Ben also spent a significant amount of time coding and making the team wiki page look pretty awesome. He did most of the coding for the site through self-learning of html and often sought Google for help involving web design elements. He did not use any outside resources or companies to code the site, but borrowed inspiration and snippets of code from previous iGEM teams: in particular 2013 WLC-Milwaukee, 2013 TMU-Tokyo, and 2012 WashU. He also began work on the kinetic model system of the light regulation system. He continued cloning work during the school year, along with taking over organization of the team and keeping up with the many deadlines when Jeffrey went abroad.

Jeffrey worked on managing the team, setting up meetings, and having conversations with the school administration and other iGEM teams. He also worked to create our team apparel.

Caroline also concentrated on WashU iGEM Outreach program, which produced numerous educational videos, and sought out other iGEM teams for collaborations. She also produced most of our logos and graphics for the website and presentations.

Richard was lab manger of iGEM at Washington University in St. Louis, thus in addition to the wet lab work he was also in charge of fundraising and securing for the project.

Dr. Pakrasi: Dr. Pakrasi is Myron and Sonya Glassberg/Albert and Blanche Greensfelder Distinguished University Professor, also Director of International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES). His research interests are: Photosynthesis, Nitrogen Fixation, Systems and Synthetic Biology. Pakrasi Lab’s current focus is on Bioenergy Production in Cyanobacteria.

Dr. Tae Seok Moon: Dr. Moon is a Principal Investigator and Assistant Professor in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering (EECE) at Washington University in St. Louis and heads the Moon Research Group (MRG). He generously allowed Ben and Jeffrey unfettered access to his lab and material equipment at all hours of the day (and night). Dr. Moon also financed ordering of primers and DNA sequence verification.

Andrew Ng:  Andrew is an undergraduate biomedical engineer interested in the applications of systems and synthetic biology to cyanobacteria. He was also a past participant in iGEM at WashU. As the major peer advisor for iGEM project this year, Andrew provided invaluable advice and guidance on all aspects of both Rebstock and Brauer Group’s work, ranging from protocol design and lab technique training to providing material support for the GC activity testing.

Bertram Berla:  Bert is a PhD candidate in Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering. He is working to apply techniques developed to optimize the operation of chemical reactors to get more useful stuff out of our favorite micro-reactors: cyanobacteria. Bert assisted Richard and Caroline on experimental design.

Cheryl Immethun: Ms. Immethun is currently a PhD candidate in the MRG with Dr. Moon in the EECE department at Washington University in St. Louis. She serves as a senior iGEM advisor and over the course of the summer, provided invaluable advice and guidance on all aspects of the Brauer Group’s work, ranging from primer design and DNA cloning issues to providing material support for the light experiment. She also aided with cloning during the school year closer to the deadline as work conflicts slowed down progress.

Deng Liu: Deng is interested in the research on cyanobacteria, especially on the synthetic biology and transcriptional regulation in cyanobacteria. Deng helped iGEM members on details of experimental design, plasmid design, and cell culturing.

Allie Hoynes-O’Connor, Ray Henson, Ryan Lee , and Tatenda Shopera: The graduate students of the MRG helped the Brauer Group by aiding in answering every day questions and making sure we contributed to the well-being and material readiness of the lab as well as following all safety and labeling protocols. Ms. Hoynes-O’Connor served as our lab safety officer and gave us guidance and training on lab safety procedures. Mr. Henson also gave guidance and plasmid material in the Brauer Group’s early attempts at constructing a sequence verifiable chromophore.

Kenneth Ng and Soo Ji Kim: Kenneth and Soo Ji are laboratory technician staff in the MRG and helped resupply the lab’s vital operating stock materials and equipment in addition to giving advice and answering questions the iGEM students had. Kenneth provided his advanced expertise in adjusting and optimizing protocols drawn from his vast knowledge due to a highly inquisitive nature.

Nancy Duan: Nancy is the technician in the Rebstock lab. She takes responsibilities of maintaining cyanobacteria culture and assisting iGEM in doing experiments such as PCR, sub-cloning, plasmid preparation etc.

Jingjie Yu: Jingjie works on developing a new cyanobacteria model system for synthetic biology purpose, especially, for biofuel production. During iGEM project, she provided detailed advice on nearly all aspect of experiment for Rebstock group.