Growing PLOS Synbio Blog Community

lab_IU_shirt-225x300Source: Growing PLOS Synbio Blog Community Hello PLOS Synbio community! Our online forum is growing! Last month we welcomed the addition of a new editor, Sam Million-Weaver, and now I get to introduce myself as a regular

The evolution of tyrannosaurs

T. rex is probably the most notorious and infamous dinosaur of all time, and somewhat of an icon in both the scientific and public spheres. After all, it was a pretty fearsome and impressive carnivore,

How many children are at risk of measles in the United States?

Despite the MMR vaccine controversy resulting from a series of now discredited studies linking the vaccine with autism, childhood vaccination rates remain high in the United States. In 2013, 92% of children aged 19 to

Research Priorities for NCDs and Climate Change

Ruth Colagiuri is an Hon Associate Professor at the Menzies Centre for Health and School of Public Health at the University of Sydney, New South Wales Australia. Her chief interest is in the interface between NCDs