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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Biology & Life Sciences PLOS iGEM 2016
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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Biology & Life Sciences Editor’s Picks: Human Genetics
Human Genetics encompasses vast areas of study, including genetic epidemiology, genomics, gene therapy, epigenetics, and evolution. The very latest research in these areas and more will be on display…
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Biology & Life Sciences Cysteine Proteases
Protozoan and metazoan parasites cause many neglected diseases in resource-poor areas. This collection examines the possibility of targeting cysteine proteases within these parasites to provide a…
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Biology & Life Sciences Advances in HIV Mucosal Immunology: Challenges and Opportunities
Without reliable methods to evaluate how the mucosal immune system responds to an experimental HIV vaccine, important information about how well that vaccine worked is missed. The HIV Mucosal…
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Biology & Life Sciences Things that eat things you wouldn’t expect them to
From giant Bornean pitcher plants eating mountain treeshrews to European catfish hunting pigeons, PLOS has seen it's fair share of unusual eating preferences. This collection gathers together some of…
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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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Biology & Life Sciences Editor’s Picks: Microbiology
The study of Microbiology branches into numerous fields, including those highlighted at ASM Microbe 2018 and featured in this special Editor’s Picks collection. PLOS ONE Associate Editor Anna…
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Biology & Life Sciences Vectors
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, the first journal dedicated to chronic and poverty-promoting infectious diseases, has long been a home for vector research. With this collection, we aim to curate the…
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Biology & Life Sciences Marine Megafauna: Marine Habitats and Conservation Biology
This section of the Marine Megafauna collection focuses on species/habitat relationships of large marine organisms and provides specific examples of the conservation issues associated with some of the…
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Biology & Life Sciences Marine Megafauna: Marine Ecology and Technology
This section of the Marine Megafauna collection provides examples of studies that address the behavior and ecology of marine megafauna through the use of new technology and novel analytical…