James Portnow, Seattle-based game designer and co-creator of Extra Credits, a web series on pro-social game design.
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Meghan Sebold, Brooklyn-based social entrepreneur and designer.
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Her fashion line, AFIA was featured in EcoSalon, TreeHugger, Refinery29, and is now available in boutiques across NYC.
Aram Bajakian, NYC-based avant-garde guitar player.
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Darko Lungulov, Serbia-based award winning international filmmaker.
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When Last We Flew, NYC-based Off-Broadway theatrical production team.
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Regan Wann, Kentucky-based small business owner.
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Laura Boyd, NYC-based portrait and landscape photographer.
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Joshua Reuben Lewis, NYC-based singer-songwriter.
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Paul Davis, Berlin-based fashion designer.
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Caira Conner, Tennessee based NYU Master of Science.
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Any contribution of $10 receives: Virtual expedition: Exclusive photos, videos, and descriptions as the expedition happens! I will do my best to appear to be menaced by snakes and/or alligators. 11 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $15 receives: All of the above, plus name a marbled crayfish in our lab colony! 4 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $20 receives: All of the above, plus marbled crayfish jewelry or paperweight! Claws cast in clear plastic resin. (Delivery may be delayed, because we will have to wait for crayfish to molt.) 15 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $50 receives: All of the above plus original poster (42" by 24" on glossy paper), with pictures of crayfish and expedition, plus hard copies of the first paper that uses the slough crayfish collected on this expedition. 2 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $100 receives: All of the above and some tourist stuff I find on the expedition. Possibly snow globes. 2 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $250 receives: All of the above and listed by name as donor in "Acknowledgements" section of first scientific paper that uses the slough crayfish collected on this expedition.
Started by Zen Faulkes October 31st, 2011
Biologists have often ventured out on expeditions of discovery. This #SciFund expedition will go in search of the origins of the mysterious cloning marbled crayfish, which were discovered in the aquariums of fish hobbyists.
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Marbled crayfish (also known as Marmorkrebs) are a new invasive species released in countries around the world. Like the Amazons of myth, they are all female. This is the only crayfish that reproduces entirely without sex, so one female can breed a new population of invaders. Invasive crayfish have been bad news around the globe: they have endangered native species, affected sport fishing, and hurt rice farming.
Marbled crayfish were found in the pet trade, and their origins are still mysterious. There is no known wild population - only populations where they have been introduced by humans. Their closest relatives are slough crayfish in Florida, which only reproduce sexually (as far as we know!). Many questions about marbled crayfish depend on comparing marbled crayfish to slough crayfish.
This #SciFund project will fund an expedition to collect slough crayfish in the wild. These slough crayfish would bred in the lab for experiments on the origins of asexual reproduction and the potential threat of marbled crayfish as an invasive species. Funds would support travel costs (flights, hotel, shipping) and animal care (aquaria, food).
Follow me on a scientific adventure to track the origins of a mysterious army of invading female clones
