What type of science can you expect to see here?
New organisms, new insights
We're developing workflows to forge new paths of exploration in non-model organisms. We want to enable our own researchers and the broader scientific community. To achieve this, we plan to share our work across the entire research cycle, including ideas, protocols, and data sets. We'll also connect the dots between our modular pubs, adding big-picture perspective and synthesis. Our work generally falls into two categories — discovery and tools.
Discovery
As we dig into the vast diversity of life, we are excited to report back on what we unearth. Our findings will connect genomics, molecular mechanisms, organismal behaviors, and ecological interactions. Discoveries may be as simple as an intriguing observation or as rich as an interactive data set.
Tools
It can be tough to work with organisms that have never really been studied before. You may wish you had a sequenced genome, a versatile imaging system, an easy way to grow and propagate the organism, or the other conveniences available for model creatures. We are building technologies that can be applied across all sorts of species and we'll share everything we learn, including ideas we've tried that didn't yield the desired results.
Why are we sharing our work in this way?
Open science is better science
Speed
Sharing smaller, more modular pieces of research as we go will let people learn about and use our findings quicker and will speed scientific progress as a whole.
Utility
By breaking from rigid journal formatting, we can maximize usability and explore interactivity. Our data will be easy to find, access, use, and repurpose.
Rigor
We need public comments from a broad range of people, as expertise lives everywhere. With diverse feedback and iterative engagement, our work will be the best it can be and we can meet community needs.
