Crowdfunding science: Student raises cash online to follow a flying fox
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 10:31
in Biology & Nature
The flying fox is an adorable doe-eyed bat with a dark side it is the perfect vector for emerging infectious diseases from Asia. Susan Tsang, a PhD student in ecology and evolutionary biology at The City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center, turned to a revolutionary way to help fund her research into how this species spreads disease.