This collection of essays from prominent workers in the field of bioinformatics relates how selected scientific, technological, economic, and even cultural threads came to influence the development of…
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Computer & Information Sciences The Roots of BioinformaticsView Collection
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Biology & Life Sciences RECOMB Regulatory Genomics and Systems Biology 2009View Collection
In a joint venture between PLOS and the conference program committee, this collection draws together papers from the 6th Annual RECOMB Satellite on Regulatory Genomics and the 5th Annual RECOMB…
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Computer & Information Sciences Conference PostcardsView Collection
Conference Postcards are designed to vividly recount to those not at a conference what happened at the event that was scientifically noteworthy. Postcards aim to be a departure from routine conference…
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Biology & Life Sciences Malaria: Targets and Drugs for All StagesView Collection
Drug research in malaria often focuses on blood stage parasites because they are responsible for the symptoms of the disease and are easier to manipulate in the laboratory.This collection describes…
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Biology & Life Sciences The Human Microbiome ProjectView Collection
The healthy adult body hosts ten times as many microbial cells as human cells.The metagenome carried collectively by these microbial communities dwarfs the human genome in size, and their influences…
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Computer & Information Sciences BiocuratorsView Collection
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…
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Computer & Information Sciences Bioinformatics: Starting EarlyView Collection
Bioinformatics is being introduced into the school curriculum earlier and earlier as the field matures. PLOS Computational Biology's Education section introduces a new collection, Bioinformatics…
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Biology & Life Sciences Genomics of Emerging Infectious DiseasesView Collection
This collection of essays, perspectives, and reviews from six PLOS journals provides insights into how genomics can revolutionize our understanding of emerging infectious disease. Produced with…
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Biology & Life Sciences Epigenetics 2010View Collection
Epigenetics is the study of inherited changes in phenotype or gene expression caused by mechanisms other than changes in the underlying DNA sequence. This collection brings together twenty research…
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Computer & Information Sciences Editors’ OutlookView Collection
The PLOS Computational Biology Editors' Outlook collection provides diverse mini reviews from members of the Editorial Board on their research areas, and includes discussions of new and future…