Organisms: From Models to Technology

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The foundation of the Arcadia science program is to catalyze the shift from “model organisms” to “organisms as technology”.

One of the most frequent questions we get asked when talking about Arcadia is: “So if you aren't studying model organisms, which organisms will you be studying?” The expectation is that we will give a list of species, like Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (a favorite of Prachee's) or ticks (a focus of Seemay's previous research). But this question and its expected answer misses a key point of what we are trying to achieve with our science program at Arcadia. Our work is not to develop and anoint the next major model organisms. Our work is to better leverage an alternative to the model organism…

Organisms: From Models to Technology

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