Team:Groningen/Acknowledgements

From 2009.igem.org

Thanks to whom it belongs

For all the advice, help with getting finances, finding the right place for measurements and assistance, we would like to thank our supervisors:

Prof. Dr. Oscar Kuipers (head of [http://molgen.biol.rug.nl/molgen/index.php Molecular Genetics]) Prof. Dr. Jan Kok ([http://molgen.biol.rug.nl/molgen/index.php Molecular Genetics]) Prof. Dr. Bert Poolman (head of [http://www.rug.nl/gbb/research/researchgroups/enzymology/index Membrane Enzymology] and director of [http://www.centreforsyntheticbiology.eu/ Centre for Synthetic Biology]) Prof. Dr. Roel Bovenberg ([http://www.dsm.com/ DSM]) Dr. Dirk-Jan Slotboom ([http://www.rug.nl/gbb/research/researchgroups/enzymology/index Membrane Enzymology]) iGEM Groningen 2008. Especially Auke van Heel & Martijn Herber

We also would like to thank all the people who were very important for our project, by doing measurements:

Dr. Marc C.A. Stuart to make a lot of EM pictures for us ([http://www.rug.nl/gbb/research/researchgroups/electronmicroscopy/index Electron Microscopy], University of Groningen).
Martijn van de Lee and Elly Wijma ([http://www.rikilt.wur.nl/NL/ RIKILT], Wageningen University) for performing ICP-MS arsenic measurements and calculations.
Rudi Anakotta ([http://www.vwa.nl/portal/page?_pageid=119,1639634&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority], Groningen) for performing ICP-MS measurements.

And of course our sponsors, who made this project possible:

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