Rewards news! field trips! 65% and getting closer!

First, a huge thank you for all of you backing up the volcanic earthworm genome we just reached 65%!

 

So we have decided to update the rewards and add some more exciting options.

So if you donate:

$1 (no limits) or more, we will annotate an earthworm gene together with your name in order to remind us and the scientific community of your good will towards earthworm's science!

$100 (13 of 200 backer rewards gone) or more, we will mail you a flash drive with a copy of the volcanic earthworm genome, metadata and a batch of high-resolution photos of Azorean volcanic landscapes, together with some photos of our beloved volcanic earthworm. Also includes backer rewards options above.

$500 (1 of 5 backer rewards gone) or more, your name will figure out in the Acknowledgements section of a scientific publication. Also includes backer rewards options above.

$1500 (0 of 3 backer rewards gone) join us in a field trip (Travel expenses not included) to Azores (Sao Miguel Island) where you will be able to appreciate beautiful landscapes and to find the Vworm in its natural habitat (August-September, 2017). Please contact us for details and if you have any questions. Also includes backer rewards options above.

 

$3500 (0 of 1 backer rewards gone) join us in a field trip (Travel expenses not included) to the deep Brazilian Amazon looking for earthworms (during early 2017). Please contact us for details and if you have any questions. Also includes all backer rewards options above with the exception of the Azores trip. First $3500 backer will have the option to choose between the two trips (Azores or Amazon).

 

 

$5000 (0 of 1 backer rewards gone), so you are our biggest hero, you will be invited to join us in both trips. Please contact us for details and if you have any questions. Also includes all backer rewards options above.

For trip details, message Luis via Experiment.

So, what are you waiting for! For a question of feasibility we can only offer few places for the trips.

For the trip options, we strongly advise you to discuss with us first, in particular if you have some questions. The timeline will be determined by us, according our sampling schedule.

Soon, there will be an exclusive lab note about the work we are doing in the Amazon, but I can tell you that Pontoscolex is helping us to track historical human dynamics in the rainforest.

Cheers