I finally unearthed the old videos of my Cold Spring Harbor talk in 1994 in which I outlined the ideas and context of the ‘Hologenome’ as a new lens on evolution. Cold Spring Harbor actually packaged and (briefly and presumably unsuccessfully) marketed these videos of the meeting. Now out of print.
Cambia\’s Youtube Channel, including Cold Spring Harbor presentation
At that time (September, 1994) I was trying to set the scene for why studying, understanding and manipulating complex systems with tools and approaches of reductionism would not be enough.
I started in part one with the concept of getting ‘Beyond the Model System’, and used real-world agriculture and environment as the entry point for that discussion.