It’s a tough world out there, and just like us, bacteria need to be able to sense their environment in order to…
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post Molecular movements drive bacterial signalingRead more
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Bioinformatics Bacterial Evolution – The MovieRead more
Recent advances in sequencing technology have brought us the complexity of microbial metagenomes from oceans, soils and guts. These massive datasets of…
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Announcement Improving Data Access at PLOSRead more
In this guest post, John Chodacki, Director of Product Management at PLOS, shares PLOS’ recent advances in improving data access. As part…
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Bioinformatics Let’s Make Those Book Chapters Open Too!Read more
Following the launch of ‘Translational Bioinformatics’, a PLOS Computational Biology collection presented as an online book, in December 2012, PLOS Computational Biology…
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Biology PLOS Biology in the MediaRead more
The holiday period was a rather busy time at PLOS Biology, with a number of our published articles receiving significant attention both…
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PLOS Biology Working to increase diversity of PLOS Biology Academic Editors and Advisory Board membersRead more
In the last few years I have spent a lot of time thinking about, and worrying about, the diversity of people involved…
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Bioinformatics Translational Bioinformatics: PLOS Computational Biology presents an educational resource for an emerging fieldRead more
PLOS Computational Biology is pleased to announce the launch of a new collection of Education articles: “Translational Bioinformatics”. This collection is presented…
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Biology Algal Ancestor Shows How Deadly Pathogens ProliferateRead more
Long ago, when life on our planet was in its infancy, a group of small single-celled algae floating in the vast prehistoric…
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Announcement ASCB Annual Meeting 2012: An invitation from PLOS BiologyRead more
An evening with PLOS Biology and PLOS ONE If you plan on attending the American Society for Cell Biology 2012 Annual Meeting…
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Biology Darwin’s Tangled Bank in VerseRead more
Editor’s note: PLOS Biology is delighted to post this ode to nature on behalf of PLOS cofounder Mike Eisen. My daughter has…
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Bioinformatics Software collection: Open Access meets Open Source in PLOS Computational BiologyRead more
PLOS Computational Biology is proud to present its collection of Software articles. The Software section was launched in 2011, with the express…
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Bioinformatics Fractaltastic EvolutionRead more
One of the iconic metaphors of evolution is that of the ‘tree of life’ – it is the image we all have…