‘Ink Stained Wretches‘ by Jeff Eaton
This page is a compilation of some of the press coverage on the LilBUBome that we’ve come across. We’re really proud to have reached people around the globe, and so for the stories that are not in English we indicate the language after the article title. Also, this is likely not a complete list, since not all reporters and news outlets share their stories with us – so if you know about any stories that we have not included here, please share them with us!
The LilBUBome: results and publications (2019, for older reports click here)
- This Celebrity Cat has broken the Internet. Now, we have it’s sequence (Science, Feb 26, 2019, English)
- ¿Por qué esta gata tan rara es la más famosa del mundo? (La Voz de Cadiz, Feb 27, 2019, Spanish)
- Los secretos genéticos de Lil Bub, el gato más famoso de las redes sociales (La Vanguardia, Feb 27, 2019, Spanish)
- Internet Sensation Cat Lil Bub Has Genome Sequenced (Tech Times, Feb 27, 2019, English)
- Che cosa ci dice il genoma di Lil Bub, tra i gatti più famosi del web (Wired.it, Feb 27, 2019, Italian)
- Lolcat. Le génome de Lil Bub, célèbre chat d’Internet, est dévoilé (Courrier International, Feb 28, 2019, French)
- Исследован геном знаменитой кошки Лил-Баб (Polit, Feb 28, 2019, Russian)
- Scientists have finally discovered what makes celebrity cat Lil Bub so ‘magical’ (Washington Post, March 4, 2019, English)
- Ein Mutant, den Millionen lieben (Tagesspiegel, March 4, 2019, German)
- Genome Sequencing Offers Clues About Celebrity Cat Lil Bub’s Unusual Appearance (Smithsonian Magazine, March 4, 2019, English)
- Magical Space Cat Genom von Social Media Katze Lil Bub entschlüsselt (Berliner Zeitung, March 4, 2019, German)
- Internetstar-Katze Lil Bub ist wegen zwei Gen-Defekten süss (Aargauer Zeitung, March 4, 2019, German)
- Lil Bub, la gattina star studiata per le sue mutazioni genetiche (Corriere.it/NewsstandHub, March 04, 2019, Italian)
- Was Katze „Lil Bub“ so besonders macht (Scinexx, March 5, 2019, German)
- Genom von Social-Media-Katze Lil BUB entschlüsselt (VBIO, March 5, 2019, German)
- Berühmt wegen ihrer Defekte (Neue Züricher Zeitung, March 5, 2019, German)
- Lil Bub ist wegen zwei Gen-Defekten süss (Tierwelt, March 5, 2019, German)
- Lil Bub’s Genetics Reveal Key Clues About Her Unique Cat Features (Geek.com, March 5, 2019, English)
- LilBUB, Sequenced (GenomeWeb, March 07, 2019, English)
- Elkészült a LilBubome, a sztárrá vált kismacska genomjának részletes elemzése (Qubit, March 08, 2019, Hungarian)
- Genveränderung: Warum Lil Bub so merkwürdig aussieht (Der Standard, March 12, 2019, German)
- Scientists sequence the genome of Lil Bub, celebrity cat (Neogen blog, March 15, 2019, English)
The LilBUBome: inception of the project, crowdfunding and experiments (2015-2018)
- Sequencing Lil Bub’s genome to unlock the mystery of her adorably weird face (Mentalfloss, April 2015, English)
- Magyar kutatónő vizsgálja a világ legcukibb macskájának különös betegségét (Science Meetup Budapest, April 2015, Hungarian)
- Magyar kutató vizsgálja a világ legcukibb macskáját (Blikk, April 2015, Hungarian)
- Scientists to sequence Lil Bub’s genome (Gizmodo, May 2015, English)
- Scientists aim to decode the genetic mystery of Lil BUB (Catster, May 2015, English)
- Help Scientists Study Lil BUB’s Magical DNA (Tech Times, May 2015, English)
- Cute Cat-Ome (GenomeWeb, May 2015, English)
- Scientists Are Trying To Find Out Why Lil Bub Looks So Unique (BuzzFeed, May 2015, English)
- What Lil Bub’s Genetic Mutations Show About Her Lineage (Inverse, May 2015, English)
- Lil Bub: Forscher wollen genetische Mutation analysieren (Der Spiegel, May 2015, German)
- Genforscher sammeln für “Hemingway”-Katze (Tagesspiegel, May 2015, German)
- Who Is Lil Bub? A Genome Project Takes A Closer Look (Indiana Public Media, May 2015, English)
- Die Katze Lil Bub ist ein Internet-Star und Forschungsobjekt (Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, May 2015, German)
- Un científico español secuenciará el genoma de la gata Lil Bub, estrella de Internet (El Economista, May 2015, Spanish)
- Lil Bub, famous internet cat, is getting her genome sequenced (Washington Post, May 2015, English)
- Lil Bub Decoded: ‘Lilbubome’ studies genes of famed internet cat (NBC News, May 2015, English)
- How to make a Lil BUB (Petcha, May 2015, English)
- Lil Bub’s genome will be sequenced to see just what makes her Lil Bub (Mashable, May 2015, English)
- Adorable genetic anomaly and Internet celebrity “Lil Bub” goes under the microscope (Salon, May 2015, English)
- Lil Bub the cat will have her genome sequenced (Slashgear, May 2015, English)
- Scientists to sequence genome of one of Web’s most popular cats (Science, May 2015, English)
- Celebrity Cat Gets Her Genome Sequenced, Wins Science (SparkNotes, May 2015, English)
- Science Is Finally Going to Solve the Mystery Behind Internet Sensation Lil’ Bub (E! News, May 2015, English)
- Genom von Internet-Kätzchen Lil Bub wird entschlüsselt (Welt, May 2015, German)
- Popular gata de internet “Lil Bub” será estudiada por la ciencia (El Mercurio, May 2015, Spanish)
- Tres jóvenes científicos analizarán el genoma de Lil Bub, la gata más singular del mundo (La Vanguardia, May 2015, Spanish)
- Social Media Sensation Lil Bub Gets Her Genome Sequenced (Illumina Community Newsletter, October 2015, English)
- Crowdfunding Won’t Fix Science Funding, but it will draw a curious crowd (Inverse, January 2016, English)
- Internetstar Lil Bub bringt Licht in die Wissenschaft (NWZ Online, November 2017, German)
- Lil Bub: Cat celebrity and techie (Katie.show, August 2016 – a podcast with Mike, Bub’s dude, in which they also talk about the LilBUBome)
- Medizinforschung im Aufbruch – Ist Crowdfunding und vernetztes Forschen die Zukunft? (3sat, September 2018 – a TV documentary about crowdfunding, where they also interview Daniel and Dario about the LilBUBome)
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