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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In the News Review Commons is now LIVERead more
ASAPbio and EMBO Press just launched Review Commons, a platform for high-quality, journal-independent peer review of manuscripts in the life sciences before…
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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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Article-level-metrics Your Research Makes a DifferenceRead more
Last month, PLOS ONE and PLOS Biology showcased some of the most impactful research published from 2015 – 18 in two new…
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Open Access Get to Know an Academic Editor: Dr. Annie AngersRead more
Note: we are attending the ASCB/EMBO annual meeting in Washington, DC from Dec 7-11. Stop by booth #708 and say hi to…
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Academia She’s Making a List…Read more
It occurred to me in November that my #ToReadPile was beyond overflowing. One of my friends* had recently published a very cool…
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Social Sciences Lessons from Aristotle for Synthetic BiologistsRead more
Guest post by Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher, Patricia Balbon, and Danielle Griffin Almost a year ago today, MIT Technology Review broke…
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Open Access Paleo in PLOS: November 2019Read more
Hey folks! Sarah here. Since this weekend is a holiday in the United States, I’m throwing together this latest list of paleontological…
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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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Events Event coverage: SynBio Markets 2019Read more
Guest post by Nicolas Krink Berlin became for two days the beating heart of synthetic biology, as the who is…
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In the News A note on the Joint statement on EPA proposed rule and public availability of dataRead more
Today a group of editorial leaders from several publishers, including PLOS, have co-published an Editorial highlighting concerns about the “Strengthening Transparency in…