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Team:British Columbia/Sponsors
From 2011.igem.org
We gratefully acknowledge support from the following:
The [http://www.msl.ubc.ca/ Michael Smith Laboratories], particularly the laboratories of Dr. Brian Ellis and Dr. Joerg Bohlmann who hosted us in their shared laboratory space for this summer.
The [http://www.bioteach.ubc.ca Education Facilities at the Michael Smith Laboratories] who provided us with our laboratory materials & supplies and who hosted a training workshop for our iGEM team.
The [http://www.chbe.ubc.ca/prospective_students/index.php UBC Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering ] who supported our team fees for the iGEM competition registration.
Support for UBC students through the [http://tlef.ubc.ca/ Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund] as well as from the [http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/home.shtml Service Canada] program.
[http://www.invitrogen.com/site/us/en/home/Products-and-Services/Applications/Cloning/gene-synthesis.html?CID=fl-genesynthesis GeneArt (R)] for synthesizing a beta-pinene synthase gene optimized for expression in S. cerevisiae.
Dr. Antonios Makris from the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania's [http://www.maich.gr/p/programmes/np Department of Natural Products and Biotechnology] in Greece, who provided us with the IDI1 and HMG2 (K6R) metabolic genes and related genetic constructs.
Dr. Marc Fischer from the Agron National Institute of Research at the [http://www.unistra.fr/index.php?id=unistra_en University of Strasbourg], in France, who provided us with the erg20 and erg20-2 metabolic genes.
