Project Status
Phase 0 — Build & Validate
We publish where the project actually is, not where we would like it to be.
System in developmentFounding population pendingFormal observation not started
Current Work
What Is Being Built Right Now
- Observation rack construction
- Environmental control setup
- Camera selection and testing
- Lighting setup
- 3D-printed retrieval system
- QR identification system
- Animal-profile database
- Website
- Data pipeline
- Protocol refinement
- Founder sourcing plan
The Most Important Status Today
No study result exists yet.
We are building the system that will allow the results to mean something when they do.
Follow the BuildRoadmap
Eight Phases, Measured in Years
- Phase 0 — Build & ValidateYou Are Here
Construct the observation rack, set environmental controls, test cameras, and finish the data platform.
- Phase I — Founding PopulationUpcoming
Acquire approximately 20 juvenile Kenyan sand boas representing diverse source lines.
- Phase II — Quarantine & BaselineUpcoming
Complete appropriate quarantine and establish normal husbandry records.
- Phase III — Pilot ObservationUpcoming
Validate cameras, detection, environmental consistency, and data quality.
- Phase IV — Formal F0 ObservationUpcoming
Begin the predetermined selection observation period.
- Phase V — GrowthUpcoming
Continue longitudinal observation while selected animals mature.
- Phase VI — First PairingsUpcoming
Breed appropriate unrelated high-performing candidates.
- Phase VII — F1Upcoming
Observe the next generation under the same standardized system.