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 + synthetic)
• Isolation + 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

Prof. Tommy Mc Carthy

Academic Supervisor