This fundraising page goes to show that even if you work for the real-life equivalent of a Magic School Bus, flying across the country is still not a simple task. My name is Li Murphy and I am working with the Cell Motion BioBus this summer as a public service intern. It's a nonprofit mobile laboratory and I'm their only intern this summer. The mobile laboratory is a veggie oil powered, converted 1974 city transit bus. It is completely carbon neutral and all of its $200,000 worth of donated microscopes run on electricity from its on-board solar panels and wind turbine.

I am a nuisance to everyone around me because I can't stop gushing about how I'm living my wildest second-grade dream of riding a real-life Magic School Bus this summer. My bosses are full of entrepreneurial spirit and enthusiasm and they are founding members of the Mobile Lab Coalition. The MLC Annual Conference is in Seattle, and they've secured me a registration last minute, and I consider it a huge honor and an awesome privilege.

 I'm raising funds for a ticket to the conference on my own. I've been working on projects that will eventually be incorporated in to the BioBus strategic plan and the conference would be the ultimate opportunity for peer discussion. In addition, two of my coworkers will be giving lectures, and in an organization with three full-time staff members, I feel a great sense of pride, loyalty, and an impulse to support them as much as possible. It would give me chances to meet other mobile scientists, in addition to providing a "company" travel bonding experienc. All food expenses and travel are covered already, but I need to raise money for my ticket.

Please pass this on if you have thoughts about people who might give a dollar, ten dollars, anything in the name of renegade research. https://fundly.com/seattleorbiobust. (pronounced "fund -li," it's so meant to be.) It would be such a w'intern (intern win) if I could actually go. Thank you for your consideration!

The conference will occur in Seattle, WA, June 24th-June 28th. The website for the Mobile Lab Coalition is here.

   A group of mobile scientists will be driving their ideas (and in some cases their entire labs) up to Seattle this week to talk about their innovative ways to peel-out, wheels skidding, away from the ivory tower and continue to research. These scientists are renovating old transit buses and putting labs on lorries, and they have an annual conference this week!

    Mad scientists in moving labs. Real Magic School Buses in motion! With science budgets being cut in schools left and right, teams of researchers with a mission have decided to come together and talk about the mobile laboratory movement. I was lucky enough to get an invite to this meeting as an intern for the Cell Motion BioBus. It's a non-profit roving laboratory based out of the Bronx in New York City. 

     I have to cover the cost of the trip myself.  My goal as an intern this summer is to try and convey my experience, that this incredible and alternative approach to scientific education is something to support, and I think this conference offers a unique opportunity to get to know some cutting-edge renegade researchers.  I believe the mobile laboratory movement promotes: 1. Community access to research-grade equipment. 2. Productive one-on-one outreach opportunities for scientific industries and institutions. 3. Fulfillment of childhood dreams to ride the Magic School Bus for real.

    I think that this conference is great opportunity, and I'd greatly appreciate your thought$!

   A group of mobile scientists will be driving their ideas (and in some cases their entire labs) up to Seattle this week to talk about peeling-out, wheels skidding, away from the ivory tower. These scientists are renovating old transit buses and putting labs on lorries, making science mobile, and they have an annual conference this week. I hope to be there to make a movie.

    Mad scientists in moving labs. Real Magic School Buses in motion! With science budgets being cut in schools left and right, teams of researchers with a mission have decided to come together and talk about the mobile laboratory movement. I was lucky enough to get an invite to this meeting as an intern for the Cell Motion BioBus. It's a non-profit roving laboratory based out of the Bronx in New York City.

     I have to cover the cost of the trip myself.  My goal as an intern this summer is to try and convey my experience, that this incredible and alternative approach to scientific education is something to support, and I think this conference offers a unique opportunity to get to know some cutting-edge renegade researchers.  I believe the mobile laboratory movement promotes: 1. Community access to research-grade equipment. 2. Productive one-on-one outreach opportunities for scientific industries and institutions. 3. Fulfillment of childhood dreams to ride the Magic School Bus for real.

    I think that this conference is great opportunity and the makings of a great movie, and I'd greatly appreciate your thought$!

Just $150 to go before this campaign is complete! I'm so in awe and full of crazy warm fuzzies from the friends, family, and kind anonymous donors who have made that little red bar expand at such a rapid pace. Thank you to all who have already made these last couple of days so very uplifting and exciting for me. I am so appreciative of the support, and I really hope to make the most of this conference!

   A group of mobile scientists will be driving their ideas (and in some cases their entire labs) up to Seattle this week to talk about peeling-out, wheels skidding, away from the ivory tower. These scientists are renovating old transit buses and putting labs on lorries, making science mobile, and they have an annual conference this week. I hope to be there to make a movie.

    Mad scientists in moving labs. Real Magic School Buses in motion! With science budgets being cut in schools left and right, teams of researchers with a mission have decided to come together and talk about the mobile laboratory movement. I was lucky enough to get an invite to this meeting as an intern for the Cell Motion BioBus. It's a non-profit roving laboratory based out of the Bronx in New York City.

     I have to cover the cost of the trip myself.  My goal as an intern this summer is to try and convey my experience, that this incredible and alternative approach to scientific education is something to support, and I think this conference offers a unique opportunity to get to know some cutting-edge renegade researchers.  I believe the mobile laboratory movement promotes: 1. Community access to research-grade equipment. 2. Productive one-on-one outreach opportunities for scientific industries and institutions. 3. Fulfillment of childhood dreams to ride the Magic School Bus for real.

    I think that this conference is great opportunity and the makings of a great movie, and I'd greatly appreciate your thought$!

Do scientists have a duty to reach out of the ivory tower with their research? A group of scientists who veritably peel-out of the ivory tower will assemble in Seattle this week, and I need to make a movie about it.

Mad scientists in mobile laboratories. They are having a conference and I have the opportunity to be there and gather footage and knowledge about the on-the-road movement of rogue scientists and research entrepreneurs across the country. I am an intern for the Cell Motion BioBus, a non-profit roving laboratory, and my goal this summer is to figure out how to show that this alternative approach to scientific education really works.

The mobile laboratory movement promotes: 1. Community access to research-grade equipment. 2. Productive one-on-one outreach opportunities for scientific industries and institutions. 3. Fulfillment of childhood dreams to ride the Magic School Bus for real.

Give me a chance to be the first to capture this new type of magic.

     Mad scientists in moving labs. I was invited because I am an intern for the Cell Motion BioBus, a non-profit roving laboratory, but I have to cover the cost of the trip myself.  My goal as an intern this summer is to figure out how to show that this incredible and alternative approach to scientific education really works.

    In my experience thusfar, I believe the mobile laboratory movement promotes: 1. Community access to research-grade equipment. 2. Productive one-on-one outreach opportunities for scientific industries and institutions. 3. Fulfillment of childhood dreams to ride the Magic School Bus for real.

    I greatly appreciate your support!

   A group of scientists who are doing an awesome job of peeling-out of the ivory tower in screaming metal mobile laboratories will assemble in Seattle this week!

    Mad scientists in moving labs. Real Magic School Buses in motion! With science budgets being cut in schools left and right, teams of researchers with a mission have decided to come together and talk about the mobile laboratory movement. I was lucky enough to score an invite to this meeting of the minds as an intern for the Cell Motion BioBus. It's a non-profit roving laboratory based out of the Bronx in New York City. 

     I have to cover the cost of the trip myself.  My goal as an intern this summer is to try and convey my experience, that this incredible and alternative approach to scientific education is something to support.  I believe the mobile laboratory movement promotes: 1. Community access to research-grade equipment. 2. Productive one-on-one outreach opportunities for scientific industries and institutions. 3. Fulfillment of childhood dreams to ride the Magic School Bus for real.

    I think that this conference could make a great movie, and I'd greatly appreciate your thought$!