During the Scientific Crowdfunding campaign to sequence its genome, the Golden Mussel took over the media and became famous. Or should I say notorious?
Check more info about the plague.
Crowdfunding
Golden Mussel Genome – http://www.catarse.me/pt/genoma (Portuguese/English)
Golden Mussel Genome on youtube – http://youtu.be/1vaEUPCAEQQ (Portuguese with English and Italian subtitles)
Golden Mussel Genome Crowdfunding – http://youtu.be/YWRG6LEeClY (English)
Crowdscience
PRIMO 17th Talk https://youtu.be/Jzo8mrvruD0 (English)
Spontaneous media (English)
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/02/04/brazil-scientists-fear-invading-golden-mussel-threat-to-amazon-river/
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/31014/20150205/experts-say-golden-mussel-may-be-a-threat-to-the-amazon-river.htm
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2015/02/05/Scientists-Invading-golden-mussels-threaten-Amazon/6781423148988/
TED (English/Portuguese)
TED Blog http://blog.ted.com/2014/09/26/a-ted-fellow-wields-genes-to-protect-the-amazon/
Meet the Brazilian woman who sequenced the genome of one of the world’s most aggressive invasive species http://info.abril.com.br/noticias/ciencia/2014/07/conheca-a-brasileira-que-sequencia-o-genoma-de-uma-das-especies-invasoras-mais-agressivas-do-mundo.shtml;
TED Fellows Program https://www.ted.com/profiles/2965667/fellow
OZY http://www.ozy.com/rising-stars-and-provocateurs/marcela-uliano-da-silvas-crusade-against-the-golden-mussel/32937?utm_source=HF1&utm_medium=pp&utm_campaign=pp
Globe profile: http://oglobo.globo.com/sociedade/tedglobal-2014/biologa-quer-impedir-devastacao-do-rio-amazonas-14189415
Spontaneous media (Portuguese)
Galileu Magazine – Financing stars http://revistagalileu.globo.com/Revista/noticia/2014/04/craques-do-financiamento.html
Gol Magazine – I’m going to Galera http://www.voegol.com.br/pt-br/servicos/entretenimento-a-bordo/Documents/GOL_142_final.pdf.download.axd
Veja – Scientists pass the hat http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/ciencia/os-cientistas-passam-o-chapeu
Estado de São Paulo – Biologists vow to decipher the genome of the golden mussel
http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/vidae,biologos-fazem-vaquinha-para-decifrar-genoma-do-mexilhao-dourado,1040012,0.htm
Jornal da Ciência – Brazilian science debuts in crowdfunding http://jcnoticias.jornaldaciencia.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/JC737.pdf
O Globo – Brazilian science debuts in crowdfunding http://oglobo.globo.com/ciencia/ciencia-brasileira-estreia-no-financiamento-coletivo-8255561
Science Today – Internet ‘versus’ rattlesnake invader
http://cienciahoje.uol.com.br/noticias/2013/06/internautas-2018versus2019-invasor-cascudo
G1 – http://g1.globo.com/natureza/noticia/2013/04/cientistas-arrecadam-dinheiro-na-web-para-decifrar-dna-de-mexilhao-invasor.html
Globo News – http://globotv.globo.com/globo-news/jornal-das-dez/t/todos-os-videos/v/financiamento-coletivo-ajuda-desenvolvimento-de-projetos-no-pais/2538668/
Site Planeta Sustentável – If you want to baptize a protein or a gene, just invest in the golden mussel genome.
http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/blog/blog-da-redacao/quer-batizar-uma-proteina-ou-um-gene-e-so-investir-no-genoma-do-mexilhao-dourado/
Super Interessante magazine blog – http://super.abril.com.br/blogs/planeta/quer-batizar-uma-proteina-ou-um-gene-e-so-investir-no-genoma-do-mexilhao-dourado/
Science Communication (Portuguese)
The Open Mytilus Consortium Blog – http://www.openmytilusconsortium.org/?page_id=245
Blog Improviso científico – How many letters do you use to write a mussel genome? http://improvisocientifico.blogspot.com.br/2014/01/com-quantas-letras-actg-se-escreve-um.html
Blog You who are a biologist… http://scienceblogs.com.br/vqeb/2007/11/forca-e-igual-a-massa-vezes-a-aceleracao/; http://scienceblogs.com.br/vqeb/2013/06/ativismo-cientifico/
Scientific Articles from our group (English)
Uliano-Silva, M.; Fernandes FC ; Holanda, I. B. B.; Rebelo, M. F. 2012. Biological invasions. How invasive species threaten biodiversity: The case of the golden mussel Limnoperna fortunei and the Amazon River basin. In: Silvana Allodi; Evelise Maria Nazari. (Exploring Themes on Aquatic Toxicology. 1ed.Bombain: Kerala: Research Signpost, 2013, v. , p. 143-157.
Calazans SHC, Americo JA, Fernandes FC, Aldridge DC, Rebelo, MF. 2013. Assessment of toxicity of dissolved and micro encapsulated biocides for control of the Golden Mussel Limnoperna fortune. Marine Environmental Research 91 (2013) 104e108 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.02.012
Uliano-Silva M, Americo JA, Brindeiro R, Dondero F, Prosdocimi F, et al. (2014) Gene Discovery through Transcriptome Sequencing for the Invasive Mussel Limnoperna fortunei. PLoS ONE 9(7): e102973. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0102973 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0102973