Guest post by Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher, Patricia Balbon, and Danielle Griffin Almost a year ago today, MIT Technology Review broke…
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Social Sciences Lessons from Aristotle for Synthetic BiologistsRead more
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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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post 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…
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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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Biodiversity Thanksgiving Reading ListRead more
Last November, Binghamton Unversity-SUNY’s WHRW station shared this message as part of their program ‘Broadcasting World Literature’: “Today, since it’s Thanksgiving week…
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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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Publishing Bats, mummies, and cows in costume: PLOS research making headlines in October!Read more
Though Halloween is behind us, we’re always in the spirit for good science here at PLOS—and our most-talked-about October articles prove it…
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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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From the community Reflections on Global Community Biology of the Future: It is Open, Diverse, and ThrivingRead more
In the last few years, the bio-community around the world has its own conference. Justice went to the Global Community Bio…