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This project successfully raised its funding goal on August 24, 2010.
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We'll add you to the list of people we think are awesome on the gen.otyp website. Your dollar will go into the SPEAK SCIENCE Fund, and you'll be eligible to nominate a school to receive a Cloning a Fluorescent Gene laboratory course! See our project description for details.
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We'll mail you some gnarly Otyp decals that Kyle dreamed up with his mad design skills.
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A sweet Otyp "SPEAK SCIENCE" t-shirt (via American Apparel), so you can show your Open Source Bio pride.
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SPEAK SCIENCE Tee, the decals, and make it onto our Acknowledgements list in the Cloning a Fluorescent Gene Lab Manual (found on our website). Every student who does the lab will have a book with your name in it. Immortalize yourself in Biotech Education History. All donations above this are also acknowledged in the Manual.
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A 24"x36" high quality poster depicting the coolest fluorescent bio-art made with Cloning a Fluorescent Gene. Plus a shirt!
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One of three sizes of pipettes for your bio tinkering needs: P20, P200, or P1000.
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Get one of ten Thermotyp alpha kits (our open source, 96 well PCR machine), scheduled for release in November. This is the least expensive, quickest route to becoming a bio-engineer. And a shirt.
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Give a school the gift of biotechnology. We'll send any school you choose a Cloning a Fluorescent Gene kit, and let the school borrow a PCR machine and full set of pipettes from us, so that they don't need any special equipment! When the school does the kit, we'll assemble the bio-art that the students make into a special "Thank You" collage and send you a personalized poster. Furthermore, backers above this level will be acknowledged on the inside cover of the Lab Manual, along with the authors.
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Donate a Thermotyp beta to the school of your choice (sporting a plaque with your name). The school will also get a set of pipettes. You'll get a gold anodized, engraved PCR block with your name, the year, and the school's name to commemorate your donation. Or keep the machine for yourself!
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Same as $1000, but we throw in a fully configured Netbook computer to run the Thermotyp, and the school gets a Cloning Fluorescent Gene kit, and we let them use our pipettes so that each student can experience biotechnology.
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James is getting a PhD in stem cell biology from the University of Michigan. During the rare hours not spent working with mice, he teaches high schoolers about science and fiddles with open source hardware.
Kyle is a designer currently working, by day, for Team Detroit, a creative strategy and advertising group. He graduated from SCAD with a BFA in industrial design. He's interested in soil microbiology, aquaponics, and small scale farming.
David is at Miami of Ohio majoring in every Engineering Discipline they'll allow him to. He's an avid rock climber, plays hockey, and a die-hard entrepreneur through and through.
