Project Attributions
Team
Katerina L. Pramandioti | Team Co-Leader
Undergraduate student, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras
She was one of the team's co-leaders, and was also the leader of the human practices sub-group. She helped with the coordination of the different sub-groups throughout the project. She helped and supervised all of the team's collaborations. She was also responsible for the organization of the "Pre-Aegean" and "Aegean" Meetings and generally the representation of the team in various conferences.
Lamprini Vlachogianni | Team Co-Leader
Undergraduate student, Department of Biology, University of Patras
She was one of the team's co-leaders, and was also the leader of the wet lab and the fundraising sub-groups. She helped with the coordination of the different sub-groups throughout the project. She took part in the project development process and wet lab experiments and contributed to the financial management of the team.
Marina Dimitriou | Wet lab member
Undergraduate student, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras
She took part in the project development process and wet lab experiments and was also one of the team's mentorship program coordinators.
Kalliopi Giantsi | Wet lab member
Undergraduate student, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras
She took part in the project development process and wet lab experiments and also helped the dry lab sub-group with the understanding of wet lab experiments.
Evgenia Kostimpa | Wet lab member
Undergraduate student, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras
She took part in the project development process and wet lab experiments and also helped with fundraising.
Violetta Papadimitriou | Wet lab member
Undergraduate student, Department of Medicine, University of Patras
She took part in the project development process and experiments and also helped the human practices sub-group.
Agisilaos Kounelis | Dry lab sub-Leader
Undergraduate student, Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras
He organized and coordinated the dry lab sub-group. He was also the creator of the wiki and was involved in the development of the Machine Learning Algorithm.
Ioannis Sina | Dry lab member
Undergraduate student, Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras
He was a main contributor of the wiki and was involved in the design of the Machine Learning Algorithm.
Panagiotis C. Bantounas | Dry lab member
Undergraduate student, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras
He took part in the project development process and had an active role in communicating our project by representing the team in various events. He was also one of the team's mentorship program coordinators. As a dry lab member, he participated in the wiki layout and page design. Furthermore he contributed to spreading the team's positive image by capturing our key moments as one of the team's photographers and provided creative input during the creation of our Project Promotion Video.
Christoforos Kasimatis | Dry lab member
MSc CyberSecurity and Data Science, University of Piraeus
He created the dataset and he also preprocessed the data. Moreover, he designed and implemented the Machine Learning model for the final report extraction.
Christina Tsianava | Dry lab member
Undergraduate student, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras
She started out as a social media member and was responsible for some of the team's graphic design. She also illustrated the educational comic and helped with the wiki layout and design.
Marina V. Fronimou | Human Practices member
Undergraduate student, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras
She communicated with other iGEM teams locally and internationally to form collaborations which resulted in the final educational material that was provided by the team, to secure sufficient understanding of the project to a great portion of the local and global population. Furthermore, she represented the team in various conferences to ensure further dissemination of the project.
Ioanna Nika | Human Practices member
Undergraduate student, Department of Medicine, University of Patras
She took part in the organization of the "Pre-Aegean" and "Aegean" Meetings and generally in all the social activities of the team specifically created for the communication of the project to local people, internationally and scientifically.
Stamatis Tsantos | Fundraising member
Undergraduate student, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras
He contacted many companies and sponsors and helped with the financial management of the team. Also, he helped with the "Aegean Meeting" and he participated in many events, in order to communicate the project of the team.
Evaggelia Katri | Social Media sub-Leader
Undergraduate student, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras
She organized and coordinated the social media sub-group, while also managing our social media accounts. She also dealt with the team's posts as well as collabs with other iGEM teams, such as various post-collabs and website translations to Greek.
Despoina Chrysanthou - Tsakiridou | Social Media member
Undergraduate student, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras
She helped with the promotion of our project through our social media and with the creation of podcasts about the iGEM Competition and our team. She was also involved with collaborations of our team with other iGEM teams.
Elvira Koutsouki | Social Media member
Undergraduate student, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras
She created media for our social platforms and participated in team events and collaborations. Also, she helped with the project promotion video.
Eliana Rodrigues - Christodoulide | Social Media member
Undergraduate student, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras
She helped with the creation of informative posts for our social media accounts and participated in collaborations. She also contacted professionals, so as to invite them to be speakers in our webinars and podcasts.
Instructors
Stavroula Siamoglou | Instructor
Pharmacist MSc, Lab manager & PhD candidate at Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras
She guided our first steps in our literature review and also supervised our wet lab training and experiments.
Marita Georgopoulou | Instructor
MSc in Chemical Biology, PhD candidate in the University of Patras, Greece, Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering/Applied Mechanics Laboratory
She helped us through the project development process. She helped wet lab with bibliography and was also involved in our human practices. Her contribution was remarkable to any technical problem that we faced.
Georgios Raptis | Instructor
Biologist MSc, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
He guided the dry lab team and helped us to build the algorithm for the project. Also he, as a biologist, helped the wet lab team, mentoring about protocols and bibliography. He was the key between the wet and the dry lab subgroup.
Principal Investigators
Prof. George P. Patrinos | Primary PI
Professor of Pharmacogenomics and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Director of Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras
He allowed us to use the Laboratory of Pharmacogenomics & Personalized Medicine, in order to perform our experiments. He also provided scientific assistance and mentored us throughout the development of our project. Professor George P. Patrinos was always there for any problem, willing to help us!
Prof. Vassilis Kostopoulos | Secondary PI
Professor, Director of Applied Mechanics & Vibrations Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras
He advised us about dry lab issues and helped us overall with the project development.
Dr. Aspasia Efthimiadou | Secondary PI
Main researcher of the Agricultural Research Institute of Greece (ELGO-DIMITRA), Soil and Water Institute
She helped us with the more thorough understanding of the project and with troubleshooting during the project development, and overall supported us throughout this year's iGEM competition.
Advisors
Dimitris Leonidakis | Advisor
PhD candidate in Precision Agriculture, in the Agricultural University of Thessaly
He helped us with our business plan and gave us feedback about it. He also advised us about bacterial use in agronomy.
Nikolaos Katsenios | Advisor
Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Soil and Water Resources of Hellenic Agricultural Organization-Demeter
He helped us throughout the planning of the experimental procedures that took place in the field such as the transplanting and sampling processes and he was also an important advisor about our data analysis.
Yiannis N. Manoussopoulos | Advisor
Researcher at the Plant Protection Division of the Hellenic Agricultural Organization DIMITRA (HAO-Dimitra)
He gave us feedback about the technical part of the project and helped us with our partnership. He also provided us with important knowledge about plant protection.
Project support & advice
ELGO-DIMITRA - Agricultural research institute of Greece
They offered the field in which part of our experimental procedures took place and they also provided us with knowledge about Precision Agriculture.
Alexandros Kontos - B.Sc. in Food & Nutrition Technology, MSc in Bioorganic Chemistry, co-founder of Smallomics
He helped us with our literature research, in regards to metagenomic analysis.
Participation support
Konstantinos Vavaroutas - Videographer
He filmed and edited our project promotion video.
Eleftherios Karatzas
He provided the drone that we used for the purposes of our project.
Alexandros Papalexiou
He helped us with 3D printing of our custom made soil sampling mechanism for our drone.
Nikolaos Livas - Farmer
He offered his field for our project promotion video and participated in it. We also had the opportunity to discuss problems that he faced as a farmer, based on his experience.
Human Practices
Integrated Human Practices
AgroAPPS - Agricultural Consultancy Company
They gave us feedback on the feasibility of the project and its response to the needs of the market as well as important feedback in the presentation of the Precision Agriculture approach in a way to respond to the needs of the market.
ELBAK S.A. - Food Processing Company, Del Monte-Canned Fruit Company
These companies gave us precious feedback on our project and how it can actually meet the needs of the food industry.
Anthi Dimitriadou - CEO of ELBAK, Dimitris Mantokoudis - Food Technician, Georgia Mprachou - Agronomist
They gave us feedback about our project, participated in our surveys and they reviewed our handbook.
Vasilis Papasotiropoulos - Professor of Genetics - Plant Breeding in the Department of Agriculture at University of Patras, Greece
He guided us through researching industrial tomato specifications, as well as the agricultural direction of the project and advice in soil analysis.
Hera Karagianni - Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Applications and Technology, University of Ioannina, Greece
She gave us input on the environmental impact of our project.
Alexandra Meziti - Biologist B. Sc., Environmental Microbiology PhD
We consulted her for further interpretation of the data derived from 16S rRNA sequencing and she also gave us feedback for our project overall.
Vasiliki Mollaki - Scientific Associate, Hellenic National Bioethics Commission Ethics Expert
She advised us on safety parameters and regulations regarding our project.
Farmers Association Falanis & Farmers Association in Achaia
The farmers gave us important feedback throughout all the stages of our project, from their perspective as the end users.
Karla Nayeli Munoz Rubio & Ana Gabriela Gonzalez Castillo - SDGs experts
They helped our team redefine and classify our project's SDGs.
Research Ethics Committee of University of Patras
They evaluated the surveys we created in the context of our project.
Education & Public Engagement
Mpatrinou Anthimia - Professor of Food Biotechnology at University of West Athens, Greece
She gave a speech about biosafety, at the "Aegean Meeting" that we hosted.
Giannis Thymianidis & Nefeli Zikou - iGEM NOUS
They gave a speech about their experience in iGEM Competition as "Alumni", at the "Aegean Meeting".
Biostem Educational Tool
They presented a lab workshop about Molecular Biology and Personalized Therapy, at the "Aegean Meeting".
Andreas Katsaniotis - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs & Agronomist
He gave a speech about Sustainability at the "Aegean Meeting". He also provided us with helpful advice and helped communicate our project to a bigger audience.
Kelly Hermanson - Geologist
She gave a speech about the Watershed Improvement Unit at the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality at the 2022 International Bioremediation Conference which we organized with iGEM TecCEM and ASU iGEM.
Arooj Khan - Biotechnologist, Ambassador for SDGs
She gave a speech about the impact of climate change on Agriculture at the 2022 International Bioremediation Conference, which we organized with iGEM TecCEM and ASU iGEM.
Itzany De la Cruz Salazar - Industrial Chemical Engineer, MSc. in Master of Science in Chemical Engineering at IPN
He gave a speech about advanced oxidation processes and biological systems at the 2022 International Bioremediation Conference which we organized with iGEM TecCEM and ASU iGEM.
Martín Esteban González López - BSc in Chemical Engineering, MSc in Forestal Products and PhD in Chemical Engineering
He gave a speech about the impact of microplastics in the environment at the 2022 International Bioremediation Conference, which we organized with iGEM TecCEM and ASU iGEM.
Paraskevi Karapanagou - Director of the Experimental High School of Chalkida
She allowed us to present our project and team to the students of the high school.
We would also like to thank the following magazines and sites that supported us and promoted our work:
Agropublic
Agro Development
Science new
No 2 Magazine
The Best
University of Patras Student Magazine
We would like to thank the following associations and Institutes that gave us the opportunity to present our project at their conferences:
Omic Engine Symposium 2022
University of Patras
Scientific Association of Greek Medical Students
TEDxPatras 2022
ATP (Aristotle Team of Pharmacy)
AVEROFIO Agro-Food Technology Park of Thessaly
Golden Helix Foundation
Acknowledgments
Athina Milona - iGEM Ambassador for Europe (EU) & Leandros Tsiotos - Member of SynBio Alliance Initiative
They helped us to thoroughly understand the competition requirements and gave us helpful advice regarding the competition.
Farhan Malik - iGEM Mentor
He mentored us through the whole project. We had calls every week and he guided us in finding solutions to issues, such as team communication-bonding and task distribution.
Special Thanks
Dimitra Dedousi - Undergraduate Pharmacy student at University of Patras
She contributed towards the creation of our final Project Promotion Video as she provided advice on the site's selection and for her creative input on our PPV Scenario, Scenes, and Soundtrack. Furthermore, she provided essential assistance on the graphic design content for our social media sub-group, thus enhancing our team's positive image, and photographed the team's key moments during our project. Finally, Dimitra contributed to our project funding, by helping the team get in touch with potential sponsors.
Angeliki Alexiou - Undergraduate Pharmacy student at University of Patras
She helped our team throughout the research of partners, organizations and associations that could contribute to the determination and development of the project. Moreover, she offered ideas in the formation of the Aegean Meeting's program.
Maria Therianou - Undergraduate Pharmacy student at University of Patras
She helped our team at the beginning of our journey with the project development process and she communicated with experts of the agricultural field.
Achaia Beach - Hotel
This was the venue for the "Aegean Meeting", which we organized.
Kastelo - Restaurant
They hosted our dinner for the "Aegean Meeting" participants.
Papapavlou - Printing Shop
They provided us with stationery and promotional materials for the needs of our project.