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Glow Worms to Glasgow

$16,099

107%

Raised toward our $15,000 Goal
223 Donors

Project has ended

Project ended on February 10, at 09:00 AM CST

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$25

Embryo

Donate $25 and we’ll name an injected worm after you! We inject DNA into worms to get CRISPR edits. Maybe your worm will generate our next glow worm!

Contribute $25

$50

L1 larva

Donate $50 and receive a quarterly Glow Worms e-mail update with our latest CRISPR knock-in tips and gene targets in progress!

Contribute $50

$100

L2 larva

Donate $100 and receive a social media shoutout for you or your lab!

Contribute $100

$250

L3 larva

Donate $250 and you can choose the name of a piece of Glow Worms lab equipment for the 2023 cohort year! For example, our PCR machines in 2022 were named "Grandpa", "Dumpy", "Extravagance", and "George". :)

Contribute $250

$500

L4 larva

Donate $500 and you or your lab will be acknowledged as donors on our posters presented at the International Worm Meeting in Glasgow!

Contribute $500

$1,000

Glow worm

Donate $1000 and you or your lab will be listed as a donor on The University of Texas, Freshman Research Initiative, Glow Worms website (new site launching in January)!

Contribute $1,000