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Ten Minute Sabbatical
Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse
Ten Minute Sabbatical
Ten Minute Sabbatical

Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse

Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse

science publishing, genetics & genomics

The Open Data Explosion
Viviane Callier | Jan 1, 2019 | 8 min read
Scientists are working to maximize the benefits and minimize the costs of sharing.
Scientists Continue to Use Outdated Methods
Catherine Offord | Jan 8, 2018 | 7 min read
The use of underperforming computational tools is a major offender in science’s reproducibility crisis—and there’s growing momentum to avoid it.
Opinion: Too Many Mitochondrial Genome Papers
David R. Smith | Jun 29, 2015 | 3 min read
And too few insights gleaned from them
Batch Effect Behind Species-Specific Results?
Jyoti Madhusoodanan | May 19, 2015 | 4 min read
Reanalysis of Mouse ENCODE data suggests mouse and human genes are expressed in tissue-specific, rather than species-specific, patterns. 
Week in Review: July 21–25
Tracy Vence | Jul 25, 2014 | 3 min read
Blood-based Alzheimer’s diagnostics; CRISPR cuts out HIV; Leishmania and the sand fly microbiome; deconstructing the lionfish science fair debacle
Week in Review: June 23–27
Tracy Vence | Jun 26, 2014 | 3 min read
Tracking chikungunya virus; reconsidering wood decay-based fungal classification; ASC specks spread inflammation; antibiotic tolerance in E. coli; RIKEN review yields corrections
Week in Review: June 16–20
Tracy Vence | Jun 20, 2014 | 2 min read
Early Neanderthal evolution; developing antivirals to combat polio; the mouth and skin microbiomes; insect-inspired, flight-stabilizing sensors
Week in Review: February 24–28
Tracy Vence | Feb 28, 2014 | 3 min read
New PLOS data sharing rules; mouse cortical connectome published; reprogramming astrocytes into neurons and fibroblasts into hepatocytes
Week in Review: October 21–25
Tracy Vence | Oct 25, 2013 | 4 min read
PubMed launches Commons; measuring HIV’s latent reservoir; immune-related pathway variation in genome, microbiome; rapamycin and flu vaccines; grasshopper mice resistant to pain
Week in Review: September 16–20
Tracy Vence | Sep 20, 2013 | 3 min read
Dealing with anonymous misconduct allegations; efficiently generating iPSCs; distinguishing viral infections from non-viral; imaging tau in vivo
Bigfoot DNA is Bunk
Dan Cossins | Feb 15, 2013 | 1 min read
The group that last year claimed to have sequenced the Sasquatch genome has finally published its data in a brand new “journal,” and geneticists are not impressed.
 
A Little Help from My Friends
Sabrina Richards | Jul 1, 2012 | 7 min read
How to get the most out of your collaboration with bioinformaticians
Longevity Study Lives On
Cristina Luiggi | Jan 24, 2012 | 1 min read
A reanalysis of the study reporting genes linked to extremely long life, which was retracted from Science last summer, is published in PLoS ONE.
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