Dr Ian Lipkin's $1.27m gut microbiome study - crowdfunding campaign - news and updates

[Bob]

We have a new crowdfunding total

To date we have raised $49,241 from 320 donations.

We received a generous $150 gift today from a donor in Sweden.

Thank you to everyone for your kind and generous support.

 

[Bob]

For our new followers: we thought you might like the Who, What, Why, When of our campaign in one compact post!

Who: A patient-led crowdfunding project to support Dr. Ian Lipkin.
“The World’s Most Celebrated Virus hunter”, “A Man From Whom Viruses Can’t Hide".
At the Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York.

What: We are aiming to crowdfund $1.27m for Dr Lipkin to study the gut microbiome of ME/CFS patients.

Why: Dr Lipkin has found evidence for immune dysregulation in ME/CFS patients and believes that an infectious agent is causing the dysregulation. He believes the answer may lie in the gut microbiome, and is eager to study it. Dr Lipkin's research funding application was rejected by the NIH, so we have started this patient-led crowdfunding project to support Dr Lipkin's research. The ME/CFS patient community has a chance to have a world-renowned scientist dedicate his team to our illness. Let's grab that chance!

When: We have a target date of 31st Dec 2014

How: Please visit out website for details of how to donate:
http://www.microbediscovery.org/

Or donate directly here:
www.bit.ly/DonateToLipkin

 

[Bob]

More about the man himself? Of late, Dr. Lipkin has been investigating the SARS-like MERS Coronavirus identified in 2012 which causes acute respiratory illness, shortness of breath and in severe cases kidney failure. The virus is related to the SARS virus and the common cold; most of the reported infections have come from countries in the Middle East. Click on this story for a taste of the kinds of viruses that Dr. Lipkin is accustomed to investigating.

https://www.facebook.com/microbediscovery/posts/648571321878572?stream_ref=10

 

[Bob]

We now have a Dutch version of our website:
www.microbediscovery.org/nl

The language can be changed by clicking on the appropriate language in the top-right hand corner of the website.

 

[Bob]

Great news everyone!

You have now kindly donated a total of:

$50,000

Many many thanks to everyone for all your support!

 

[Nielk]

Fantastic!!

 

[Bob]

We have now passed $50,000. We'll get the exact update later today.
We wanted to share the good news before we had the exact figure.
Thanks again to everyone for all of your kind and vital support.

 

[Sasha]

Excellent news!



And a reminder that it's a new month so a new donation for me to make...

 

[Bob]

The latest crowdfunding total.

To date we have raised:

$50,274 from 333 donations.

Many thanks to everyone for your support & generosity.

This is a huge community project.

Please visit our website:
http://www.microbediscovery.org/

To donate directly, please use this link:
www.bit.ly/DonateToLipkin

We're also on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/microbediscovery

And Twitter:
https://twitter.com/MicrobeProject

 

[acer2000]

I noticed that there is a disclaimer about a delay regarding the total. How long is the delay realistically for donations sent via the web site? I ask because my family donated an amount on my behalf that should have moved the total more than it did this past update?

 

[Bob]

I noticed that there is a disclaimer about a delay regarding the total. How long is the delay realistically for donations sent via the web site? I ask because my family donated an amount on my behalf that should have moved the total more than it did this past update?

Hi acer, many thanks to you and your family for making a donation.
Could you please pass on our thanks to your family?

Our understanding is that donations usually take a day to clear.
And then there might also be another slight delay before the team receive the latest update, and post it online.

Bob is going to post the latest update in the next post.

 

[Bob]

Here is our latest crowdfunding update.

As of today, the total raised is:

$54,800 from 340 donations.

Thank you so very, very much to all our kind supporters and generous donors for getting us to this point.
Please continue spreading the word to your friends and family.
We can make major inroads into the appalling state of biomedical research for ME/CFS with this community project.

Thank you again to everyone.

 

[Bob]

Latest crowdfunding update.

The total is:

$55,008 from 342 donations.

Crowdfunding for Dr Lipkin to study ME/CFS.

www.microbediscovery.org/

 

[Bob]

New crowdfunding total.

Total raised is:

$55,232 from 346 donations.

Thanku everyone for all yr continued support.

Every donation counts.

www.microbediscovery.org/

 

[Bob]

New crowdfunding total.

As of today, the total raised is:

$55,264 from 348 donations.

Thank you so much to everyone who supports and follows the progress of this project.

Your generous support means that Dr Lipkin is closer to studying the gut microbiome of ME/CFS patients.

http://www.microbediscovery.org

 

[Sasha]

And what better way to celebrate International ME Awareness Day than by making a contribution to this fabulous piece of research?

Just donated and noticed something helpful - if you double-click in any of the fields (such as your name, address, etc.) you may find that your computer provides the answer you put in last time (except for your credit card details, understandably).

Let's throw some money at this thing, folks!

 

[rosie26]

Donated $20 for us all x

 

[Bob]

We've had quite a lot going on over the past few days, and we haven't been able to keep this thread up to date, because we've been so busy (and we could do with some extra volunteers... hint.)

We hope to update the thread soon, but in the mean time, if anyone would like to catch up with recent events, please visit our Facebook page, and/or our Twitter stream.

 

[Bob]

New crowdfunding total.

As of today, the total raised is:

$56,739 from 357 donations.

That's a very generous increase of $1475 from yesterday!


So far, we have had donations from 20 countries and 33 US states.

So this is a huge international community crowdfunding project!

Thank you everyone for your kind support for this project.


Find out more about the project, and follow us, here:

http://www.microbediscovery.org/

https://www.facebook.com/microbediscovery

https://twitter.com/MicrobeProject

Donate:
www.bit.ly/DonateToDrLipkin

 

[geraldt52]

"So far, we have had donations from 20 countries and 33 US states"

Don't make the team post the names of the 17 states that haven't contributed anything yet!