{"model":{"id":1450,"update_text":"Dear fossil fans,

First and foremost – a HUGE thank you to the 17 generous backers who have pledged thus far. I never thought that I would reach almost 50% of my funding goal in less than one week!

The momentum my project has had this weeks makes me hopeful that I will be able to reach – even surpass – my goal. This project will provide valuable insight into major patterns of plant fossils through time, and any additional funds would allow me to expand the scope of the project to better match the scope of the fossil record!

I have not yet had the chance to take photographs of the other fossil locality that I will be using to compare with the results of these experiments. I promise to take some this week to share with you.

I’m currently busy revising a paper that summarizes the common modes of plant preservation that will be published this fall as part of the Paleontological Society’s short course at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Once I complete the revisions, I'll head to the Yale Peabody Museum Paleobotany Division with my camera!

All the best,
Emma","title":"Lab Note #2: Thank you! ","backers_only":false,"published_at":"2014-05-31T08:02:09.000-07:00","view_count":24,"publish_on":null,"url":"https://experiment.com/u/o4UZg","image":null,"project_title":"Leaves in stone: does decay control the fossil record?","project_link":"https://experiment.com/projects/leaves-in-stone-does-decay-control-the-fossil-record","project_id":"leaves-in-stone-does-decay-control-the-fossil-record","user_id":13326,"likes":1,"comments":1,"save_url":"/updates/save","editor":"redactor","citations":[],"new_record":false,"is_published":true,"is_draft":false,"save_path":"/updates/save","file_attachments":[],"tags":[],"text_to_be_jsonified_for_read":"Dear fossil fans,

First and foremost – a HUGE thank you to the 17 generous backers who have pledged thus far. I never thought that I would reach almost 50% of my funding goal in less than one week!

The momentum my project has had this weeks makes me hopeful that I will be able to reach – even surpass – my goal. This project will provide valuable insight into major patterns of plant fossils through time, and any additional funds would allow me to expand the scope of the project to better match the scope of the fossil record!

I have not yet had the chance to take photographs of the other fossil locality that I will be using to compare with the results of these experiments. I promise to take some this week to share with you.

I’m currently busy revising a paper that summarizes the common modes of plant preservation that will be published this fall as part of the Paleontological Society’s short course at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Once I complete the revisions, I'll head to the Yale Peabody Museum Paleobotany Division with my camera!

All the best,
Emma","project_milestones":[],"completed_milestones":[],"edit_milestones_path":"/projects/leaves-in-stone-does-decay-control-the-fossil-record/wizard#milestone","base_path":"/projects/leaves-in-stone-does-decay-control-the-fossil-record/updates/o4UZg","class_name":"Update","json_for_read":null,"json_for_write":null,"slate_flag":false,"text_to_be_jsonified_for_write":"Dear fossil fans,

First and foremost – a HUGE thank you to the 17 generous backers who have pledged thus far. I never thought that I would reach almost 50% of my funding goal in less than one week!

The momentum my project has had this weeks makes me hopeful that I will be able to reach – even surpass – my goal. This project will provide valuable insight into major patterns of plant fossils through time, and any additional funds would allow me to expand the scope of the project to better match the scope of the fossil record!

I have not yet had the chance to take photographs of the other fossil locality that I will be using to compare with the results of these experiments. I promise to take some this week to share with you.

I’m currently busy revising a paper that summarizes the common modes of plant preservation that will be published this fall as part of the Paleontological Society’s short course at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Once I complete the revisions, I'll head to the Yale Peabody Museum Paleobotany Division with my camera!

All the best,
Emma","private":false}}