Peer Review Week 2018 is all about diversity. To look at the changing scholarly landscape, we interviewed science publishing historian, Aileen Fyfe…
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Open Science Opening up to new perspectives: an interview with Aileen FyfeRead more
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From the community Can we synthetically engineer C4 photosynthesis? – LEGUME LABORATORYRead more
“Photosynthesis as the engine for life on earth has high engineering potential, which has not yet been fully exploited…By step-wise identification of…
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post ‘@PLOSNeuro #SfN14 highlights: There is no male or female brain — it’s a mosaic.Read more
By Lina Jamis SfN 14 Lecture: Surprising Origins of Sex Differences in the Brain Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD University of Maryland School of Medicine…
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post ‘@PLOSNeuro #SfN14 highlights: Enhancing Reproducibility of Neuroscience StudiesRead more
By Amy Ross, Senior Editor, PLOS Medicine Replicating the work of others is not as exciting as doing the latest breakthrough research…
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post Moving Beyond Left Brain, Right Brain, Neuroskeptic goes in-depth with Michael CorballisRead more
By Neuroskeptic “Are you a left brain or a right brain person?” The idea that the logical left half of our brain…
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post PLOS Neuro SfN14 – Live BlogRead more
Collaborative Coverage of SfN 2014 by PLOS Neuro Community Bloggers…
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post It’s Your Shirt (Really): Get a PLOS Syn Bio T-Shirt!Read more
By Erica Kritsberg Our design competition for the PLOS Synbio Community T-shirt is now closed. The winning entry will debut at SynBioBeta…
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post Regulating Uncertainty: The European Food Safety Authority and GMOsRead more
By Charles Ebikeme In September of 2012, a paper published in Food and Chemical Toxicology, garnered widespread media attention. The paper documented…
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post How to Find Out What’s Publishing in SynbioRead more
Try out our new custom PLOS ONE eTOCs (Email Table of Contents) to get word of the latest synbio (and/or any other discipline)…
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post Synthetic Biology Gone Wild? Probably Not. An interview with Tom Ellis.Read more
By Prashant Bhat The first annual Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution & Design (SEED) conference was held last month in Manhattan Beach, CA…
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post Microbial DNA, Biobricks and Body Odor, My Post Grad Year with iGEM Paris BettencourtRead more
By Aakriti Jain The iGEM, or International Genetically Engineered Machine, competition offers a platform for university students across the world interested in synthetic…
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PLOS ONE Planting a Cretaceous Pond, South American EditionRead more
If you close your eyes and visualize Mesozoic foliage, a few particular types of plants might spring to mind. There are probably…