Pursuing Preprints, Preventing Pandemics: How pre-peer-review posting can accelerate outbreak science | PLOS Research News

0000-0002-8715-2896 Preprints – scientific papers posted online prior to peer review – offer opportunities to share and discuss research rapidly and openly, and Michael Johansson, infectious disease expert and founder of the nonprofit Outbreak Science,

Footprints in the Sand: What ancient human footprints on Canada’s shoreline reveal about migration to North America

0000-0002-8715-2896 This was originally published by PLOS Research News on March 28, 2018, by Beth Baker. The original post can be found here. Human footprints found off Canada’s Pacific coast may be 13,000 years old, according

Earliest Known Human Footprints in North America Found on Canadian Island – PLOS ONE via The New York Times

0000-0002-8715-2896 close story-meta Photo A digitally enhanced photo of a footprint found at Calvert Island, British Columbia that researchers dated to 13,000 years old. Credit Duncan McLaren Big feet. Little feet. A heel here. A

Not Seeing the Grass for the Trees | PLOS Ecology Community

0000-0002-8715-2896 Not Seeing the Grass for the Trees   Posted February 22, 2018 by post-info I appreciate repetition. My favorite class in high school was AP Chemistry, but I think I owe most of my

The XV Collection: The Exquisite Precision of T Cell Receptors | PLOS Biologue

0000-0002-8715-2896 The XV Collection: The Exquisite Precision of T Cell Receptors   Posted February 19, 2018 by post-info by Avinash Bhandoola and Christelle Harly  The vertebrate adaptive immune system can distinguish invaders from self with exquisite

From Synthetic Genomes to Designer Vaccines | PLOS Synthetic Biology Community

0000-0002-8715-2896 From Synthetic Genomes to Designer Vaccines   Posted February 5, 2018 by post-info Guest post by Markus Schmidt In 2010 scientists from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) announced the creation of the first

Repost: Celebrating Brian Druker (ASCO 2017) and Basic Research | DNA Science Blog

0000-0002-8715-2896 Repost: Celebrating Brian Druker (ASCO 2017) and Basic Research – June 5, 2017 post-info AddThis Sharing Buttons above Chronic myeloid leukemia cells (NCI). In recognition of Dr. Brian J. Druker’s receipt of the ASCO 2017 Science

US to leave the Paris Climate Accords: What now for ecologists? | PLOS Ecology Community

0000-0002-8715-2896 UPDATED June 1, 2017 Well he’s gone and done it. In light of President Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the 2016 Paris Climate Change Accord, PLOS Ecology will focus our blogging this

PLOS Appoints Alison Mudditt Chief Executive Officer | The Official PLOS Blog

0000-0002-8715-2896 PLOS Appoints Alison Mudditt Chief Executive Officer   post-info AddThis Sharing Buttons above PLOS is pleased to announce the appointment of Alison Mudditt as its Chief Executive Officer, effective June 19, 2017.  For the

#WorldMalariaDay: can nets and sprays keep the bugs away? | Your Say

0000-0002-8715-2896 #WorldMalariaDay: can nets and sprays keep the bugs away?   Posted April 24, 2017 by Victoria Costello in Uncategorized post-info AddThis Sharing Buttons above By Abraar Karan MD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public