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Misuse of the P value — a common test for judging the strength of scientific evidence — is contributing to the number of research findings that cannot be reproduced, the American Statistical Association (ASA)...

Giant viruses overlapping in size and genome complexity with unicellular organisms are among the most unexpected discoveries of the last 15 years in virology. Yet they are in turn considered evolutionary freak by some,...

See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses, Immunology & Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca Ten simple rules for writing a cover letter to accompany a job application for an academic position Source: Viral Bioinformatics

Cancer patients in the US and UK will soon access next-generation sequencing (NGS) as part of routine clinical care.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses, Immunology & Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca Next-generation sequencing tests to become...

Fig. 1: The gene-expression pattern in influenza virus–infected patients reflects the severity of disease and time since infection.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses, Immunology & Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca Influenza’s signature move Source: Viral Bioinformatics

In phylogenetic reconstruction the result is a tree where all taxa are leaves and internal nodes are hypothetical ancestors. In a live phylogeny, both ancestral and living taxa may coexist, leading to a tree...

Let’s go back into the times when we had no language to communicate. The only way we had was sign language. That’s how we usually communicate with our dog at home, right? When we...

Although bioinformatics is becoming increasingly central to research in the life sciences, bioinformatics skills and knowledge are not well integrated into undergraduate biology education. This curricular gap prevents biology students from harnessing the full...

Holding out acupuncture as an exemplar for alternative medicine demonstrates the poor state of evidence surrounding most alternative therapies.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses, Immunology & Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca Acupuncture and the placebo problem...

Bioinformatics is the application of information techniques for the storage, retrieval, and analysis of large quantities of biological data.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses, Immunology & Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca Bioinformatics in Research Source: Viral...