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?Read more
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Interview Peer Review Week research integrity webinar: Your questions answeredRead more
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 PLOSRead more
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-19Read more
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-19Read more
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 PandemicRead more
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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COVID-19 A Time for Scientists to Give Voice to the FactsRead more
A guest post by Meredith Drosback, Becky Hazen, & Rick Weiss The COVID-19 pandemic has vastly increased journalists’ demand for access to…
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Interview The art of storytelling in synthetic biology: an interview with Karl SchmiederRead more
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 FGenRead more
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 LabRead more
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 Science Behind-the-Scenes: CRISPR for Metabolic Engineering with Dr. Raphael FerreiraRead more
Yeast, the workhorse of synthetic biology, can convert sugars into chemicals, biofuels, and medicines. Metabolic engineers are constantly developing new tools…
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Interview Science Behind-the-Scenes: Tethered Ribosomes with Dr. Erik CarlsonRead more
It’s Open Access Week! To celebrate, we are highlighting researchers that opted to publish their work in open access journals, making scientific progress…