Attributions and Acknowledgments
The Nottingham 2020 iGEM team consists of 8 students from different specialist backgrounds ranging from Biotechnology, Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Mathematics. However, our success would have not been possible without our advisors, academics and other teams of people acknowledged below. From the bottom of our heart we thank you all.
Our Advisory Team
Principal Investigators
Prof. Nigel Minton
Dr Andrew Dempster
Supervisors
Dr Raquel Rodrigues
Alexander Rawson
Dr Patrick Ingle
Dr Thomas Millat
Jacqueline Minton
Louise Dynes
Dr Eleanor Hadley Kershaw
Outreach Partners
The Cure Parkinson’s Trust
Tough Mudder
Alzheimer’s Society
GenScript
Our Sponsors
The University of Nottingham
Synthetic Biology Research Centre - Nottingham
The Wellcome Trust
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
iGEM Teams
St Andrew’s iGEM 2020 team – At the start of summer we attended the St Andrew’s UK iGEM meet up and contributed to the discussions as well as giving a presentation about our project idea.
Paris-Bettencourt iGEM 2020 team – We had several meetings with the Paris-Bettencourt team, and shared their swab survey to people we knew who were still in lockdown. We also recorded a podcast episode with them.
Warwick iGEM 2020 team – We recorded a podcast episode with the Warwick team where we discussed our projects and the COVID-19 situation at the time.
Amsterdam iGEM 2020 team – We entered and won their best photo competition. As we won, they featured our project on their social media channel.
KCL UK iGEM 2020 team – We collaborated closely with KCL from the start of summer, having regular meetings between our teams. We planned and ran a therapeutics meet up with them and recorded a podcast episode together.
Nottingham iGEM 2019 team – Last year’s Nottingham iGEM team played a consultatory role for our team this year. They gave us guidance on how to best run the project, how to improve on last year and what obstacles to watch out for.
Modelling Support
Dr Nicole Pearcy – Senior Research Fellow in Systems, Veterinary Medicine & Science
Human Practices Support
Dr Edward Green/ Mr Ben Bradley – CEO/ Head of Partnerships and Licencing at CHAIN Biotech
Dr John Morrant – Retired doctor with expertise in neuroscience
Professor Kieran Clarke – Professor in Physiological Biochemistry at Oxford University
Nicola Cook – Acting Senior Carer at a retirement home
Alice Hodson – Nottingham iGEM 2019 team Human Practices lead
Wiki Support
Adam Bainbridge – Exeter iGEM 2020 team
Abigail Conner – KCL UK iGEM 2020 team
James Abbott – Nottingham iGEM 2019 team
Communications and Logistics
Cameron McCulloch-Keeble – University of Nottingham (Internal Communications Officer)
Jess Wright – The Cure Parkinson’s Trust (Events Fundraising Executive)
Nemira Zilinskaite – European iGEM Ambassador
Last but no means least...
We would like to show our gratitude to the everlasting support from our friends, family, and the rest of the team. All the contributions you have made have helped our project progress enormously! We would also like to thank all of those who supported us through our Tough Mudder 10 mile charity run for The Cure Parkinson’s Trust.