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Team:British Columbia/Attributions
From 2012.igem.org
Special Thanks
The Steven Hallam lab for hosting our iGEM team, providing us with laboratory space and reagents through the 2012 competition Dr. Lisa Gieg and University of Calgary iGEM for collaborating and splitting the DSZ pathway for characterization:Calgary submitted and characterized DszA and DszB, and UBC covered DszC and DszD. Dr. Bob Hancock of UBC for sending us a strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Dr. Jonathan Van Hamme of Thompson Rivers University for sending us the Dsz operon Ian Bell from UBC UILO and Emma Macfarlane from Gowlings for discussions regarding patents Peter Wynne from Chevron BC, Technology Futures AITF representative, Karen Budwill and Oil Sands Leadership Initiative OSLI representatives, John Vidmar and Nicolas Choquette-Levy for discussions regarding industrial applications of microbial consortia Dr. Susan A. Baldwin of UBC Chemical and Biological Engineering, Gurpal Bisra and Shing Hei Zhan (UBC iGEM alumni) for advice on the consortia model Niels Hanson from the Steven Hallam laboratory for advice on the pathway model Alberta Genetically Engineered Machines (aGEM) judges and Dr. Phil Hieter of UBC for their constructive advice on our project and presentation We have also received donations of reagents and resources from VWR, Dr. John Church, the Annual Giving UBC Department of Microbiology & Immunology and BIOL Alumni Appeal Fund, Harry Lim Incorporated and the UBC Faculty of Applied Science.Our 2012 Sponsors
