0000-0002-2557-6204What if, just for one day, we all took some time to focus and think about Open Data? March 4th, 2017 is a day to do just that—to promote awareness and use of Open Data.
Hooray for Open Data Day!
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Ebola Modeling, Microbial Community Cross-Feeding, and Detecting Concussion: the PLOS Comp Biol December 2016 Issue
Posted January 6, 2017 by
Check out our highlights from the last PLOS Computational Biology issue of 2016: Spatiotemporal Analysis of the 2014 West African Ebola Epidemic Infectious disease modelling has become an established tool to inform decisions
In Celebration of Open Data
Posted November 10, 2016 by
0000-0002-2557-6204 It’s not every day I get to write something that is just fun. In celebration of OpenCon, and to recognise all of the fantastic articles that we’ve published at PLOS with a focus
PLOS Biology meta-research article finds female scientists collaborate differently and face an uneven STEM playing field; a Primer places these findings in context
Posted November 7, 2016 by
0000-0002-8715-2896In a much-discussed PLOS Biology meta-research article published on Friday (11/4/16), Differences in Collaboration Patterns across Discipline, Career Stage, and Gender, researchers from Northwestern University analyzed collaboration patterns of nearly 4,000 US faculty (who’ve collectively written 420,000 papers) to determine
Jason Papin appointed as co-EiC
Posted July 6, 2016 by
PLOS Computational Biology is delighted to announce that Jason Papin will join Ruth Nussinov as co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal as it enters its second decade of publishing. This appointment follows the successful model of other PLOS
Scientific transitions: Mammalian meiosis expert Paula Cohen’s journey from uterus to gonad
Posted June 15, 2016 by
In science, as in life, chance opportunities have the potential to open up exciting new doors. Paula Cohen, a researcher at Cornell University, USA, and member of the PLOS Genetics Editorial Board, took advantage of
PLOS Genetics Research Prize 2016: Nominations open
Posted May 23, 2016 by
With the launch of the PLOS Genetics Research Prize 2016, I talked to João Barroso-Batista, one of the first authors of last year’s winning article. João is a PhD student and a member of the
Understanding Images: Watching New Species Evolve in Real Time
Posted March 31, 2016 by
0000-0002-6177-577XAuthor: David A. Marques, University of Bern and Eawag, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland. Competing interests: David A. Marques is an author of the article discussed in this blog. More than 150 years have passed since Darwin
Complex Logic Circuits, TFBS Erosion, and Human Microbiome Community Types: the PLOS Comp Biol February Issue
Posted March 7, 2016 by
Image credit: van Gestel et al. Here are our highlights from the PLOS Computational Biology February issue: Spatially Distributed Multicellular Consortia Enhance Implementation of Complex Biological Logic Circuits Synthetic biological circuits have been built for different purposes;
PLOS Genetics Research Prize 2015: Winner Announced
Posted November 19, 2015 by
The PLOS Genetics Editors-in-Chief and Senior Editors would like to congratulate: João Barroso-Batista, Ana Sousa, Marta Lourenço, Marie-Louise Bergman, Daniel Sobral, Jocelyne Demengeot, Karina B. Xavier and Isabel Gordo, authors of the article chosen as