Attributions
Laboratory work
The team did all laboratory work, both in the wet lab and the dry lab (modeling).
Fundraising
The Funding group in the team contacted near all companies for the fundraising. The PI's helped with getting the first contact with BioArctic and BioNordika.
Presentations
All presentations and videos were made by the Graphic Design group in the team.
Human Practice
All contact with experts and others important for the Human Practice was made by the team members in the Human Practice group.
Wiki
The wiki was coded by the Wiki group in the team, with some help with texts from other focus groups.
Table 1:
Describes the responsibilities and the focus groups each team member was involved in. To make the work easier the team was divided into focus groups that worked together within certain fields. Everybody was involved in the laboratory work.
| Name | Responsibility | Focus Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Zayd Al Qassem | Project Leader | Involved in all focus groups |
| Jessica Rönnberg | Vice Project Leader | Laboratory, Modeling, Social Media, Wiki |
| Alexander Ohlson | Team member | Graphic Design, Human Practice, Laboratory |
| Albin Eriksson | Head of Wiki | Collaboration, Modeling, Wiki |
| Isac Tjernström | Head of Graphic Design | Graphic Design, Modeling, Wiki |
| Elisa Grape | Head of Funding | Funding, Graphic Design, Wiki |
| Maryke Venter | Co-head of Lab | Funding, Laboratory |
| Napada Sanguanbun | Head of Modeling | Graphic Design, Modeling, Wiki |
| Sofia Klint | Head of Human Practice | Collaboration, Human Practice, Modeling, Social Media |
| David Jaber | Head of Collaboration | Collaboration, Human Practice, Laboratory, Modeling, Wiki |
| Orgena Dano | Co-head of Lab | Funding, Human Practice, Laboratory |
The department of Chemistry, Physics and Biology (IFM) at Linköping University
Provided long-term access to a lab at campus during summer.
Medical and Technical faculty at LiU
Supported the team financially with the registration and parts of the jamboree fees. Also supported the Nordic iGEM Conference financially.
Sponsors
BioArctic, Unionen, BioNordika, IDT, Promega, Unga forskare and KontorAB supported the team financially and with lab supplies.
Prof. Juewen Liu
Aptamer specialist that helped us decide if to use antibodies or aptamers. We also discussed how to handle and use the aptamers and in which steps it would be best to use them.
Hedvig Anckarman
Patient that experienced a bad concussion while horseback riding. She told us about her experience and what she wished would have been done differently.
Marcus Fransson
ST doctor that gave us invaluable insight from the perspective of a doctor. Implied the kit would be advantageous in the sports field.
Kevin Grönlund
Professional thai boxer that gave us insight into the importance of our product in the world of boxers.
Rolf Rickmo
President of the Ice hockey association in Dalarna, Sweden. Helped us understand what would be needed from our detection kit from ice hockey perspective.
Peter Hermansson
Peter Hermansson has expertise in working both first hand in ambulances and at the emergency unit. He gave us input on how to develop AptaTear to make it accessible for health care personnel on sight.
Farnam Mirzai
Professional thai boxer who has been active within the thai boxing scene since 1999. He helped us understand that the kit should be very easy and straightforward to handle.
Johan Kranz
Johan Kranz is head of development at the youth department at Linköping hockey club and has key insights into the world of ice hockey. He has years of experience in the sport and saw great possibilities in the future of our project.
Members of last years iGEM team in Linköping helped throughout the fundraising with their experiences. The PI's helped with the first contact to companies they had experience with.
Senior lecturer Lars-Göran Mårtensson
Provided the team with knowledge, help with protocols and equipment for the lab.
Prof. Per Hammarström
Provided the team with knowledge and equipment for the lab.
Johan Larsson
Provided the team with invaluable help in the wet lab and was always ready to answer our questions.
Principal Investigators
Project support and advice was given by the principal investigators throughout the project.
Prof. Björn Wallner
Advice within the modeling was given by Prof. Björn Wallner.
In the beginning of the project advice was received from last years Head of Wiki.
At the end of the project, the presentation was practiced in front of supervisors and others involved to get feedback
We would like to thank all mentioned above for their involvement and support we have recieved during the project.
We would also like to say a special thanks to our sponsors: BioArctic, Unionen, BioNordika, Promega, Unga forskare, KontorAB and IDT. The project would not have been possible without them.