Background Realizing the full potential of human genetics requires identifying causal variants and genes underlying association signals. Molecular quantitative trait locus (molQTL) analyses, such as e...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

I blew it. In rage-reading the RFI and spleen venting about it, I missed the fact they had provided the update to Sally Rockey’s old “mythbusting” analysis of grants-per-PI. I did…

JOB TITLE Assistant Professor | Biology & Biotechnology LOCATION Worcester DEPARTMENT NAME Biology & Biotechnology DIVISION NAME Worcester Polytechnic Institute - WPI JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY T...

High quality, low cost antibodies.

“If you are female, drink one shot immediately. Underrepresented minority: one shot. Both: three shots, because intersectionality. Each shot will help you lo...

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Lyme disease is a growing and prominent human health problem caused by a group of spirochaetal bacteria that belong to the Borrelia genus. Persistent Lyme disease infection produces a multi-system dis...

It started as a go-for-broke experiment, but it wound up saving an ecosystem.

Recent studies link gut dysbiosis to neurological disease, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study shows that a high-fat diet increases gut permeability and enables bacterial transloc...

This is a two-floor realistic Biological Laboratory building. In this design, I try to tell stories about biologists, introduce biology concepts to general publ…

Last July, the NIH issued an RFI on limiting direct spending on article processing charges (APCs). Over 900 public responses offered valuable perspectives but also exposed widespread misconceptions ab...

Abstract. The current economics of scientific publishing reveal a profound imbalance: academia pays prices far exceeding the actual costs of publication. R

July 15, 2025

Author summary Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, which has an unusually small genome; it scavenges most of the nutrients it needs to survive from its hosts. This scavenging ...

About the Opportunity About the Opportunity: We invite applications from qualified candidates for a full-time Non-Tenure-Track (NTT) Assistant Teaching Professor faculty position within the Department...