PLOS Computational Biology is pleased to announce the winner of its 2013 t-shirt competition: This year’s t-shirt was designed by Chris Lauber…

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As we have discussed in previous posts, PLOS Biology believes strongly that we are Open for a Reason; one of our key…

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This year’s PLOS Computational Biology t-shirt will debut at July’s ISMB/ECCB 2013 meeting in Berlin. To enter the competition, send your design…

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The Editorial team at PLOS Biology believes strongly that we are Open for a Reason; precisely so that research in areas of high importance…

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Back when I was a lad we used to do lots of experiments, generate some data, analyse them, and try to come up…

Editors are sometimes asked while out and about in the community, why it is that we attend conferences. Most folk presume we’re…