Sullivan William
Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Mol Biol Cell. 2015 Feb 1;26(3):387-9. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E14-03-0814.
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.
伊塔洛·卡尔维诺在其经典小说《看不见的城市》中描绘了一系列奇幻的想象之城,这些城市满足了人类的核心需求,而这些需求在普通城市中尚未得到满足。鉴于近期一些备受瞩目的生物医学研究所的成立,卡尔维诺的描述促使我们思考生物医学领域未被满足的需求,并设想出旨在满足这些需求的非传统研究所。