PLoS Computational Biology Collections
In order to highlight specific topics, from time to time PLoS Computational Biology gathers together collections of articles. As with all of our content, all material within collections is published under a Creative Commons Attribution License; hence users can, with attribution, download, print, or reuse in any way either individual articles or entire collections.
Ten Simple Rules
Written by PLoS Computational Biology Editor-in-Chief Philip E. Bourne, sometimes with collaborators, the "Ten Simple Rules" provide a quick, concentrated guide for mastering some of the professional challenges research scientists face in their careers.
Education
Recognizing the need for training and education in bioinformatics and computational biology specifically targeted to biologists, PLoS Computational Biology launched its "Education" section in January 2006. The goals are to provide practical and background information on important computational methods used to investigate interesting biological questions as well as resource tools that may be used at your institution for training scientists at all stages of their career.
Biocurators
The number and scope of scientific databases has soared in recent years, creating a new profession, the biocurator. These "museum catalogers of the Internet age" face a continuous struggle of making ever growing amounts of data accessible. In two perspectives for PLoS Computational Biology, accompanied by an editorial, light is shed on their work and its challenges.