Collaborators
UAM Azcapotzalco:
- Dr. Rafael Escarela Pérez – Director, Division of Basic Sciences and Engineering: Fundraising. Secured institutional financial support from UAM Azcapotzalco.
- Dra. Alejandra Montserrat Navarrete López – Division Coordinator for Academic Development: Fundraising and outreach. Followed up on institutional support, accompanied the team, and promoted education activities on the CBI platforms.
UAM Cuajimalpa:
- Mtro. Octavio Mercado González – Former Rector of UAM Cuajimalpa: Public engagement and fundraising. Enabled collaboration with the DCNI, supported the Summer Course project at UAM Cuajimalpa, and promoted activities.
- Dra. Mónica Irene Camacho Lizárraga – Outreach Coordinator: Fundraising. Facilitated agreements with third-party sponsors.
- Mtra. Betsabé Castellanos Gómez – Knowledge Transfer Office, Outreach Coordination: Fundraising. Helped establish agreements with third-party sponsors.
- Mtro. Gilmar Ayala Meneses – University Outreach Coordinator: Fundraising. Helped secure the sponsorships from Assist Card.
- Mtra. Patricia Ramírez Esquivel – Head, Exchange and Mobility Section: Fundraising. Helped secure the sponsorships from Assist Card.
- Lic. Adriana Cedillo Flores – Secretary to the Director, DCNI: Public engagement and fundraising. Coordinated meetings with the Director of DCNI and helped with the events within the division.
- Lic. Norma Elisa Zúñiga Rangel – Administrative Assistant to the Director, DCNI: Fundraising. Centralized the donations from all UAM units and made the official transfers to iGEM on behalf of the third generation iGEM UAM.
- Lic. Ytzel Aguilera Ortiz – Documentation, Information, and Dissemination Center (DCNI): Visualization. Supported broadcasting the conference cycles on division platforms.
- Enrique Israel Olguín Reyes – Advisor for technical and academic content transmission, DCNI: Visualization. Covered the education events.
UAM Iztapalapa:
- Dr. José Luis Gómez Olivares – Director, Division of Biological and Health Sciences: Fundraising. Secured institutional financial support from UAM Iztapalapa.
- Lic. Alicia Ramos Almaraz – Administrative Assistant, DCBS: Fundraising. She was the one who took charge of processing the institutional support from the UAM Iztapalapa.
UAM Azcapotzalco
- Dr. Rafael Escarela Pérez – Director, Division of Basic Sciences and Engineering: Fundraising - Secured institutional financial support from UAM Azcapotzalco.
- Dra. Alejandra Montserrat Navarrete López – Division Coordinator for Academic Development: Fundraising and Outreach - Followed up on institutional support, accompanied the team, and promoted education activities on the CBI platforms.
UAM Cuajimalpa
- Mtro. Octavio Mercado González – Former Rector of UAM Cuajimalpa: Public Engagement and Fundraising - Enabled collaboration with the DCNI, supported the Summer Course project at UAM Cuajimalpa, and promoted activities.
- Dra. Mónica Irene Camacho Lizárraga – Outreach Coordinator: Fundraising - Facilitated agreements with third-party sponsors.
- Mtra. Betsabé Castellanos Gómez – Knowledge Transfer Office, Outreach Coordination: Fundraising - Helped establish agreements with third-party sponsors.
- Mtro. Gilmar Ayala Meneses – University Outreach Coordinator: Fundraising - Helped secure the sponsorships from Assist Card.
- Mtra. Patricia Ramírez Esquivel – Head, Exchange and Mobility Section: Fundraising - Helped secure the sponsorships from Assist Card.
- Lic. Adriana Cedillo Flores – Secretary to the Director, DCNI: Public Engagement and Fundraising - Coordinated meetings with the Director of DCNI and helped with the events within the division.
- Lic. Norma Elisa Zúñiga Rangel – Administrative Assistant to the Director, DCNI: Fundraising - Centralized the donations from all UAM units and made the official transfers to iGEM on behalf of the third generation iGEM UAM.
- Lic. Ytzel Aguilera Ortiz – Documentation, Information, and Dissemination Center (DCNI): Visualization - Supported broadcasting the conference cycles on division platforms.
- Enrique Israel Olguín Reyes – Advisor for technical and academic content transmission, DCNI: Visualization - Covered the education events.
UAM Iztapalapa
- Dr. José Luis Gómez Olivares – Director, Division of Biological and Health Sciences: Fundraising - Secured institutional financial support from UAM Iztapalapa.
- Lic. Alicia Ramos Almaraz – Administrative Assistant, DCBS: Fundraising - She was the one who took charge of processing the institutional support from the UAM Iztapalapa.
UAM Lerma
- Dr. Silvestre de Jesús Alavez Espidio – Director of the Biological and Health Sciences Division: Fundraising - Secured support from the Lerma unit with a percentage of funding.
- Lic. Fanny Cuevas Acevedo – Administrative Assistant from the DCBSL: Fundraising - Processed the institutional support from UAM Lerma.
- Apolo J. González Martínez – Coordination of Planning and Institutional Information: Fundraising - Processed the institutional support from UAM Lerma.
UAM Xochimilco
- Dr. Luis Amado Ayala Pérez – Director of the Division of Biological and Health Sciences: Fundraising - Secured support from the Xochimilco unit with a percentage of funding.
- Minniel Guadalupe Hernández Abarca: Data Curation - Supported, advised, and accompanied team members who conducted experiments at Xochimilco.
UAM Knowledge Communication Directorate
- Dr. Mario Andrés De Leo Winkler – Director UAM Knowledge Communication Directorate: Public Engagement and Fundraising - Reviewed the project proposal with which we competed in the call for proposals.
- Agustín Ruiz Ramírez: Public Engagement and Fundraising - Gave us close follow-up during the season for the delivery of reports on how the materials from the call were used.
- Miriam Carrillo Barragán: Public Engagement and Fundraising - Reviewed the project proposal with which we competed in the call for proposals.
- Oriana Trejo Álvarez: Public Engagement and Fundraising - Reviewed the project proposal with which we competed in the call for proposals.
General Coordination for Academic Strengthening and Outreach at the UAM
- Dr. Gustavo Pacheco – Rector General of the UAM and former General Coordinator for Academic Strengthening and Outreach at the UAM Rector's Office: Fundraising - Connected us with Mtra. Zoila Sánchez.
- Mtra. Zoila Sánchez – Deputy Director of Internationalization and Mobility: Fundraising - Supported and secured collaboration with the French embassy.
French Embassy in Mexico
- Dr. Mélie Cornet – Attaché for Scientific Cooperation: Fundraising - Secured the donation of a plane ticket for a member of the third generation iGEM UAM.
- Ms. Delphine Jourdain – Assistant for University and Scientific Cooperation: Fundraising - Supported the processing of the plane ticket.
Experts in Scorpionism
- Ángel Lezana Fernández – Director General of the General Directorate of Epidemiology (DGE): Data Curation - Gave us access to the new database of the Directorate of Epidemiology for the HP epidemiological model.
- Dra. Yanet Fortunata López Santiago – Director of the Directorate for Epidemiological Surveillance of Noncommunicable Diseases (DVEENT): Data Curation - Gave us access to the new database of the Directorate of Epidemiology for the HP epidemiological model.
- Mtra. Estela Canseco Chacon – Head of the Operational Development Department for Epidemiological Surveillance of Noncommunicable Diseases: Data Curation - Gave us access to the new database of the Directorate of Epidemiology for the HP epidemiological model and gave close follow-up to the team to establish collaboration with iGEM UAM.
- Dr. Alejandro Alagón Cano – Emeritus Researcher Department of Molecular Medicine and Bioprocesses, UNAM: Data Curation and Background Research - Provided information about antivenom production in Mexico and responded to the HP survey.
- Biol. Mariana Castro Ramírez – Information Coordinator at Redtox and Product Manager for Antivenoms at Laboratorios Silanes: Data Curation and Background Research - Provided information about antivenom production in Mexico and responded to and shared the survey with the Redtox expert network.
Sponsors
- VIB: Dr. Nico Callewaert – Scientific Director of VIB: Fundraising - Supported the sponsorship.
- Dr. Katrien Klaes – Team Lead Biopharmaceutical R&D | Senior Staff Scientist · VIB: Fundraising - She was the creator of the OpenPichia platform and who agreed to donate the strain to us, followed up on its shipping and delivery.
- Goedele Dedeurwaerder – Contract officer | VIB2 (VIB Innovation & Business): Fundraising - Helped and supervised the collaboration contract between iGEM UAM and VIB, generated the MTA.
- → Assist Card: Anna Laura Torres: Fundraising - Secured the donation of travel insurance as sponsorship.
- → GenScript BioTechCorp: Flora Liu – Technical Account Manager Nanjing GenScript Biotech: closely followed up on the quote made by the team.
- Michael Fields – Associate Director GenScript USA: closely followed up on the quote made by the team regarding the sponsorship they offered.
- Mendy Hsu – Technical Account Manager (TAM) GenScript: closely monitored the quote made by the team from the technical side.
- Eva Cheng – AR Specialist Financial Department GenScript: closely monitored the quote made by the team from the technical side.
iGEM
- Cristiane Toledo – Support Lead | iGEM HQ: Confirmed that the Grand Jamboree payment was processed within the deadline.
- Amy Simpson – iGEM Team of Ambassadors and Promoters: Helped us secure the Geneious sponsorship and assisted in disseminating the forms for iGEM contributions.
Human Practices and Education
- Mtra. Alejandra Beatriz Jurado Martínez – Outreach and Planning Coordinator UAM C: Public Engagement - Supported the coordination and participation of iGEM UAM in the NUC summer course.
- Víctor Manuel Villafaña Domínguez – Civil Protection Project Manager UAM C: Public Engagement - Supported and attended education events to safeguard the well-being of attendees in case of any situation requiring his civil protection expertise.
- Ing. Martha Patricia García Hernández – Administrative Assistant to the Unit Secretary UAM C: Public Engagement - Supported the coordination and participation of iGEM UAM in the NUC summer course and the batik workshop event.
- Maria Teresa Benhumea Osorio – Rector's Secretary UAM C: Public Engagement - Supported the coordination and participation of iGEM UAM in the NUC summer course and the batik workshop event.
- Jesús Espinosa – Texcoco Pan-American School: Public Engagement - Invited us to participate in Texcoco school (a high school) to show the importance of the experimental framework and academic offerings.
- Dr. Freddy Almeralla Rivera – Director of Official High School No. 127 from CDMX: Public Engagement - Invited and approved our attendance at the school for the conference on climate change and synthetic biology and the impact it could have.
- Gilberto Pérez Sánchez – Director of School Benita Galeana: Public Engagement - Approved our attendance at the school for the immunology class.
- David Serna Arzate – Professor at School Benita Galeana: Public Engagement - Invited us to teach the immunology class to his elementary school student group.
- Ezequiel Jiram Lovera Rojas – Director of the Draconis MX reptile house: Public Engagement and Project Administration - Invited us to participate in the snake festival.
- Miguel Ángel Velmar Reyes – Head of Education at Zacango Ecological Park: Public Engagement and Project Administration - Invited us to participate in the camp at Zacango Ecological Park as one of the education activities.
- Maria Cristina Matos Reyes – Head of the animal welfare department at Zacango Ecological Park: Public Engagement and Project Administration - Invited us to participate in the snake festival.
- Eduardo Zuñiga – Coordinator of the animal welfare department at Zacango Ecological Park: Public Engagement and Project Administration - Invited us to participate in the snake festival.
Team Ex-members
- Karla Angélica Plaza Flores: Fundraising, Analysis, Conceptualization, Background Research, Investigation, Data Curation, Public Engagement, Visualization, Writing, Safety - She supported literature review and project conceptualization, participated in education activities and community engagement in Morelos for Integrated Human Practices, and sold raffle tickets for fundraising.
- Leilani Ximena Aguilar Acuña: Fundraising, Analysis, Conceptualization, Background Research, Investigation, Data Curation, Public Engagement, Visualization - She supported literature review and project conceptualization, worked on the flux balance analysis model, participated in education activities, and sold raffle tickets.
- Maya Naomi Belmonte Torres: Fundraising, Visualization, Writing - She contributed to the translation of the children's story for education activities and sold raffle tickets for fundraising.
- José Alberto Regil García: Fundraising, Analysis, Conceptualization, Background Research, Public Engagement - He supported literature review and project conceptualization, participated in education activities, and sold raffle tickets.
- Carlos Alberto Polanco Castañeda: Fundraising, Analysis, Public Engagement - He supported literature review and project conceptualization, participated in education activities, and sold raffle tickets.
- Telma Delajara D'Urso: Fundraising, Analysis, Conceptualization, Background Research, Investigation, Public Engagement, Visualization - She supported literature review and project conceptualization, participated in education activities, and sold raffle tickets.
- Axel Sebastián Tovar Rodriguez: Fundraising, Analysis, Conceptualization, Background Research, Public Engagement - He supported literature review and project conceptualization, participated in education activities, and sold raffle tickets.
- Francisco Ulises Ortiz Moreno: Fundraising, Analysis, Public Engagement - He participated in education activities and sold raffle tickets for fundraising.
- Nyza Odalys Nava Castañón: Fundraising, Analysis, Background Research - She supported literature review and sold raffle tickets.
- Diego Yael Castaño Velázquez: Fundraising - He sold raffle tickets.
- Support for Team and Project Leadership: Mtro. Alejandro Brauer Vega: Fundraising, Entrepreneurship - He helped generate proposals to secure sponsors.
- Lic. Claudia León Encinas: Entrepreneurship - She helped generate proposals to secure sponsors.
- Ari Mendez Noviello: Visualization - He designed and conceptualized the project logo.
- Gian Stephan Mendez Noviello: Visualization, Public Engagement - He supported by generating audiovisual material and covering education events.
- Roberto Irán Balderas Estrada: Public Engagement - He offered transportation and logistics to attend the 4th Snake Festival.
- Ivar Jesús Meneses Jiménez: Public Engagement - He offered transportation and logistics to attend the 4th Snake Festival.
- Mi-Rhheun Danielle Chao Sosa: Background Research, Safety - She helped research Mexican regulations applicable in the context of the project.