We would like to give a special thank you to Dr.Suzuki for his mentorship and patience throughout this project.
We would also like to thank the Synthetic Biology team at JCVI for hosting us and supporting us on this project. Special thanks to Daniela Matias de C. Bittencourt, Samuel Park and Amrita Moturi for their help.
Finally, thank you to the J. Craig Venter Institute and the UCSD Bioengineering Department for this opportunity to work with stellar scientists.