Gratitude
Thank you so much for your support! We couldn't have done it without you!!
Thank you so much for your support! We couldn't have done it without you!!
Linda J. McManus and William B. Bridges PhD
Huyen Truong
Min Kwack
Elizabeth Newlon
Rosa Ornelas Himmelberger
Vikas Kapur
Daniel & Marie-Jo Newlon
Lance Lortscher
Matt Thomson
Gloria Ochoa
William Hacket
Amy Choi
Grace Fisher-Adams
Francisco Alvarez
Peter Tong
Timothy Gonzales
Cara McFadden
Jennifer Oconnor
Nysha Dahlgren
Pyxis Laboratories, Inc.
And to those who prefer to remain anonymous.
Mina Kwack and Nysha Dahlgren for bringing us snacks in the long summer hours!
Garth Dahlgren and Mina Kwack for being willing to chaperone us to Paris!
To the parents, families, and friends of the team members who helped out in so many ways to support us, like tolerating the many late nights, providing transportation, making sure we got sleep, and loving us through all the stress! We love you all!
Prof. Matt Thomson, who supported us in so many behind-the-scenes ways, like providing lab space, resources, guidance, and allowing Alec to be our mentor!
Prof. Matt Thomson’s group for welcoming us into the lab and for being so supportive, particularly,
Zach Martinez for creating TRILL, a fantastic tool that democratizes protein design ( trill.readthedocs.io ),
Shichen Liu for periodic assistance in the wetlab and his infinite patience
Arjuna Subramanian for consultations regarding design of the mass spectroscopy protein expressibility assay!
PEL group https://pel.caltech.edu/
Particularly Ting Yu for help with mass spectrometer.
Dr. Mamadou Diallo, for his expert guidance, particularly regarding oxidative and reductive dehalogenases, detailed here https://2024.igem.wiki/iea/human-practices .
Prof. Harry Gray, for your encouragement, and for always being in our corner!
Stefany Nielsen and Jessica Silva, for helping us in so many important ways to make sure we had all our i's dotted and our t's crossed!
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To everyone at IEA for your enthusiasm and support, particularly
Nicole Endacott
for taking care of so many logistical and administrative details,
always with grace and positivity. Thank you for believing in us!
Melody Wu
Our sincere thanks to Melody Wu for advising us about Human Practices, and connecting us with important experts!
For providing us with 19,995/20kb of DNA to produce our AI-generated enzymes
For DNA to help us produce our natural enzymes