Building: Invertebrate Studies Institute - Biodome, Biotech, Biodiversity

[Dr. Aaron T. Dossey]

Help Us Build the World’s First Insect Biodome – Invertebrate Studies Institute (ISI) Seeking Supporters, Volunteers, Collaborators!

Hi ZooChat community!
I'm Dr. Aaron T. Dossey — scientist, entomologist, and founder of the Invertebrate Studies Institute (ISI), a nonprofit dedicated to biodiversity, genome science, and public education through the amazing world of insects.

We’re currently seeking:

Supporters & Donors – to help us preserve our cryogenic insect DNA specimens and get to the next level.
Volunteers – especially anyone with nonprofit development, zoo, exhibit design, education, or outreach experience.
Collaborators – including zoos, universities, educators, and anyone passionate about biodiversity and invertebrates!

Our Vision: The ISI Biodome
We’re raising funds to build a state-of-the-art Insect Zoo + Biotech Discovery Center — a one-of-a-kind facility to house:

1,000+ species of live exotic insects and plants
Genome sequencing & biotech research labs
Educational exhibits combining nature, science, and storytelling
Rare fruit trees, scents, textures, and immersive environments
A virtual biodome experience open to the world

Think: Jurassic Park meets entomology, genomics, and sustainability. But real. And for the public good.

We’re also in urgent need of support to preserve our frozen insect DNA specimens currently stored in freezers at risk due to relocation and underfunding. These represent years of work and irreplaceable biodiversity!

Check out our current Indiegogo campaign:
Preserve Science - Biodome, Biodiversity & Biotech

If you love zoos, biodiversity, bugs, science, or education — please reach out!
We’d love to collaborate, answer questions, or hear your ideas.

Email: invertebrate.studies.institute@gmail.com
Website: www.isibugs.org

Let’s build something EPIC for science, for nature, and for the future.
Thanks so much for reading!

– Dr. Aaron T. Dossey
Founder, Invertebrate Studies Institute

#Biodiversity #InsectZoo #ZooInnovation #GenomeScience #Conservation #BiotechBiodome #ZooChat #BugZoo #SaveScience #InvertebratesMatter

 

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hashtags on a forum
formatting of a post that is dead-on for chatgpt (weird bolding, checklist of emojis, weird italics, em dashes galore)
kind of nonsense and thematically incongruent pitches (i really love going to zoos for.... scents and textures?....)

if you're gonna feed us your AI advertising campaign, at least try to cater it- tonally and format-wise- to the platform you're posting on


Editing to add this section, more forgiving in tone:
I do find the pitch interesting. Taking an abandoned mall and turning it into a "bug zoo" is really cool. invertebrates are a daunting task to observe in captivity and a center dedicated to them would be really neat. the 97% should be displayed! should be researched! cherished! understood!

But people want to hear that passion. To feel your excitement and share in your fervor and hear what YOU think, YOUR ideas, YOUR feelings. some of the pages on your website really do put across how passionate you are about this stuff. The pages about the biodome are creative and rich and (while certainly blue-sky thinking) really inspiring to read. The pages on research are informative, scientific, and specific- the publications on phasmid research are delightful.

this forum is IMO the most concentrated area on the web for people who share in these passions with equal fervor. give us you!! tell us in your words about this idea!!! don't let a robot with zero feeling or thought towards what it's writing do it for you.