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  • Biology & Life Sciences A PLOS Collection ’Omics of Cellular Signaling Pathways
    Published June 4, 2020 Curated Collections

    The Signaling Pathways Project is a multi-omics knowledgebase based upon public, manually curated transcriptomic and cistromic (ChIP-Seq) datasets involving genetic and small molecule manipulations of…

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  • collection A PLOS Collection Pearls: Parasites
    Published July 18, 2019 Curated Collections

    PLOS Pathogens presents an Open Access compendium of the "lessons-that-last." This section, founded by Dr. Hiten Madhani and now led by Dr. Joseph Heitman and a team of twelve Pearls…

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  • collection A PLOS Collection Pearls: Plant Pathogens
    Published June 13, 2019

    PLOS Pathogens presents an Open Access compendium of the "lessons-that-last." This section, founded by Dr. Hiten Madhani and now led by Dr. Joseph Heitman and a team of twelve Pearls…

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  • Medicine & Health A PLOS Collection WHO Estimates of the Global Burden of Foodborne Diseases
    Published June 11, 2019 Partnered Collections, Special Issues

    Illness and death from diseases caused by contaminated food are a constant threat to public health and a significant impediment to socio-economic development worldwide. To measure the global and…

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  • collection A PLOS Collection Pearls: Host-Interactions
    Published June 6, 2019

    PLOS Pathogens presents an Open Access compendium of the "lessons-that-last." This section, founded by Dr. Hiten Madhani and now led by Dr. Joseph Heitman and a team of twelve Pearls…

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  • collection A PLOS Collection Pearls: Viruses
    Published June 6, 2019

    PLOS Pathogens presents an Open Access compendium of the "lessons-that-last." This section, founded by Dr. Hiten Madhani and now led by Dr. Joseph Heitman and a team of twelve Pearls…

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  • Medicine & Health A PLOS Collection DREAMS: a partnership to reduce HIV acquisition among adolescent girls and young women and generate lessons for prevention
    Published June 3, 2019 Partnered Collections, Special Issues

    The DREAMS Partnership is a large investment by PEPFAR and private sector partners to promote empowerment and prevent HIV acquisition through a core package of interventions for young women, their…

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  • Biology & Life Sciences A PLOS Collection Understanding Images
    Published May 30, 2019 Curated Collections

    Understanding Images is a collection of posts and articles from a PLOS Genetics blog series. The aim of the series is to showcase the research that created or inspired the journal's cover image, and…

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  • Biology & Life Sciences A PLOS Collection Oceanic Metagenomics Collection
    Published May 21, 2019 Partnered Collections, Special Issues

    The J. Craig Venter Institute's Global Ocean Sampling Expedition revealed an enormous amount of previously unexplored diversity in the world's oceans. In addition to the research articles, this…

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  • Research Analysis & Policy A PLOS Collection Meta-Research: Reproducibility
    Published May 14, 2019 Curated Collections

    Meta-research, or the scientific study of research practices, aims to characterize existing standards and ultimately improve the quality and reliability of scientific research. We collect here…

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  • channel Cognitive Neuroscience
    Published May 14, 2019

    How does the brain process visual images? What social cognitive mechanisms are affected in dementia patients? Which neural networks are involved in…

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