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Attributions

General Support

PI of the team:

Hasan Demirci, PhD

Research Associate at Stanford PULSE Institute
Assistant Professor at Koc University Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Principal Investigator
Special thanks to Hasan Demirci for supervising us in the lab and his valuable help throughout the project. He is a great mentor and a true visionary leader.

Lab: https://kuybim.ku.edu.tr/

Email: Hasan_DeMirci@stanford.edu

Secondary PI of the team:

Sedat Nizamoğlu, PhD

Associate Professor in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Koç University
works on Neuron-machine Bioelectronics, Quantum Optoelectronics, Light-emitting diodes, Luminescent Solar Concentrators, BioLasers, Novel Nanomaterials

Website: https://mysite.ku.edu.tr/snizamoglu/

Email: snizamoglu@ku.edu.tr

Advisors

Ayşe Koca Çaydaşı, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor at Koc University Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Ayşe Koca Çaydaşı kindly guided us along our iGEM journey. She helped us with experiments, finding essential samples, and giving advice in the lab.

Lab: http://mysite.ku.edu.tr/aykoca/

Email: aykoca@ku.edu.tr

Dr. Hafez El Sayyed

Postdoctoral researcher at University of Oxford
Investigating transcription dynamics and nucleoid structure using super-resolution imaging of RNA polymerase in live E. coli
Hafez greatly informed us about plasmid design.

Instructors

Itır Bakış Doğru Yüksel, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher at Koç University
We are thankful to Bakış for guiding us along the way. Our discussions were the seed for this project, and she water those seeds persistently. Besides general support and exchange for project ideas, she greatly helped us to design the hardware.

Alexander Zagajewski

PhD student at University of Oxford
We are thankful to Alex for providing us with support on the modelling part. His thesis work was our starting point for time domain electromagnetic models.

Our Team

Fatih Uçar: Modeling, Wiki writer, Human Practices, Journal Club organizer, Presentation, Video production
Serena Özabrahamyan: Wiki writer, Figure design, Oocyte Project Design, Presentation, Video production
Cengizhan Büyükdağ: Wiki writer, Human Practices, Presentation, Translation of Plasmids 101, Structural Bio. 101 video series, Video production
Özgür Can: Figure designer, Wiki writer, Translation of Plasmids 101, Presentation, Video production
Oktay Göcenler: Engineering design, wiki writer, Translation of Plasmids 101, Presentation, Video production
Ali Doğa Yücel: Academy Talks, Wiki writer, Translation of Plasmids 101, Voice of the Project Promotion Video, Figure Design, Presentation, Video production
Ayşe Buket Pekşen: Wiki writer, Social Media Coordinator, Translation of Plasmids 101, Presentation, Video production
Ahmet Rasim Emirdağı: Modeling, Wiki writer, Presentation, Video production
İsmail Hakkı Yeşil: Wiki designer, Presentation, Video production
Laşin Özbek: Human Practices, Inclusion, Presentation, Video production
Zeliş Nergiz: Wiki writer, Presentation, Video production
Ece Türksever: Human practices, Translation of Plasmids 101, Presentation, Video production
Sueda Özcengiz: Human practices, Translation of Plasmids 101, Presentation, Video production
İsmail Baturay Altay: Designer, Wiki editor, Superhero’s designer, Translation of Plasmids 101, Presentation, Video production

Lab Support

The Koc University Structural Biology Laboratory (KUYBIM)

We would like to thank the members of the Koc University Structural Biology Laboratory (KUYBIM) who provided us laboratory space, experiments, and advice on how to improve our project. Their help on our project and experiments were priceless.

Website:https://kuybim.ku.edu.tr/

We want to thank Koç University for making all this possible.