As a fully Open Access publisher entirely ready to support cOAlition S-funded authors, we have always been in a position to give…
-
In the News PLOS welcomes the revised Plan S guidelinesRead more
-
Innovation Depositing and reporting of reagents: Accelerating open and reproducible science.Read more
The following blog was written by Angela Abitua (ORCiD ID: 0000-0002-8059-4050) and Joanne Kamens (ORCiD ID: 0000-0002-7000-1477) from Addgene. PLOS is excited…
-
Innovation PLOS Journals Now OPEN for Published Peer ReviewRead more
Starting today, ALL PLOS journals will offer authors the option to publish their peer review history alongside their accepted manuscript! We’ve…
-
News Are biofoundries the solution to synbio democratization?Read more
A global network of biofoundries was announced last week. Could such an international effort help making synthetic biology more accessible and…
-
Citizen Science Scientists Who Selfie: Building Public Trust Through Social MediaRead more
There are many ways to communicate science, but few as expedient and direct as social media. But while Twitter and Instagram have…
-
News Microbial production of cannabinoidsRead more
Guest post by Kalliopi Baritaki Cannabinoids are psychotropic substances found in cannabis plants. Their consumption activates the endocannabinoid system, considered to…
-
Synthetic Biology Changing the norms: cell-free protein expression in Vibrio natriegensRead more
A recent protocol published and visualized at the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) describes how to express proteins in a lysate…
-
post Using Synthetic Biology to fight Environmental Pollution: New insights into an old problemRead more
Guest post by Anastasia P. Athanasakoglou ‘’Pollution is not a new phenomenon – and nor is action to counter it… There…
-
Early Career Early Career Researchers Talk #365papersRead more
I’ve written before about my aspirational, if mercurial, commitment to #365papers — the social media challenge to read one peer-reviewed paper a…
-
From the community Wind Blowin’ in the [Brackets]: Tribute to the Convention on Biological DiversityRead more
Guest post by Joseph Vogel Twenty-five years of negotiations by Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity over “access…
-
In the News PLOS Provides Feedback on the Implementation of Plan SRead more
We welcome Plan S as a ‘decisive step towards the realisation of full open access’1, in particular the push it provides towards…
-
post To de-extinct or not to de-extinct?Read more
On Thursday (31 January) evening, Intelligence Squared U.S. organizes a debate on de-extinction, where proponents and opponents of the notion will…