Team:Northwestern/Acknowledgements

Sponsors

EMD CHEMICALS - Shou Wong : Corresponded with Shou who promised to meet with team in August and to potentially set up sponsorship with EMD Millipore.

EPOCH LIFE SCIENCES - XueNong Zhang: Sponsorship of 1000 DNA Spin Columns

NEB - Lori Tonello: Sponsorship of Biobrick Kits, Antarctic Phosphotase, Chitin Rhodamine, Taq polymerase, 1kb DNA ladder, DpnI and pMAL

PROMEGA - Sara Mann: Nominal amount of free products and additional discounts on petri dishes, pipet tips, Nova Blue cells, T4 DNA Ligase, pour boats, nuclease free water, gloves, biohazard bags, delicate wipers, serological pipets, 1.7 mL tubes, and agar.

QIAGEN - Jackie Ciardo: Discounts on miniprep kits, gel extraction kits, and PCR purification kits.

VWR - Amy Vanarsdale: Additional discounts on petri dishes, pipet tips, Nova Blue cells, T4 DNA Ligase, pour boats, nuclease free water, gloves, biohazard bags, delicate wipers, serological pipets, 1.7 mL tubes, and agar.

Advisors

John Mordacq
Distinguished Senior Lecturer
Program in Biological Sciences
Email: j-mordacq@northwestern.edu

Joshua Leonard
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Email: j-leonard@northwestern.edu

Michael Jewett
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Email: m-jewett@northwestern.edu

NU Faculty and Affiliates

Margaret (Peggy) Saks
Research Professor, The Uhlenbeck Lab
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Cell Biology
Email: m-saks@northwestern.edu
Phone: (847) 491-5624
Room: Pancoe Rm 4113
Times: 10:30am-end

John F. Marko
Professor
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Cell Biology; Physics & Astronomy
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Email: john-marko@northwestern.edu
Phone: (847) 467-1276
Room: Pancoe Rm 4109

William Russin
Biological Imaging Facilities, Manager
PhD, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Email: w-russin@northwestern.edu
Phone: (847) 491-6657
Room: Hogan 5-150

Laurie Zoloth
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Professor of Medical Humanities & Bioethics and Religion
Director of Center for Bioethics, Science and Society
Interests: Ethics in Genetic Medicine, in Stem Cell Research, Justice in health care allocation
Email: lzoloth@northwestern.edu

Wei Zhang
Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD Candidate
Aaron Packman Lab
Interests: Flow and biofilm interaction and microbial communities in biofilms.
Email: w-zhang@u.northwestern.edu

Paul Brannon
Biological Imaging Facilities, Confocal Specialist
Biology, University of Chicago
Email: p-brannon@northwestern.edu
Room: Hogan 5-150

Debora Boetcher
McCormick Biological and Chemical Engineering, Office Assistant
Email: d-boetcher@northwestern.edu

Linda Mattice
Yale University Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
E. Coli Keio Knockout Collection Distributor
Email: cgsc@yale.edu

Collaboration

Lisza Bruder
University of Lethbridge, iGEM 2010 Team Leader
Magnetite Formation