PLEASE STANDBY...

Wait a minute...

Are you sure you want to skip setting up credit card payments?

Without it, your fundraising potential is limited.

SKIP FOR NOW

Setup a PayPal Business Account

Make it awesome...

Your title says a lot...state your
cause or goal clearly!

/35

We recommend your title contains 10 to 35 characters

We suggest a single sentence about your campaign with 35 character max. Speak to your audience.

Make it awesome...

#StandOut

The campaign title displays in all e-mails and posts about your campaign...make it resonate with potential contributors.

Plumfund organizers who thoughtfully present their story, experience much higher contribution rates.

SKIP FOR NOW

Campaign Updated!

Great work...you are on your way to to being a professional fundraiser!

Make it awesome...

An image is worth 1000 contributions...

We recommend your title contains 10 to 35 characters

Images should be at least 850x550 and 100KB in size. Please only use images that you have the rights to.

Make it awesome...

#Worth1000Words

A compelling photo really grabs potential contributors.

Plumfund campaigns with a clear photo of the goal or beneficary get higher contribution rates.

SKIP FOR NOW

Campaign Updated!

Great work...you are on your way to to being a professional fundraiser!

Make it awesome...

Write a thoughtful message.

/500

We recommend your title contains 10 to 35 characters

We suggest at least three sentences about your campaign, with 500 characters max. Speak to your audience.

Make it awesome...

#TellYourStory

A clearly written message really grabs your audience.

Plumfund campaigns that tell a compelling story experience much higher contribution rates.

SKIP FOR NOW

Campaign Updated!

Great work...you are on your way to a successful campaign!

Invite Supporters...

Invite 10 of your most influential contacts to jump-start your campaign (separated by commas)

Invite Supporters...

#Important

Wait...this is seriously important...

Invite 10 of your most influential contacts to jump-start your campaign.

SKIP FOR NOW

Invites Sent

SEE A PREVIEW OF THE EMAIL

Share On Facebook

DNA Lab Equipment Fund
PLUMFUND.COM

Share On Facebook

#RecipeForSuccess

Sharing on Facebook is a great way to jump-start your campaign. It appeals to friends and family, and they can share with their networks, which in turn can help your campaign go "viral."

Trust us...you should do it!

SKIP FOR NOW

Shared to your
Facebook Friends!

Smart move...keep sharing this out to your Facebook network with updates and progress.

Share the link...

#GoTime

Great...now its time to share it with the world!

Use this link to paste into e-mails or share on social networks anywhere!

You can also print out a poster of your campaign:

Close

This plumfund is closed.
Make Your Own!

A project fund forCitizen Mycology

$1,872 given of $4,552 goal

DNA Lab Equipment Fund

Started by: Amanda Schabdach

11 shares

  • Website
    Post Campaign to a Blog/Website

This campaign exists to fund all aspects of the DNA prep work for interesting specimens we collect in the Nantahala Rainforest. This includes all equipment, tools, and chemical reagents necessary to extract and purify the DNA from fungal samples. Purchase any item from our wish list to donate to our citizen mycology laboratory directly! Our greatest hope is this campaign will give us molecular biology capabilities. This project is being run by a fully qualified female citizen scientist with a Masters in Biochemistry alongside her partner, a field mycologist and macroscopic identification wizard.

Wishlist

Set of 4 Pipettors

For moving tiny amounts of liquids with accuracy and precision. The 4 that we need are included in the full price.

$1,079.00

completed

Pipettor Stand

Stand to hold multiple pipettors, so that the tips remain free from contamination

$35.00

1 left

PCR Tubes

Tubes that go into the thermal cycler, in which the DNA polymerase reaction is preformed

$159.00

1 left

Thermal Cycler

Machine that allows the PCR reaction to run, which makes thousands of copies of ("amplifies") the DNA

$620.00

1 left

Gel Electrophoresis Platform

Allows us to check that the reactions worked before we send the samples away for sequencing

$100.00

completed

High-Performance UV Transilluminator

For illuminating the results of the gel

$699.00

1 left

Plastic tube racks

Racks to hold many plastic tubes

$12.00

2 left

Case of Nitrile Gloves

Gloves for sterile lab work

$250.00

1 left

Rotating Plate Shaker

Keeps the liquid moving so that the mixture is uniform, allows any reactions to proceed overnight if necessary

$195.00

1 left

Heat Block

Used as an analog method of heating tubes or holding them at temperature

$120.00

1 left

Ice Bucket

If many wells are necessary, the ice bucket will help to slow the reaction so all wells may proceed with uniformity

$30.00

1 left

Thermometer

To measure temperature of the heating block

$22.00

completed

Plastic Pestles

Pack of 100 plastic pestles for grinding

$72.00

1 left

Sodium hydroxide

Ingredient in master mix and buffers

$19.00

completed

Potassium Chloride

Buffer component

$21.00

completed

Tris buffer

Concentrated buffer base

$27.00

1 left

Bovine serum albumin, lyophilized powder, pro

For stabilizing the DNA in solution

$58.00

1 left

Lab Grade Glycerin

$32.00

1 left

Agarose

The material mixed with water is used to construct a gel (agarose gel)

$38.00

4 left

SYBR™ Safe DNA Gel Stain

For staining DNA in the gel

$116.00

completed

Ultra high purity water

$65.00

1 left

TAQ Polymerase

For the polymerase chain reaction in the thermo cycler (1,000 reactions)

$393.00

completed

dNTP Mix

Blank DNA, singular nucleotides combined in a mix

$152.00

1 left

General Contribution

Help with your contribution!

$10.00

9 left

12 Supporters

  • First Last (Not First? Sign Out)

  • Dee McGuire3 years ago This is a very interesting study. I have sent my check in.
  • Martha Penn3 years ago Love you Mandie - from GMom!
  • Mary Schabdach3 years ago
  • Jayden grahlman3 years ago Blessings of abundance my friends!!
  • Vince3 years ago
  • Ryan Paul Gates3 years ago
  • Anonymous3 years ago Yo, like, umm....I love you!
  • Farrah Ashlee Hibler3 years ago How exciting! Good luck!
  • Rebekka3 years ago
  • Carol Stodola3 years ago
  • Show 2 more supporters

Latest Update

We made it past 50% of our goal!! Amazing progress, we are grateful

Posted by Amanda

April 30 at 1:44am

First Last (Not First? Sign Out)