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PLOS Computational Biology is pleased to announce the winners of their annual PLOS Computational Biology Research Prize. In 2017 PLOS Computational Biology launched the “PLOS Computational Biology Research Prize” program with the aim to
PLOS Computational Biology is pleased to announce the winner of our 2019 t-shirt competition! This year’s t-shirt was designed by Damien F. Meyer and colleagues and will be given away at the ISMB 2019 conference
We’re delighted to announce the opening of nominations for the PLOS Genetics Research Prize 2019! In 2018, the PLOS Genetics Senior Editors selected one research article as the overall Prize winner and recipient of US$5,000,
0000-0002-2557-6204 Happy Open Data Day 2019! It’s that special day of the year again! Well, every day should be Open Data Day, but today lots of motivated folk come together around the world to
Check out our Editors-in-Chief’s selection of papers from the January issue of PLOS Computational Biology. The first one of 2019! Multi-study inference of regulatory networks for more accurate models of gene regulation Due to an
Check out our Editors-in-Chief’s selection of papers from the December issue of PLOS Computational Biology. Predicting protein targets for drug-like compounds using transcriptomics Bioactive compounds often disrupt cellular gene expression in ways that are difficult to predict.
by Arthur Caplan A scientist named He Jiankui at the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, China, shocked the world on November 25 when he announced — via YouTube — that he
Check out our Editors-in-Chief’s selection of papers from the [September] issue of PLOS Computational Biology. Emergent mechanics of actomyosin drive punctuated contractions and shape network morphology in the cell cortex Recent genetic and mechanical studies of embryonic
By Mark Estelle The sessile lifestyle of plants is enabled by remarkable developmental plasticity. Plant form is affected by a wide range of environmental conditions from nutrient availability to herbivory, so two plants with
by Harmit Malik Even before John Maynard Smith formalized the term, evolutionary biologists have been fascinated by major evolutionary transitions, including the transition from single-celled to multicellular organisms. Multicellularity occurs over and over