On March 31 2021, PLOS Computational Biology introduced a new journal requirement: mandated code sharing. If the research process included the creation…
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Interview How does mandated code-sharing change peer review?
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Interview Peer Review Week research integrity webinar: Your questions answered
Peer Review Week has come and gone, but our work is not yet over. A few weeks ago, we organized a webinar…
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Collaboration An interview with protocols.io: CEO Lenny Teytelman on partnering with PLOS
Our ongoing partnership with protocols.io led to a new and exciting PLOS ONE article type, Lab Protocols, which offers a new avenue…
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COVID-19 Author Interview: Loes Janssen and Marie-Louise Kullberg on the Well-being of Parents and Adolescents in COVID-19
Loes Janssen and Marie-Louise Kullberg used their ongoing Parent-Adolescent Interaction study as a baseline to investigate the well-being of Dutch adolescents and…
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COVID-19 Author Interview: Luca Morgantini on Burnout among Healthcare Professionals in COVID-19
Dr. Luca Morgantini worked with a diverse group of researchers to survey healthcare professionals across the globe to study the degree of…
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COVID-19 Author Interview: Arunima Malik on Global Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Arunima Malik and an international team of researchers recently assessed how the Coronavirus pandemic has caused worldwide consumption losses amounting to more…
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Interview The art of storytelling in synthetic biology: an interview with Karl Schmieder
Synthetic biology is a field full of exciting stories. Communicating these stories to each other and to the general public is…
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Interview Strain engineering for a better synbio future: an interview with Andreas Meyer from FGen
FGen is a synthetic biology startup from Switzerland. The company works as a contract research organization, offering strain development and protein…
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Interview Science Behind the Scenes: Multiplexed CRISPR and sgRNA Arrays with the Howard Salis Lab
Over the last few years, thousands of studies have employed CRISPR/Cas systems to edit, or transcriptionally regulate, individual genetic targets. But…
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Interview A synbio startup from Prague aims to revolutionize diagnostics by biocomputing
Healthcare and diagnostics is a field of extensive research within the synthetic biology community. XENO is a Czech startup that sees…
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Interview On the future of gene synthesis: an interview with Cedric Wu from GenScript
Synthetic biology relies on our ability to read and write DNA. GenScript is one of the companies active in the field…
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Interview Looking for the origins of life using synthetic biology: an interview with Betul Kacar
In the interdisciplinary field of engineering life, synthetic biologists team up with experts from different fields. However, pairing synthetic biology with…