microbe talk: february 2014

posted on february 19, 2014   by benjamin thompson

this month, we spoke to dr lee stanish, a research associate from the university of colorado in boulder

 

lee is using crowdfunding – an internet-based donation system – to fund her latest project, which will investigate whether microbes can be used to trace methane contamination from natural gas ‘fracking’ in well water.

we talked to lee about the project, her experiences with crowdfunding and her thoughts on its future as a funding stream.

show links:

• lee stanish’s project on experiment.com (nb, the society does not endorse this project).
• information on the scifund challenge.

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