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The Institute for the Study of Non–Model Organisms and other fantasies

In his classic novel Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino describes a series of fantastic imagined cities that fulfill core human needs that remain unmet in ordinary cities. In light of the recent founding of a number of high-profile biomedical institutes, Calvino's descriptions encourage us to cons...

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Autor principal: Sullivan, William
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society for Cell Biology 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4310731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25633358
http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E14-03-0814
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description In his classic novel Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino describes a series of fantastic imagined cities that fulfill core human needs that remain unmet in ordinary cities. In light of the recent founding of a number of high-profile biomedical institutes, Calvino's descriptions encourage us to consider the unmet needs of the biomedical community and imagine unorthodox institutes designed to fulfill these needs.
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spelling pubmed-43107312015-04-16 The Institute for the Study of Non–Model Organisms and other fantasies Sullivan, William Mol Biol Cell Perspective In his classic novel Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino describes a series of fantastic imagined cities that fulfill core human needs that remain unmet in ordinary cities. In light of the recent founding of a number of high-profile biomedical institutes, Calvino's descriptions encourage us to consider the unmet needs of the biomedical community and imagine unorthodox institutes designed to fulfill these needs. The American Society for Cell Biology 2015-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4310731/ /pubmed/25633358 http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E14-03-0814 Text en © 2015 Sullivan. This article is distributed by The American Society for Cell Biology under license from the author(s). Two months after publication it is available to the public under an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0). “ASCB®,” “The American Society for Cell Biology®,” and “Molecular Biology of the Cell®” are registered trademarks of The American Society for Cell Biology.
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