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 The art of storytelling in synthetic biology: an interview with Karl SchmiederRead more
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Innovation Celebrating 6 Months of Published Peer Review at PLOSRead more
We recently passed our six-month anniversary of published peer review options at PLOS!!! Already you can read more than 800 PLOS…
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Open Access “To preprint or not to preprint?” What’s the opportunity cost of early, non-peer-reviewed publicly available research?Read more
Note: this post was written by Sara Rouhi, Director of Strategic Partnerships for PLOS, and was originally published on NISO’s Homepage. NISO recently…
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Innovation Request For Comments on “Data Repository Selection: Criteria That Matter”Read more
This post is a request for comments on the preprint Data Repository Selection: Criteria That Matter via this online form on behalf…
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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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Innovation Why engage with preprints?Read more
This post was co-written by Dan Morgan, Director of Community Relations; Rebecca Kirk, Associate Editorial Director, Madison Crystal, Brand Communications Manager; and…
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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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Future of Open Series Preregistration can bring science back to its rootsRead more
This blog is part of our series on the Future of Open Science. Read previous posts here. Open Access has provided us…
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Innovation Community Comments and Peer Review: A preprint commenting pilot at PLOSÂRead more
Researchers have told us that posting manuscripts as preprints before—or at the same time as—submitting them to a journal is a…
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Preprints Trends in PreprintsRead more
Ever since our partnership with bioRxiv started in May 2018, we’ve been collecting data on submissions that choose to be posted…
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Innovation Partnering to streamline reviewRead more
I’m happy to announce PLOS’ participation in a new service, Review Commons, that will provide a platform for rapid, objective, journal-independent…
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Interview A synbio startup from Prague aims to revolutionize diagnostics by biocomputingRead more
Healthcare and diagnostics is a field of extensive research within the synthetic biology community. XENO is a Czech startup that sees…