The Dessert that Changed the World
A project in Berlin, Germany by Jens000days
:
00hours
:
00minutes
Funding Successful
€8,888
current pledge level
Last Updated: July 20 @ 06:04 -0400 GMT
111%
of goal
(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
Now you can share!
Help your backers reach your daily goals and help others see how you're doing. It's easy, with Kicktraq Mini.Here are a few quick snippits of code you can use to embed your personalized widget on your website, in your blog, and even on your favorite forum.
HTML for websites & blogs
Copy HTMLBBCode for forums
Copy BBCodeReddit code for... well, Reddit
Copy Reddit CodeSpecial Note: Kickstarter recently disabled remote embedding for images on project pages, so embedding code doesn't work on project pages (yet) - just everywhere else.
You can read more about it here.
Latest News
We are fully funded! 🎉🎉🎉 Yayyyyyyyyyy 
July 16th - via: kickstarter.com
We did it, together! Thank you so much for your support. Thanks to your help we will create a 25-page, fully-illustrated graphic novel about Fanny Angelina Hesse & agar. While the campaign is still running for a few days, I wanted to give a... (Read More)
Meet the BioArtists
July 14th - via: kickstarter.com
What will make our graphic novel truly special? We will create a few panels using "agar art"! "Agar art" is a form of bioart suing agar as canvas and microbes as paint. That is, for the first time in the history of graphic novels (as far as we... (Read More)
BBC Mundo (Spanish BBC) picked up the news!
July 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Exciting news! BBC Mundo wrote about Fanny Angelina Hesse & agar. They also mentioned our graphic novel project! https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/cmmm2q7jp1mo For me this means that this story knows no border, and that our future audience is... (Read More)
We have Petri dishes. Shouldn't we have "Hesse plates"?
July 1st - via: kickstarter.com
I am thinking it might be a good idea to start a petition (on Change.org?) to plead for introducing the name "Hesse plates" as synonym for "agar plates". What are your thoughts? What do we need to make this change effective? Let me know in the... (Read More)
We have new endorsers!
June 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Huge thanks to: The Austrian Society for Molecular Biosciences & Biotech (ÖGMBT) Infect-Net (Germany) The Microbe Institute (US) for backing our project as endorsers! Endorsers are very important for us! They help us spread the news, and we... (Read More)
I have a good news and a bad news
June 27th - via: kickstarter.com
The good news first: We are about 45% funded! The bad news: We still have 55% to go. And that's a bit scary because success is not guaranteed yet. Our campaign ends in about three weeks on Saturday 20 July. You are extremely important to us as an... (Read More)
Smithsonian Magazine published a story about Fanny Angelina Hesse!
June 25th - via: kickstarter.com
I am thrilled to share this article just published on Smithsonian Magazine by yours truly! https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet-the-forgotten-woman-who-revolutionized-microbiology-with-a-simple-kitchen-staple-180984572/ In it you will find: an... (Read More)
Happy 174th birthday, Fanny Angelina!
June 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Fanny Angelina Hesse was born #OnThisDay (22 June) 174 years ago! What better way to celebrate than with microbes growing on agar? Here you see a portrait done with "agar art": one "pixel" is one colony of microbes! Left: A 1883 portrait (from... (Read More)
This one is for the nerds among you...
June 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
OK, dear nerd 😉 (⬅ nerd-to-nerd wink): Have you ever wondered why agar is so important? Did you know that it is both a blessing and a curse? I have written an in-depth feature for The Microbiologist, the blog of Applied Microbiology... (Read More)
Our project has been highlighted by the Microbiology Society (UK)!
June 21st - via: kickstarter.com
The renowned Microbiology Society in the UK has highlighted our project! You can read the very short news post here, and feel very welcome to share:... (Read More)
The list of our endorsers is growing
June 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Great news! The German microbiology society (VAAM) expressed their support. Thank you, VAAM! Societies and Institutions like the VAAM will help us making this story a success. Full list of our endorsers to this day is below: Do you know of any... (Read More)
Why almost no one remembers Fanny Angelina Hesse?
June 16th - via: kickstarter.com
“Lesser innovations and discoveries are commemorated with the name of the discoverer” said a publication from 85 years ago about Fanny Angelina Hesse [1]. So, why almost no one remembers her? Here are some possibilities: There is only two... (Read More)
We have new endorsers! (& a huge thanks to our early backers)
June 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear early backers, thank you so much for being on this journey with us. Your early support is crucial, and you are much appreciated! Just a quick notification that we have two new endorsers of our project. AMI (Applied Microbiology International)... (Read More)
If you have additional news that doesn't appear here, shoot us a link!