Virtual conferences benefit the scientific community by increasing the number and diversity of attendees compared to in-person conferences, and by being less time consuming, more economic and environmentally friendly.
Rajdeep Banerjee, Thomas J Meyer ... David D Roberts
Increased extramedullary erythropoiesis in spleen compensates for the elevated turnover of red blood cells in mice lacking CD47, but extramedullary erythropoiesis is suppressed in mice lacking the CD47 ligand thrombospondin-1.
Sophie Zaaijer, Columbia University Ubiquitous Genomics 2015 class, Yaniv Erlich
A university genomics class provides detailed examples of how to design and execute Oxford Nanopore MinION hackathons as part of an academic curriculum.
Following a year of public engagement activities associated with the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, Alison Woollard explains why scientists need to communicate with the public.
Felix Lankester, Tito J Kibona ... Sarah Cleaveland
Livestock abortion surveillance can capture valuable information on important livestock pathogens, including those that are zoonotic and with epidemic potential, revealing importance of timely collection of diagnostic samples for attribution.
Susann Auer, Nele A Haeltermann ... Reproducibility for Everyone Team
The Reproducibility for Everyone initiative aims to provide researchers at all career stages and across many disciplines with training in reproducible research practices via customizable workshop material.