Our Crowdfunding Groups
Dear VESSEL Donors,
We are pleased to announce that we raised $5,521, which is 110% of our initial goal of $5,000. We appreciate all of your help and are very thankful for your support. Your donations will go towards good use in extending our research on silk fibroin small-diameter vascular grafts.
Here's a thank you video: http://go.umd.edu/vesselthank
Stay tuned for more updates in the coming year.
Best,
Team VESSEL
This contribution will allow us to purchase syringes, which are necessary in the first step of the silk extraction process.
This contribution will allow us to purchase flasks, which are important for our experiment and growing cells.
This contribution will allow us to purchase solution with which we extract silk.
This contribution will allow us to purchase silkworm cocoons, which is the source of the silk we use.
This contribution will allow us to purchase chemical reagents, which are necessary in the silk extraction process.
This contribution will allow us to purchase Matrigel, a gel that is necessary to aid the growth of our cells.
This contribution will allow us to purchase cells with which we can begin biochemical testing.
This contribution will allow to purchase materials to create an electrospinner, which will electrospin the silk fibroin into a graft shape.