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Research at Multiple Scales: A Vision for Continental Scale Biology

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An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will conduct a consensus study to identify important themes and theory for biological research connecting micro to macro scales and describe how such research would most effectively be structured. This study will explore pathways to realizing the promise of continental-scale biology, building on NSF initiatives, including Reintegrating Biology, Rules of Life, and Biological Integration Institutes, and on the 2009 NRC report A New Biology for the 21st Century. The study combines the reintegration of biology with a vision for biology conducted at continental scales.

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An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will conduct a consensus study to identify how biological research at multiple scales can inform the development of a continental scale biology. The committee will convene a series of virtual community workshops to inform its deliberations.

Specifically, the committee will identify and discuss:

· Practices that have been used successfully to translate knowledge, approaches, and tools from small-scale biological research to regional- and continental-scale, and vice versa. For example, how might understanding fine-scale biological discoveries alter specific measurements or experiments that researchers undertake at larger scales and vice versa?

· Challenges that prevent uptake of these practices.

· Specific research questions that could serve as pilots for implementing research projects that integrate one or more successful practices.

Finally, the committee will review and refine the practices and questions into a set of recommendations for the research community, funders, and decision makers.

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Clifford Duke

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Sabina Vadnais

Natalie Armstrong

Katherine Kane

Kavita Berger

Trisha Tucholski

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