Team:KIT-Kyoto/Acknowledgements
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Acknowledgements
We want to thank all people who were involved in making a successful iGEM team.
General support
- Dr. Shingo Izawa, Prof. Masamitsu Yamaguchi, Dr. Sumiharu Nagaoka let us use their labs for experiments.
- Fumihiko Takeuchi, Toyokazu Nakamura, Takao Kawai, Trinh Thi My Nguyen, Yukina Yamauchi, Nozomi Kawazoe, Nana Yoshimoto advised us on experiments and brainstormings.
Project Support and Advice
- Dr. Takehiko Shimada at NARO provided us with d-limonene, gamma-terpinene and beta-pinene synthase genes.
- Prof. Masamitsu Yamaguchi and Dr. Hideki Yoshida provided us with Drosophila.
- Dr. Hideki Yoshida, Prof. Toshiyuki Takano, Prof. Toshiharu Akino and Takahumi Mizuno advised us on BioAssay.
- Dr. Shingo Izawa and Dr. Sumiharu Nagaoka advised us on the construction of parts and art work.
Sponsors
Lab Support
- Dr. Shingo Izawa let us use his lab for parts construction.
- Prof. Masamitsu Yamaguchi and Dr. Hideki Yoshida let us use their lab for experiments with Drosophila.
- Dr. Sumiharu Nagaoka provided us with competent cells.
Difficult Technique Support
- Prof. Toshiharu Akino and Takahumi Mizuno let us use gas chromatography to detect monoterpenes such as d-limonene, β-pinene and γ-terpinene.
Project Advisor Support
- Fumihiko Takeuchi, Toyokazu Nakamura and Kana Kaizuka helped us during our brainstorming.
Policy & Practices support
- Dr. Kazushige Hamada, Prof. Yuko Hanba, Prof. Masamitsu Yamaguchi and Dr. Hideki Yoshida helped us host a workshop.
- BioArt Club costarred on Media coverage.
- Kaimei Junior and Senior High School and Shiga Prefectural Zeze High School participated in our survey and High School Visit.