0000-0001-8462-0271 By Andreas Prokop, PhD, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester The Manchester Fly Facility maintains an objective-driven, long-term science communication initiative which started in 2011 and promotes the importance ofCategory Archives: medically unexplained symptoms
How to communicate basic research in schools – a case study using Drosophila
0000-0001-8462-0271 By Andreas Prokop, PhD, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester The Manchester Fly Facility maintains an objective-driven, long-term science communication initiative which started in 2011 and promotes the importance ofOpen Data Projects Win Wellcome Trust, NIH and HHMI Open Science Prize
0000-0002-8715-28960000-0001-7318-5892 “Scientists can do much more with their own data if things are shared publicly and shared publicly quickly in order to have potential for real world impact.” -Trevor Bedford, lead of the Open ScienceEarly Career Researchers and Forbes 30 Under 30 Innovators Have What It Takes
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Redhead Gene Doubles Melanoma Risk, Without Sun
Source: Redhead Gene Doubles Melanoma Risk, Without Sun Variants of the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) gene impart the red hair, fair skin, and freckles of a Prince Harry, Wilma Flintstone, or Donald Trump – and also190 million years of tetrapod biodiversity
Tetrapod is the name given to any vertebrate animal with four (tetra) legs (pod). There are more than 30,000 living species of tetrapod known today, and this includes many of the animals we are familiarFrom the Desk of Aakriti Jain, a Goodbye
Over the past year and a few months, I have seen PLOS Synbio grow into a vibrant community of scientists, social scientists, designers, biohackers, and the general public. Together, we have moved sites, changed platforms,Posted by in #SfN15, David Bowie, featured, History of Public Health, medically unexplained symptoms
Existential Questions in Ecology – three simple questions to ask yourself in the treatment of ecological zeroes
The analysis of ecological data can be a difficult endeavor. Ecological data are noisy: some days are windy, some days are hotter than usual, sometimes ants chew through your carefully placed flagging tape, andIs the government telling women not to drink? How many microbes in the human body?
The headlines called it “incredibly condescending” (Alexandra Petri, ComPost), “unrealistic” (Jia Tolentino, Jezebel), and “bonkers” (Olga Khazan and Julie Beck, The Atlantic.) The post from the aptly named Brandy Zadrozny at The Daily Beast) wasPosted by in alcohol, archaea, Bacteria, brain, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, contraception, drinking, FASD, featured, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, fungi, health care, media criticism, medically unexplained symptoms, microbes, Microbiology, On Science Blogs, Palaeomerycidae, Politics, psychology, Research, united states, women
Of Mice and Men: Uncovering Cardiovascular Disease Genetics
February is American Heart Month, a great time to take a closer look at cardiovascular disease (CVD). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 17.5 million people die each year from CVD, a figure representingThe Enduring Need for Cancer Treatment
Danielle Rodin is a Radiation Oncology Resident at the University of Toronto and co-founded the group GlobalRT, which is a group of young professionals dedicated to improving the availability and accessibility of radiation therapy resourcesPosted by in advocacy, cancer, development, featured, globalhealth, governance, Health, healthpolicy, medically unexplained symptoms, NCDs, policy, UN