A New Way to Fund Science
Welcome! pubfund.science is a way to get scientists and the public more engaged with each other about doing science. Our goal is to fill funding gaps created by the long-term decline in federal support for scientific research. Instead of filing updates with the government, pubfund scientists report to their backers in easy-to-understand follow-up videos about the research being conducted. Check out some of our projects below!
Dr. Bishé sampling algae with an 8th grade class.
Citizen Science Project: Bio-prospecting
We're researching a way to make it easier to find interesting and useful cyanobacteria to do genetics on. We've sourced several strains locally, and we'd love to get the chance to
Algae growth domes on the Martian surface (theoretical)
Project: Engineering Algae for Mars
Algae are excellent at converting carbon dioxide to clean oxygen, which could be useful on Mars, where carbon dioxide makes up 95% of the atmosphere! However, we need to study the adaptations they'll need to allow them to thrive.
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Water. One of my own personal favorite photos.
Mars Research Blog
This is the blog of the pubfund founder, Dr. Bryan Bishé. In it, he talks about the science he's interested in and why it's significant, what it's like to be a scientist, and where we're headed. With a liberal helping of science fiction references, he tries to contextualize modern science.