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    The Dirt on Viruses: Discovering the Role of Viruses in Soil

    By David Esteban, Maggie Ginoza, and Jeff Werner
    Backed by Cheri Collins, Cecil Reniche-Smith, Nikki Murdick, Kathryn Jones, Manuel Esteban, Julio Esteban, Oscar &Anna Raasveldt, Catherine Baer, Ellen Beatty, Philip Davis, and 55 other backersGretchen Renshaw, Kent Reniche, Sarah Bockweg Holt, Peter Bidwell, Michele Reniche, Catherine Allman, Craig Phelps, Allan And Patricia, Tyler Potter, Margaret Toberman, Mark Schlessman, Steve Singiser, Sarah Reusswig Olsen, Shelly Bernard Johnson, Grainne Ward, Tina Barton, Peterson-Yoons, Larry Hertz, Laura Salvati, Megg Brown, Toni Deser, Anna Licht, Shad Hill, Jeff Kosmacher, Paula, Andrea Bergly Miller, Maureen Boone McGurk, Ralph Goldstein, Bobby Cox, David M Andersen, Frank Ginoza, Pam, Michelle Glaser-Weiner, Allan Clifton, Steve Charney, Kristi Knobloch, Laura Floom Manning, Elizabeth Callaway, Jason P Schein, Felicity Hicks, Oscar Jasklowski, David Lin, Justin, WEE MING NEO, Gabby Scher, Tobias Boyd, Nathan Tauger, Bledi Hysa, Cindy Wu, Fate Syewoangnuan, Amanda Prinzo, Wythe Marschall, Gary Hohenberger, Ellen Jones, and Eric D. Walters
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    Vassar College
    Poughkeepsie, New York
    BiologyEcology
    Open Access
    DOI: 10.18258/4577
    $4,531
    Raised of $4,500 Goal
    100%
    Funded on 5/23/15
    Successfully Funded
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    Tags:

    virusfluorescencemicroscopypegylationfilterprotocolbacteriasedimentcentrifugesupernatantWinogradsky columnphotosynthesishydrogen sulfidecyanobacteriavirusesmetabolismincubationgrowth

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    DNA Sequence Data is Coming in!
    November 4, 2016
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    Time to say goodbye to Maggie!
    June 16, 2016
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    Lots and lots of viruses!
    March 3, 2016
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    Bulk Viruses
    January 13, 2016
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    Winogradsky columns are finished incubating
    January 7, 2016
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    Getting the Dirt on Viruses: Literally.
    November 4, 2015
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    THE WORK BEGINS!
    September 14, 2015
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    We're Funded!
    May 24, 2015
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    Time is running out! Help us go viral!
    May 21, 2015
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    The value of undergraduate research experiences
    May 21, 2015
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    We did an AMA!
    May 19, 2015
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    DNA Sequencing of Viral Communities: Step 2
    May 19, 2015
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