Advisors
We would first like to acknowledge Prof. Martin Sieber as our PI and Prof. Oliver Gruß and Dr.Pietro Pilo Boyl for lending us a lab space in the University of Bonn.
Financial Support/ Sponsorship
We would like to thank Labor Dr. Wisplinghoff for financing the registration of this year’s team.
We would like to thank Axians for continuing to finance the team since 2021.
We would like to thank Volksbank Köln-Bonn, Aldi Süd, and Kautex for financing our in person attendance at the Jamboree.
We would like to thank Promega, Eurofins, New England Biolabs and Biorender for providing us with lab equipment and necessary materials for our project.
We would like to give a special thanks to Ms. Patricia Walker, a PhD candidate from Washington University in St. Louis for the donation of S. elongatus UTEX 2973 strain from her lab. We wish you much success for your project in studying the molecular mechanisms of high light tolerance in a fast growing cyanobacteria.
We would also like to acknowledge Mr.Khaled Salim. We met him in Düsseldorf at a conference. Since he is also working with S. elongatus, our team member Matias had a brief exchange on working with the bacteria. He also pointed us to some current research that answers why we were having our specific issue.
Team Attributions
Matias Ezequiel Brezina Borges has led the scientific aspect of this project. He conceptualized and prepared the necessary literature research. He was responsible for filling in the Safety Form. Furthermore, he also made contact with Ms. Patricia Walker for some consultation in dealing with the S. elongatus strains and receiving a donation of the strain from her lab after that contact. On top of that, he also represented the team at the GBM Fall Conference 2022 in Düsseldorf.
Betari Qalhata Ratrianto has co-written, designed and managed the team’s social media accounts, website, posters and wiki page. She directed, voiced and produced the promotional video and content required by sponsors. She organized collaborations with other iGEM teams and is the main contact person to University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg and the PI. She also represented the team at the GBM Fall Conference 2022 in Düsseldorf. On top of that, she was involved in sponsor acquisition and secured a sponsorship from Kautex.
Laura Necka is one of the main contact persons to Bonn University. Because of her, we were introduced to Prof. Oliver Gruß and could successfully gain access to a lab. Not only was she involved in the literature research and discussions, she was responsible for being the german-speaking contact persons for sponsors. In that process, she secured our greatest sponsorship from Labor Dr.Wisplinghoff and only thanks to her efforts, we were able to register the team this year. Furthermore, she is also involved in managing the team’s calendar and deadlines. Since she is one of our german-speaking team members, she was also the one who translated a blog post for iGEM Gothenburg as a collaboration.
Eleni Brüggemann is our other main contact person Bonn University. On top of participating in literature research and discussions, she was involved in sponsor acquisition and secured a sponsorship from Volksbank Köln-Bonn. She is also responsible for ordering all the necessary materials. She also wrote our initial Standard Operating Procedure and co-wrote our Wiki Pages.
Josef Bydžovský is the IT person of the team. On top of participating in literature research and discussions, he manages our website and the Wiki Page.
Nuray Ceyhan has not only been managing the team’s finances but was also responsible for managing legal paperwork and tax forms. Thanks to her we were able to deal with the German bureaucracy. She also represented our this year’s and last year’s team at one our sponsors conference in Heidelberg, in that process continuing sponsorship with them.
Alzahraa Al-Mutawakel was involved in designing and managing the team’s social media and website. She also made some graphics for the promotional video, on top of participating in literature research and discussions.
Shamla Mohamed Farees was involved in sponsor acquisition and managing the team’s social media.
Special Thanks
A special thanks to Kagetana for animating the graphics for the promotional video and Betari Safitri for the logo design.