaboration. Moreover, I designed and managed the team's social media account as part of the team's publicity. I also assisted in conducting experiment as part of the biological lab team.
"I joined iGEM to gain research experience while learning more about synthetic biology!"
Tanya
Course: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
As the leader of the human practice team, I came out with suitable interview questions for both COVID-19 and cancer. Moreover, I conducted the interviews, created the report and analysed their responses after the interviews. I also attended some meetings with the collaboration and outreach team. As part of the biological lab, I conducted some experiments in the lab as well.
"I joined iGEM for more exposure into research!"
Adilah
Course: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
As the leader of the Wiki team, I was responsible for designing and coding the Wiki page for our team using HTML, CSS and Javascript and organised meetings for the Wiki team. I also illustrated all the diagrams and visuals available on the Wiki. In addition, I created the team logo.
"I joined iGEM to learn more about synthetic biology and immerse myself in the research process!"
Yingyue
Course: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
As the member of the human practice and the collaboration and outreach team, I came up with some of the questions for out interviews with people from different professions regarding their opinion on our developing test kit. I also conducted interviews through zoom. For educational outreach, I researched the educational content of synthetic biology for the collaboration workshop with NUS targeting Junior College and secondary school students.
"I joined iGEM to learn more about research and immerse in new experiences!"
Anh
Course: Bioengineering
As a member of the Wiki team, I assisted with the Wiki as I am familiar with coding and website development. As I came in slightly earlier than the rest of the the members, I decided to help with the prototyping by purchasing some of the components and testing with some circuits for the device.
"I joined iGEM to learn more about synthetic biology and prototyping!"
Zheng Qiao
Course: Bioengineering
As the member of the human practice team, I was in charge of conducting some of online interviews with current or graduating students from different nations regarding their concerns under the COVID-19 pandemic and caner. Besides, I supported the collaboration team in their meeting with GXU-China, helping with communication, translation of the survey and modifying survey questions in the Chinese version.
"I joined iGEM to know more about research and learn lab techniques!"
Prasham
Course: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
As the leader of the entrepreneurship team, I was responsible for formulating the business plan. My role in the human practice team was to design the surveys and subsequently analyse their results. As a part of the collaboration team, I was the team representative for the iGEMxSDG challenge hosted by TAS Taipei. In addition, I helped in creating the content for the educational videos with the Team NUS-Singapore.
"I joined iGEM to gain more insights into synthetic biology and understand its real-world applications!"
Our Advisors
Asst Prof Tan Meng How
Principle Investigator
The professor guided the undergraduate students in conducting experiment and also conducted meetings to provide any assistance required.
Kean Hean
Advisor
Kean Hean helped develop a part of the device. He also guided and advised the team throughout the whole competition, he assisted the team in conducting interviews and also some collaborations.
Mandy
Advisor
Mandy helped purify the LbCas12a-RVRR and also guided the undergraduates on how to run experiment and collect results.
Ivy
Advisor
Ivy helped purify the LbCas12a-RVRR. She also taught the undergraduates how to run experiment.
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