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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Medicine & Health The Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than one million new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) occur each day, incurring a very substantial burden of morbidity…
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Medicine & Health Minimally invasive autopsy for cause of death determination in high burden settings
In most middle and low-income countries, mortality data are crucial information to prioritize health policies but are inferred through highly inaccurate methods. Minimally invasive autopsy, a newly…
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Medicine & Health Sport and Exercise Science
In this collection, PLOS ONE Associate Editor Dario Ummarino highlights some of the latest research in Sport and Exercise Science published in PLOS journals. The selection reflects the…
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Physics Chemistry & Materials Editor’s Picks: Mathematical Biology
This collection showcases articles published in PLOS ONE that apply mathematics to biological questions. As the selection shows, this field is very broad, spanning topics such as angiogenesis…
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Biology & Life Sciences PLOS iGEM 2017
The iGEM Foundation is dedicated to the advancement of synthetic biology through the development of open community and collaboration. These aims are shared by PLOS, whose mission is to advance…
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Physics Chemistry & Materials Ocean acidification impacts on a pelagic ecosystem
The effects of ocean acidification on a pelagic community and their impacts on food webs and biogeochemical cycles were studied in a long-term mesocosm experiment conducted in the Gullmar Fjord at the…
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Research Analysis & Policy Reporting Guidelines
Reporting guidelines are statements intended to advise authors reporting research methods and findings. They can be presented as a checklist, flow diagram or text, and describe what is required to…
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Biology & Life Sciences Visceral Leishmaniasis and HIV Co-Infection
HIV has been identified as one of the emerging challenges for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) control. HIV infection dramatically increases the risk of progression from asymptomatic infection towards…
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Biology & Life Sciences Biodiversity of Saba Bank
Saba Bank is the largest submarine atoll in the Atlantic Ocean, adjacent to the nearby island of Saba, in the Netherlands Antilles. The submerged platform is ~2200 sq km, with a 50 km fringing reef…
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Biology & Life Sciences Sauropod Gigantism: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach
Sauropod dinosaurs were the largest terrestrial animals to roam the Earth, exceeding all other land-dwelling vertebrates in both mean and maximal body size. While convergently evolving many features…