Tis the (Bahinia flowering) season. On behalf of the Bauhinia Genome team we’d like to thank you for all your generous support. We eventually raised $2,608 USD ($20,215 HKD), which makes our efforts one of the largest “community genome” projects to date. While those of you who have contributed will have recently seen an email … [Read more…]
We’ve just finished our official crowd-funding video with an all-star cast and with backing music – oh yes. Filmed on location at BGI in Tai Po Industrial Estate and at Chinese University Hong Kong it not only displays one of our local Bauhinia blakeana (on the roadside outside BGI) but you can also see the … [Read more…]
We are crowdfunding the Bauhinia genomes (3 species!) on Indiegogo and the project page launched yesterday! This ‘soft launch’ took place at BGI’s annual International Conference on Genomics (ICG10) that is currently taking place in Shenzhen during a special session on community science projects hosted by Scott Edmunds. Please do go and check out the … [Read more…]