In introductory remarks, Margaret S. Archer, a sociologist who is president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, which is co-hosting the talks with the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, said her hope was that the interplay of points of view and specialties would
identify new research opportunities and inspire lasting collaborations.
Even beyond their focus on hybridization, the ability to reconstruct a common geographic history
opens new research opportunities — moving from understanding single groups of species in isolation to testing new ideas about past communities of plants and animals and their interactions.
The authors found that scientists were six times more likely to perform «repeat» research than studies that created new links between chemicals — a proportion that remained stable over the 25 years studied despite an exploding number of
new research opportunities.
«It's a devastating disease to have, but it's given
us new research opportunities,» said Sidney Strickland, co-author on a paper just released about the study.
New research opportunities are available at the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium with two Research Networks.