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Reply to:Maria ChavezMaria Chavez
Thank you for your lovely note. The whole process was a big learning experience for everyone involved. Our partners at the University of Washington deserve a lot of credit for their persistence. We tried to document the hurdles they encountered as best we could so that all of the project's backer...more
Sep 06, 2017
Project: Sequencing the Black Rhinoceros Genome
Reply to:anil prasaianil prasai
Anil, we will send you a message containing a way to contact Dr. Murry. Additionally, we'll provide you with links to some of the other projects studying the genetic diversity of rhinos.
Mar 14, 2017
Project: Sequencing the Black Rhinoceros Genome
Reply to:Ina C. DavisIna C. Davis
Ina, thank you for your thoughts. We remain optimistic that the project will produce a genomic map of a black rhino, it just won't be from Ntombi the Rhino. We will continue to keep you, and the project's other backers, informed about how things are progressing. Stay tuned!
Mar 14, 2017
Project: Sequencing the Black Rhinoceros Genome
Reply to:Ina C. DavisIna C. Davis
Ina, Thank you for your thoughts. We remain optimistic that the project will produce a genomic map of a black rhino, it just won't be from Ntombi the Rhino. We will continue to keep you, and the project's other backers, informed about how things are progressing. Stay tuned!
Mar 14, 2017
Project: Sequencing the Black Rhinoceros Genome
Reply to:Maria ChavezMaria Chavez
Thank you for your comment and concern. In the past, we've encouraged supporters to write to South Africa's Minister of Environmental Affairs. However, the University of Washington has recently informed us that the bottleneck now involves the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. We'll issue a new lab ...more
Aug 31, 2016
Project: Sequencing the Black Rhinoceros Genome
Reply to:Michael RobinsonMichael Robinson
If you read the petition, it isn't FOR or AGAINST the Black Rhino Genome Project. Rather, it simply asks that South Africa's Department of Environmental Affairs have its conservation experts make a ruling on the Project's export permit. Thus, even if you're AGAINST the Project for whatever false ...more
Jul 06, 2016
Project: Sequencing the Black Rhinoceros Genome
To be clear: The Black Rhino Genome Project is materially no different than the Genome 10K Project (https://genome10k.soe.ucsc.edu/) or the Broad Institute's sequencing of a southern white rhino (http://www.broadinstitute.org/software/allpaths-lg/blog/?p=386). To oppose one of these conservation ...more
Jul 06, 2016
Project: Sequencing the Black Rhinoceros Genome
Reply to:Michael RobinsonMichael Robinson
To be clear: The Black Rhino Genome Project is materially no different than the Genome 10K Project (https://genome10k.soe.ucsc.edu/) or the Broad Institute's sequencing of a southern white rhino (http://www.broadinstitute.org/software/allpaths-lg/blog/?p=386). To oppose one of these conservation ...more
Jul 06, 2016
Project: Sequencing the Black Rhinoceros Genome
Reply to:Martin CrawfordMartin Crawford
You might have read about one of the subspecies of black rhinoceros, the western black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis longipes). Ntombi is a south-central black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis minor). There are an estimated 2,000 south-central black rhinoceroses left in the wild. We still owe you a mo...more
Jun 22, 2016
Project: Sequencing the Black Rhinoceros Genome