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The Scientist's
We have two programs:
1. For start-up labs or your favorite scientist/project
2. For high school, middle and elementary school science programs and small budgeted undergraduate science programs.
How does this work?
Lab equipment and materials are not cheap. With the economy the way it is, distributors, scientists and schools, domestically and abroad, are having problems funding their warehouses, research and classrooms. This is where you come in. You can directly make a donation of a micro-grant towards equipment WISHED for by a scientist and his/her research group or a science teacher/program and have it shipped to them directly.
This allows you to donate to your favorite research field or help a floundering science program that is facing steep cuts because of the economy. All donations will be 100% appropriated to your program of choice and are 100% auditable.
Purchasing donations can work in two ways. You can either outright purchase equipment and supplies needed or you can donate toward a purchase. For each product that reaches its purchase goal, shipping will paid for by sBench and delivered the next day.
So, come and help us:
Change Science With $1.00, $5.00 or even 10 cents.
Why do this?
Unfortunately the answer is simple: science does not have enough money. As a result, getting funding, going into research and even maintaining a position has become more and more competitive. In some ways, we can argue that this leads to a Darwinian approach to technological development, but at the same time it curtails creativity and the realization of ideas.
Many of us here at sBench were, are and know those scientists. We have faced the fact that even if we have the money to do our research, we are some of the most underpaid people out there. While we are not driven by our pockets, the reality of the starving, both experimental (and even more so) theoretical, scientist stands true. So, join us in taking a stand and help make SCIENCE sustainable.
Micro-grants that change society
The Scientists
SANA'A UNIVERSITY
Biology Department
(Sana'a, Yemen)
Established in 1970, the University is home to the first Faculty of Science and Arts in Yemen (est. 1974). Approximately 100-120 students are accepted each year, 75% of which are female students. The undergraduate and newly founded Masters programs require all students to complete a graduation research project; however due to lack of state funding, students are forced to undertake very basic projects that do not require equipment or analytical software.
Ion channels in nervous, muscular and cardiac disorders
(Nice, France)
Led by Saïd Bendahhou, the group seeks to characterize naturally-occurring mutations in ion channels that lead to periodic paralysis, myotonia, paramyotonia congenita, and Andersens syndrome.
NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY
(Tekirdag, Turkey)
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AL-AZHAR UNIVERSITY
(Cairo, Egypt)
Led by Saïd Bendahhou, the group seeks to characterize naturally-occurring mutations in ion channels that lead to periodic paralysis, myotonia, paramyotonia congenita, and namely Andersens syndrome.
Andersens Syndrome (AS) is a rare autosomal disorder, linked to the KCNJ2 gene that encodes for the strong inward rectifier K+ channel Kir2.1. Over 30 mutations have been identified on the KCNJ2 gene, which have been shown to lead to a loss of function of the channels activity. Our research looks at the molecular mechanism by which these channels become not functional and to look at how the these mutations affect normal cell function in skeletal muscle tissues.
http://www.unice.fr/MasterSVS/tianp/tianp-gb/php/group_bendahhou.php
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Patch Clamp Rig: Port-a-Patch® recording station
http://www.nanion.de/content/products/npc1/portapatch.php
Price € 50,000, $62,485
Donated: $0.00
Port-a-Patch® External Perfusion System with
laminar flow chamber
http://www.nanion.de/content/products/npc1/perfusion.php
Price € 3.500, $4,373.95
Port-a-Patch® Internal Perfusion System
http://www.nanion.de/content/products/npc1/internalperfusion.php
Nanion Vesicle Prep Pro
http://www.nanion.de/content/products/vesicle/vesicle.php
Price € 4.400, $5,498.68
Port-a-Patch® Temperature Control
http://www.nanion.de/content/products/npc1/tempcontrol.php
Price € 3.000 $3,749.10
Port-a-Patch® Microscope Slide for simultaneous
fluorescence measurements
Price € 5, $6.25
HEKA EPC-10 Plus
http://www.heka.com/physio/equipment/amplifiers/epc10usbdt.html
Price Included w/ recording station
PatchMaster Software
http://www.heka.com/physio/acquisition/patchmaster.html
(Yemen)
Established in 1971, Sana'a University is drivien by three guiding principles that is upheld in all of its faculties and departments: 1- Teaching 2- Research and 3- Social Services to its local communities.
The first faculty in Yemen was Faculty of Science and Art. The current Biology department consists of 3 divisions - Plant, Zoology and Microbiology - that are mainly committed to undergraduate studies. The majority of the students are mainly from Yemen and some other countries like Egypt and Iraq.
Approximately100-120 students are accepted each year, 75% of which are female students. Upon finishing their second year, the students are divided into the 3 divisions. Undergraduates must complete a 2 credit graduation research project. This is mainly composed of 1-2 simple experiments; however, due to the lack of facilities, students are grouped with 4-5 individuals to share the costs of reagents and experiment materials.
We also try to collaborate with other departments and faculties as well as hospitals, governmental institutions and sometimes private institutions for implementation of these experiments. These collaborations fill the financial gaps existing in most of our departments.
During the last 5 years we began accepting 5-7 master students from our best graduates. The Masters program requires the students to finish 8-10 course before starting their thesis research. Those students usually follow one path in their research topic from on of the 3 divisions. For example, in Microbiology, a student's masters research would involve the characterization of microorganisms (they differs only in the type of microorganism under investigation). In Zoology, they usually focus on anatomy and staining; whereas, in the Plant division, most of our projects are concerning in phenotypic flora and other plant natural population assessment and evaluation for either land restoration, conservation atc. On the other hand, the chemistry and physics departments are less interested in providing a Masters degree, because they require more materials and equipments.
Research topics are directed by the financial capacity and not by the necessity for either the students or development of research.
There are several companies in Yemen providing small amount of funding to some of the graduate students, but this is not available for all of us as funding is determined by the companies' strategies. Unfortunately, the Faculty of Science is the worst. As it is the oldest faculty located in the old campus of Sana'a University, the faculty has never been renewed or supported with new infrastructures. Moreover, it is far from new campus where the Agriculture and Medicine faculties are located, so sharing facilities is very difficult. Even when we talk about Molecular Genetics and modern Biotechnology, those well equipped faculties have nothing to do for us as this field of Science is almost new for Yemen.
That is why we are asking for your help.By helping us invest in our research and academic programs at the Faculty of Science, you can help us empower not just our students and the Yemeni scientific community, but that of our people and our greater community.
We thank you very much.
Dr. Adnan Al-Asbahi
Assistant Professor, Plant Biology
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Urgent:
Perkin Elmer 480 Thermacycler or similar (PCR machine) -- SENT, 100% sBench donation!! (18.05.10)
Price $569.00
Donated: $569.00
Status: At Customs in Sana'a Airport (24.05.10)
Omega Magnetic Motorless Stirrer, PHS-11
Price $98.00
Eppendorf 5430R Centrifuge, includes 30 x 1.5/ 2.0 ml aerosol-tight fixed-angle rotor (FA-45-30-11), 230 V/60 Hz
Price $4,300.00
Eppendorf 5810R Centrifuge, Centrifuge 5810 R, refrigerated, with 4 x 250 ml swing-bucket rotor, 230 V/60 Hz
Price $10,5000.00
Denver Instrument UltraBasic pH Benchtop Meter, 230 V/60 Hz
Price $458.00
Bio-Rad SmartSpec Plus Spectrophotometer, 90-260 V, UV/visible benchtop spectrophotometer, wavelength range 200-800 nm
Price $5,471.00
Eppendorf epResearch Plus Pipette 6-pack, includes 2.5, 10, 20, 100, 200 and 1000 µl volume pipettes, 1 full rack of Eppendorf pipette tips for each pipette volume, 1 carousel stand
Price $1,974.00
Bio-Rad Molecular Imager Gel Doc XR+ System,UV Camera for Gel Imaging, For PC or Mac, includes darkroom, UV transilluminator, epi-white illumination, camera, cables, Image Lab software
Price $12,500.00
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Torbal Precision Advanced Max 500g Analytical Scale, AGC500
Price $1,198.00
Torbal Precision Advanced Plus Max 200g Analytical Scale, AGCN200
Price $1,396.00
Compact 40 Benchtop Priorclave Autoclave,
Priorclave PS/MID/C40
Price $8,993.47
Nanodrop 2000c Spectrophotometer, Dual-mode UV-Vis Spectrophotometer with Micro-Volume AND
Cuvette Capability for Nucleic Acid (DNA/RNA) and Protein Quantitation
Price $8,000.00
Lab-Line* AquaBath* Water Bath, 2L; Analog; 230V
Price $750.00
VWR Signature™ Digital Vortex Mixer, 230V, 50/60Hz, 75W
Price $462.00
New Brunswick Excella E5 Shaker, Accommodates an 18" x 18" accessory platform for flasks up to 6 liters
Price $3,151.50
Bio-Rad Wide Mini-Sub Cell GT System, Agarose gel electrophoresis cell and ultracompact power supply, includes 15- and 20-well combs, 15 x 10 cm UV-transparent tray; education use only
Price $824.00
Bio-Rad GelAir Drying System, 220 V, 50 Hz, for polyacrylamide and agarose gels, includes dryer, frames, clamps, assembly table, cellophane supports, gel-drying solution; education use only
Price $1,375.00
New Brunswick Galaxy 170 R Series CO2 Cell Incubator, Six-sided direct heat full-size CO2 Incubator, Capacity: 6.0 cu. ft. / 170 liters
Price $8,900.00
Nikon E100 Microscope, Small-footprint microscope delivering superb optics and ergonomics.
Price $1,893.00
Millipore Milli-Q A10 Advantage, ultrapure water purification system
Price $6,371.06
Nuaire S121 Cleanroom Workstation, Horizontal laminar flow cabinet
Price $3,275.00
Eppendorf Mastercycler ep Realplex, Real time thermal cycler
Price $18,275.00
Missonix S4000 Ultra-Sonicator,
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Price $4,475.00
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(Turkey)
Established in 2006, NKU is located in Tekirdag, Turkey. Focusing on agricultural and mechanical engineering, NKU fosters scientific education and research in rural northwestern Turkey.
http://www.nkuen.nku.edu.tr/
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Soon
Al-Azhar University
Founded in 970 A.D., Al-Azhar is the world's second oldest degree granting university in the world.
In 2009, Al-Azhar officially established a new Marine Biology Department out of its former branch in Zoology. The institute is in need of scientific equipment for teaching and research facilities.
http://www.azhar.edu.eg/
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Donations to Date
May 18 2010:
Perkin Elmer 480 Thermacycler (PCR Machine)
Donated to:
Biology Department, Faculty of Science
Sana'a University
Condition: Excellent
Cost: $300 Thermacycler, $269 Shipping
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