2+ week, 5+ day ago   (733+ words) Koalas may carry more genetic variation in a crucial first line of immune defence than previously recognised, according to a new study of 413 wild animals sampled across eastern Australia....

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (618+ words) Every day, computational biologists release new methods for analyzing genomes, single cells, microbiomes and molecular signatures, and every day researchers struggle with the same question: which method actually works best for their data? The answer usually depends on benchmarks—structured…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (787+ words) When Martin J. Hodson walked through the door of Dafydd Wynn Parry’s office at Bangor University in Wales on 20 October 1980, he had no idea that the encounter would define the next four and a half decades of his scientific life....