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Gila monster genomics: conservation, venom, and treatments for Type-II diabetes

By Melissa Wilson, Dale DeNardo, Shawn Rupp, Kimberly Olney, George A Brusch IV, Tim Webster, Pooja Narang, Sarah Brotman, Daniel Cotter, Ephrance Peninah Kalungi, and Valeria Valverde-Vesling
Backed by Ty Park, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park, Kirk Michael Maxey, Michael Cardwell, Mark Seward, Manuel Ares, Jr., Joshua Drew, Chad Harland, Christine Kovach, Roy Toft, and 151 other backers
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
BiologyMedicine
DOI: 10.18258/6717
Grant: Animal Superpower Challenge
$10,101
Raised of $8,685 Goal
116%
Funded on 4/30/16
Successfully Funded
  • $10,101
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  • 116%
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Thank you Crowdfunders!
May 19, 2021
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Gila monster genome featured on Arizona PBS
February 28, 2019
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Making a genome
May 11, 2018
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Gila monster on Nat Geo
February 16, 2017
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Arizona's Adorable Monster featured at the Atlantic
January 30, 2017
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Collecting blood
October 30, 2016
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Meet the monsters
September 27, 2016
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First steps
May 2, 2016
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Gila monster genome on Arizona 3TV
April 23, 2016
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Monster genome
April 20, 2016
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RNA versus DNA
April 15, 2016
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Thank you!
April 14, 2016
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Why crowd-funding?
April 10, 2016
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Why don't we already have a Gila genome?
April 8, 2016
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Gila monster sex chromosomes
April 1, 2016
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