Team:UCC Ireland/Team

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Team:UCC Ireland

Ian Valentine Mc Dermott

3rd Biochemistry

  • Cloning
  • Assisting with recombinant hagfish protein expression and isolation
  • Construction of thread (α and γ subunits) Biobricks

Timothy O'Flynn

3rd Genetics

  • Cloning plasmid
  • Isolating subunits
  • Bullying Ian
  • Growing Bacterial Cultures
  • Analysing the Data

Gavin King

3rd Biochemistry

  • Identification of potential HPV16 target sequences
  • Evaluating methods of producing HPV16 detector plasmid
  • Phosphorylation of HPV16 target sequences and primers
  • Annealing of phosphorylated HPV16 target sequence strands
  • Assisted in cloning HPV16 detector into pSB1C3 plasmid

Dan Collins

3rd Genetics

  • Identification of potential HPV16 target sequences
  • Evaluating methods of producing HPV16 detector plasmid
  • Assisted in cloning HPV16 detector into pSB1C3 plasmid

Russell Banta

3rd Material Chemistry

  • Solubility studies on natural threads
  • SEM, AFM, Microscopy (natural and synthetic)
  • Isolation and polymerisation of subunits
  • Development of threads from synthetic and natural proteins
  • Initial development of upscaling production to feasible yields

Shama Chilakwad

3rd Genetics

  • Preparing the plasmids for cloning
  • Amplifying hagfish DNA
  • Cloning and expression of the hagfish proteins
  • Growing bacterial cultures
  • Analysing all the data gathered for the SeaDNA project

Leanne O'Sullivan

2nd Biomedical Sciences

  • Assisting in constructing SeeDNA detector prototypes
  • Evaluating SeeDNA detecting ability with chosen targets
  • Evaluating antimicrobial properties of natural hagfish slime

Patrick Xie

4th Engineer

  • Website Creation
  • Lab Assistant
  • Conducting chemical experiments on natural protein
  • Development of homemade spin coater

Cian O'Donnell

1st Biochemistry

  • Assisting with hagfish protein expression and isolation
  • Growing bacterial cultures
  • Researching and conducting chemical experiments on natural protein
  • Russell's psychologist

Dr. Paul Young

School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC
(Academic Supervisor)

Prof. Tommie Mc Carthy

School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC
(Academic Supervisor)