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Jun 18, 2010 -
Aug 24, 2010
Pledge $1 or more
20 backers
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.
Pledge $15 or more
8 backers
We'll mail you some gnarly Otyp decals that Kyle dreamed up with his mad design skills.
Pledge $25 or more
39 backers
A sweet Otyp "SPEAK SCIENCE" t-shirt (via American Apparel), so you can show your Open Source Bio pride.
Pledge $40 or more
29 backers
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.
Pledge $100 or more
12 backers
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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2 backers
One of three sizes of pipettes for your bio tinkering needs: P20, P200, or P1000.
Pledge $300 or more
2 backers
A full set of 3 pipettes for doing bio research.
Pledge $400 or more
3 backers Limited (7 of 10 left)
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.
Pledge $600 or more
2 backers Limited (13 of 15 left)
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.
Pledge $1,000 or more
0 backers Limited (5 of 5 left)
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!
Pledge $1,500 or more
1 backer Limited (4 of 5 left)
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.
Creator Benjamin Zaitlen on June 5, 2012
Any updates? It's been over a year since we've heard from you.
Creator Will Eatherton on March 21, 2011
What is latest on when kits are ready ?
Creator Otyp - James, Kyle, & David on August 24, 2010
Sorry about that, Cory. Thanks for stepping in with the solution, Josh. There was no way of doing check boxes for the info request.
Creator Josh on August 24, 2010
@cory - You have to fill out all the fields, even the one about wanting to be left of the list of acknowledgments
Creator Cory Weaver on August 24, 2010
I'm not sure if the "info needed" form is working. I click continue, but it just reloads the page.
Creator Otyp - James, Kyle, & David on August 24, 2010
@Santosh
I'm afraid that we don't have the size or infrastructure to send a kit to India. At least not yet. There are also legal hurdles to overcome sending biological reagents across international borders. For the time being, Otyp is going to be confined to the US.
Creator Santosh Dawara on August 23, 2010
Can I get a kit shipped to a school in India?
Creator Parijata D. Mackey on August 18, 2010
~ OH YYYEEAAAHH! ~ YOU MADE IT! ~ WHAT NOW! ~ GO OTYP! ~
::victory breakdance::
Congratulations, good sirs: You've reached the next stage! Keep up the good work. :-)
Also, I'd like to thank you; it's immensely comforting to know that you're spending my pledge, instead of making me do it. I'd just buy cat stickers, or more useless apps with it... ::throws sheep::
But this, on a more serious note, this is fantastic. This is the real deal. You've put so much time, so much care, and so much planning into this project! It took a lot of good work, and a lot of hard-earned knowledge to developing this. And it's all top-notch, just fantastic -- the coursework, the software, the hardware, and the wetware -- these kids are going to learn a lot. I'm honored to support Otyp. I'm relieved it exists. I'm excited to be a part of it.
Thank you, as well, to everyone who supported James, Kyle, & David! For better or worse, we helped make this happen -- I think we made the right choice! :-)
To Otyp: We expect great things!
And if those students slack off, I may or may not have some poison-oak genes they might accidentally clone... ;-)
Creator uberkitten on August 18, 2010
This is completely awesome work that you are undertaking with such magnificent potential to help shape the next generation of scientists. Thank you and best wishes with your project.
Creator John Voorhees on August 6, 2010
Good luck guys! Great project. It was great to meet you at Maker Faire!
Creator Russ on August 1, 2010
Good Luck! I meet you at the Detroit Maker Faire!
Creator Wayne on July 11, 2010
Good luck, boys!