Thank you to all our donors
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
$5
The Capillary
This contribution will allow us to purchase syringes, which are necessary in the first step of the silk extraction process.
$10
The Arterioles
This contribution will allow us to purchase flasks, which are important for our experiment and growing cells.
$25
The Artery
This contribution will allow us to purchase solution with which we extract silk.
$50
The Vein
This contribution will allow us to purchase silkworm cocoons, which is the source of the silk we use.
$100
The Venules
This contribution will allow us to purchase chemical reagents, which are necessary in the silk extraction process.
$250
The Vessel
This contribution will allow us to purchase Matrigel, a gel that is necessary to aid the growth of our cells.
$500
The Aorta
This contribution will allow us to purchase cells with which we can begin biochemical testing.
$1,000
The Heart
This contribution will allow to purchase materials to create an electrospinner, which will electrospin the silk fibroin into a graft shape.