Flooding caused by Sandy in Brooklyn, New YorkWikimedia, VicpetersIn the aftermath of the floods brought on by super storm Sandy that killed thousands of genetically engineered mice at a New York University (NYU) research center, the wider research community is rallying to help the scientists worst affected by the losses.
Once the storm had passed and it was clear that scores of important mice strains developed at NYU’s Smilow Research Center had been lost, several researchers offered to help restart colonies. Now, the crowd-funding website Microryza is hosting an effort to raise money for affected NYU researchers to “restore the research Sandy destroyed.” The site has waived all fees, so all the money raised goes straight to the researchers.
Science Exchange, an online marketplace for the sharing of experimental tools and services, has also waived its fees until the end of the year for anyone who research has been disrupted by the super storm. Groups to have already pledged to help researchers working on transgenic mice through this forum include the Mouse Biology Program at ...
