PLOS Computational Biology: Ten Simple Rules for a Bioinformatics Journal Club
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PLOS Computational Biology: A Quick Introduction to Version Control with Git and GitHub
Share Your Code Once you have your files saved in a Git repository, you can share it with your collaborators and the wider scientific community by putting your code online (Fig 3). Sourced through...
How scientific misinformation spreads through social media | Toronto Star
Researchers say polarized clusters they call “echo chambers” help spread and support attitudes such as doubt about climate change. Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.thestar.com See on Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca
Bacteria or virus? Diagnostic tool could curb antibiotic overuse
A new diagnostic test could help people with respiratory infections know whether a bacterium or virus is to blame. Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.statnews.com See on Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca
Transgenic mosquito ready to join Brazil’s war on Zika virus
A genetically modified mosquito has helped reduce the proliferation of mosquitoes spreading Zika and other dangerous viruses in Brazil, its developers said on Tuesday. The self-limiting strain of the Aedes aegypti mosquito was developed...
First Zika Virus Case in United States Confirmed in Texas
Infectious disease experts are worried that conditions along the US Gulf Coast are hospitable for Zika virus, which has been linked to microcephaly in infants infected in utero. Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.medscape.com See...
A single, billion-year-old mutation helped multicellular animals to evolve
Peering into the deep, deep past, Joe Thornton, PhD, and colleagues use molecular time travel experiments to reveal a simple genetic basis for the evolution of a protein necessary for multicellularity, one billion years...
Improving the efficiency of the traditional incandescent lightbulb
US researchers say they have developed a technique that can significantly improve the efficiency of the traditional incandescent lightbulb. These older bulbs have been phased out in many countries because they waste huge amounts of...
Illumina will launch a new company, Grail, to develop blood tests to revolutionize cancer detection
The world’s largest DNA sequencing company says it will form a new company to develop blood tests that cost $1,000 or less and can detect many types of cancer before symptoms arise. Illumina, based...
Getting Genetics Done: Repel overlapping text labels in ggplot2
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