Category Archives: community engagement
The Nexus of Data and Community: How Partnership Can Close Achievement Gaps
0000-0002-5625-3977 States across the U.S. (like our home state of Indiana) are making strides to better understand and close the racial achievement gaps at the K-12 and college level. This week, we’re pleased to present
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inHow 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 of
Power to the Patients: Co-design of Community-based Research
0000-0002-5625-3977 According to a 2015 statistic, the leading causes of death among adolescents in the US are unintentional accidents, suicide, and homicide. However, many scientists struggle to engage adolescents in research programs to study the
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inFinding Lost Emotions after Brain Injury
0000-0002-5625-3977 This week, a study published by scientists at the University of Rochester indicates that a new blood test may make it easier to more quickly diagnose traumatic brain injury (TBI). This is great news, given that
A new synbio initiative: interview with the Synbio Canada steering committee
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6828-1000 Canada is known for several things: cold weather, Niagara Falls, kind residents, maple syrup… but a new initiative, SynBio Canada, aims to make the country a reference point in Synthetic Biology. Canada is strong
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inAnnouncing the PLOS Computational Biology Research Prize 2018 – Nominate your favorite articles by April 13
0000-0002-8715-2896 Announcing the PLOS Computational Biology Research Prize 2018 – Nominate your favorite articles by April 13 post-info We’re pleased to announce that nominations are now open for this year’s PLOS Computational Biology Research