KevinKarplus

Where are your lab coats and gloves? Why is the Bunsen burner on?

Those fuzzy sticks are cool and weird! Is the suppression of low branches on redwoods just due to light? That is, would you get branches all up and down like this on a redwood tree exposed to light for the first time (say from logging neighboring trees)? What about on a tree denuded of branches from some cause other than fire? Or is this a specific fire response?

It is good to see community college students starting research early—I hope to see some of them at UCSC in coming years!

I've made a token contribution—I wish you all well! Incidentally, I forwarded a message about the crowdfunding to compbio@soe.ucsc.edu. I'll also put a message on my blog, though I doubt that will reach anyone who'll actually donate.