Our Crowdfunding Groups
BEAVER NATION - we did it! We were successful in raising the funds to SeqTheBeav! Note: even though the donation total is showing $20K, we did raise the required $30K. THANK YOU for all your support.
Next step is to sequence Filbert's genome (~ December 2015) and then the analysis (winter term 2016). To keep up-to-date on this project, see http://cgrb.oregonstate.edu/beaver-genome-project
They say it "Takes a village to raise a beaver". It also takes a village to run a crowd funding campaign for beavers. As we come to the end of the campaign, SeqTheBeav would like to thank the many volunteers who helped with the project:
- Brett Tyler, Ph.D., CGRB Director
- Stephen Ramsey, Ph.D., Biomedical Sci & Computer Sci.
- Brent Kronmiller, Ph.D., CGRB
- Kevin Ahern, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Biophysics
- Vindhya Amarasinghe, Ph.D., Botany & Plant Pathology
- Harold Bae, Ph.D., Public Health & Human Sci.
- Jerri Bartholomew, Ph.D., Microbiology
- Amanda Brown, Ph.D., Integrative Biology
- Molly Cordell, undergraduate student, Integrative Biology
- Rachel Crowhurst, M.Sc., Fisheries & Wildlife
- Clinton Epps, Ph.D., Fisheries & Wildlife
- Zachery Foster, graduate student, USDA
- Matthew Geniza, graduate student, Botany & Plant Pathology
- Niklaus Grunwald, Ph.D., USDA
- Emily Helliwell, Ph.D., Botany & Plant Pathology
- John Henning, Ph.D., Crop & Soil Science
- Pankaj Jaiswal, Ph.D., Botany & Plant Pathology
- Zhian Kamvar, graduate student, USDA
- Andrew Karplus, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Biophysics
- Keaton Kirkpatrick, OSU Foundation
- Brian Knaus, Ph.D., USDA
- David Koslicki, Ph.D., Mathematics
- Susham Naithani, Ph.D., Botany & Plant Pathology
- Jen Olarra, Ph.D., Integrative Biology
- Vanessa Petro, M.Sc., Forest Ecosystems & Society
- Sujaya Rao, Ph.D., Crop & Soil Science
- Adelaide Rhodes, Ph.D., CGRB
- Khadidiatou Sall, graduate student, Horticulture
- Thomas Sharpton, Ph.D., Microbiology & Statistics
- Brian Sidlauskas, Ph.D., Fisheries & Wildlife
- Kaelie Sivihok, undergraduate student, Integrative Biology
- Javier Tabima, graduate student, USDA
- Karen Van Zee, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Biophysics
- Virginia Weis, Ph.D., Integrative Biology
- Danelle Kronmiller, Marketing Consultant
- Kevin Ronkko, musician
- Darrell McElmury, musician
- Colleen Kitchen Dick, musician and finally... Filbert and his team at the Oregon Zoo
SeqTheBeav has received quite a bit of press this past week in Portland; both KPTV Fox 12, KEX radio and the Oregonian.
We are entering our FINAL 24 HOURS with our fund raising for the Beaver Genome Project. With the past week’s donations, we have just past the $19,000 mark. Let’s see if we can make it to $20K by tomorrow at noon!
We are challenging everyone to give to https://create.osufoundation.org/seqthebeav
Now that you have, we ask you to extend the challenge to others and ask them to match your generosity. If you are on social media, share the fact that you have donated to the campaign directly from the site and ask fellow fans of science to lend their support.
NOW is the time! The clock is ticking….
Thank you for your support!
We are entering our FINAL WEEK with our fund raising for the Beaver Genome Project. Illumina has generously provided $10K of in kind donations. We now have all the reagent and reagent kits to sequence Benny’s DNA. However, we still need to cover the other sequencing costs. We are only 25% to our goal. If you have been thinking of donating…NOW IS THE TIME!
We are challenging everyone to give to https://create.osufoundation.org/seqthebeav
Now that you have, we ask you to extend the challenge to others and ask them to match your generosity. If you are on social media, share the fact that you have donated to the campaign directly from the site and ask fellow fans of science to lend their support.
Thank you for your support!
Hello Beaver Sequers,
We have just ended our third week of the campaign. At the halfway point of our campaign we are at just 25% to our goal. This week we are going to have some fun!
SeqTheBeav has been around the OSU campus at events, on TV monitors and even mailboxes. Now it’s your turn… we are looking for the best digital picture featuring the "Seq The Beav" slogan or flyer. Post them on our Facebook page or Twitter. The best pic will win a $50.00 gift card to the Beaver Store. The winner will be chosen on Wednesday, October 14. So get those pictures posted.
Facebook: facebook.com/SeqTheBeav Twitter: #seqthebeav
BTW, did you hear our official campaign song? If not, here it is…
A big thank you to OSU's premier song writer, Kevin Ahern and our amazing musicians: Kevin Ronkko - Lead Vocal and Percussion Rack Darrell McElmury - Rhythm Guitar and Dobro Colleen Kitchen Dick - Keyboards & Background Vocal Harmonies
Hello Beaver Sequers,
We have just ended our second week of the campaign. We passed our $5,000 milestone, but we are still a long way off from our final goal.
What we’re asking of you today is to send this link to at least 10 other people. They can be friends, family members, or coworkers; the point here is to get the word out about our campaign as much as possible. We’d appreciate it if you would share this on Facebook, Twitter, and your other social media accounts. Word of mouth is the key to our campaign!
Also, please take a moment to LIKE our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SeqTheBeav/
Beaver Nation – we need your help NOW!
Hello Beaver Sequers,
We have just ended our first week of the campaign. THANK YOU to everyone who donated and got the campaign off to a great start.
Here are some highlights from Week 1:
In the NEWS
In the COMMUNITY
Check out our Facebook page for pictures from these events: https://www.facebook.com/SeqTheBeav/
We’ve had a great start to this campaign. We need to step up the pace so that we can hit the $5000 milestone by this weekend. Any donation amount is appreciated!
Also, please help us spread the word about this campaign:
You can forward our website link: create.osufoundation.org/seqthebeav
You can "like us" on Facebook: facebook.com/SeqTheBeav
You can follow and retweet us on Twitter: #seqthebeav
You can follow us on Instagram: osuseqthebeav
Thank you for your support!
Benny, Filbert and their entire family are thankful for your help in sequencing their DNA.
Intiviation to tour our cutting-edge genomics lab with the Director, Dr. Brett Tyler. Afterwards, join Dr. Tyler and others in a private reception with those who sequenced the beaver's genome.
Have you or someone you love immortalized in science; name a gene after them! Donate $1000 or more and we will name one of the newly discovered genes from the beaver genome for you.
